I’ll never not wear my Stevie G. Shit is timeless.

I neglected to mention for the sake of the story that I bought a Mane last year, which along with my Suarez are the only two that I still can wear. I thought about putting tape over the ‘Sterl’, and then adding an ‘s’ to make an ‘ings’ jersey, but by the sounds of it, that won’t be pertinent much longer, either!

Haha, I kind of suspected you were a grad. I am, too. Unfortunately, expecting losses has become a way of life for Illinois fans, as I’m sure you know.  I agreed with your initial take, but was pleasantly surprised by the win.

I’ve been following the 10K Runner ap, which has been really helpful up until the last week and a half (stomach flu + holidays). I’ve gone from just walking to run/walking for up to 80 minutes, and straight up running for 40.

Some of the issue was that he happened to be at the MLS team most loaded at center back. In 2017, Matt Besler and Ike Opara were both, without question, better than Palmer-Brown. Opara in particular was a shitload better (and frankly had much more business in the national team conversation than Besler). Obviously the…

As an Illinois alum, I’m happy to update that Lovie has entirely solved this problem by making sure there are no situations in which his team would be required to prevent.

Obviously Catalina is Wonder Woman!

Dale Chihuly, y’all.

I will see that and raise...

That lede is... Jesus christ, man

Let’s just go ahead and get the inevitable angry-white responses out of the way.

If any big European club is going to visit Azerbaijan it should really be Atletico Madrid.

I don’t think it is necessarily a disagreement. I suspect Southgate was going to bring him in mainly for cover, because I don’t think he starts for England in any instance right now (though Malta could prove a compelling case for me being wrong). I think Rooney would find himself a bit player behind Kane, Rashford,…

It’s not every summer that the club of your dreams decides to move heaven and earth to bring you to their home

I like going to games at Illinois, been to a couple, including one several years back when they gave OSU a pretty decent scare before the Bucks eventually pulled out the win. The folks at Illinois are pretty nice.

The MLS “sees itself as a top league?” No, no it doesn’t. Nobody does, in fact. This is a straw-man used by soccer snobs to remind everybody how knowledgeable and steeped in soccer history they are. Where are all these people who go around touting the MLS as a globally-competitive league? I don’t see them anywhere,…

Dude, this is like meeting come celebrity for me. I used to frequent Caves of Narshe all the time looking for FFIII (VI) stuff. This is so cool! :)

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Those dogs are up for adoption. Sadly, there appears to be a culture where the father isn’t involved. I stopped watching when I realized the Puppy Bowl was the only way out for those dogs.

I'm sure someone beat me to this already, but, if you're in a market and haven't yet, go to an MLS game. I grew up playing the sport (and still do) but never went to a pro game until I was already in my 30s, and it made me frustrated that I'd never done it before. It's a great amalgamation of the things you can enjoy…