If you watch the alternate angle near the end of the replay (this is hard to see from the normal game camera), you’ll notice that Rowe only goes to his left because that’s where the ball is initially going - and then it curves BACK towards his right post and he doesn’t have the momentum to correct. Rowe obviously…

Huh. I mean, you do you but even as a Spurs fan, I can admit that neither thing in the headline is true - granted it took like five Zapruder-style rewatches of alternate-angle clips, so it’s easy to miss that Chamberlain utterly misses the ball and Koscielny instead kicks it into his own naturally-positioned hand…

The segments are six yards (you can tell because precisely three fit into the penalty area) - so I think that's like 35-36yds. (still not 40).

I think every international side should (and most would) pick their best squad. If someone from a less prominent league would be part of that best squad, the league they play in shouldn’t change that - especially for a role that’s so confidence-dependent as a striker’s. Given what you’ve said about “writing off guys…

Sure, their top players are in Europe. That goes for most countries.. But the point that kinjalostmyaccount was making was that the CRC team that beat and got further than Italy at the World Cup draws a lot of players from MLS, among other leagues that the logic suggested in the OP would disdain, and that this…

Um, I'm not sure this is correct. Costa Rica’s Copa America 23, sorted by league they play in:
7: Primera de Costa Rica
5: MLS
3: La Liga, Premier League
1: Ligue 2, Danish Superliga, Portuguese Primeira Liga, Iranian Persian Gulf League, Thai Premier League

(by comparison the 2014 WC squad that beat Italy to…

It would take a literal act of God for even Arsenal to lose to Villa at home, so you're at least asking the right person!

Currently dating someone who’s heavily into juice cleanses and paleo and all that business and this phrase is MY GODDAMN LIFELINE.

We’ve all gotten to the acceptance stage of Dealing With Haisley.

Yeah, my girlfriend linked me this app yesterday and since we a) live four hours’ drive apart and b) are both millenials raised on web quizzes and love ourselves some pubquiz date nights, it genuinely looked like a fun, interesting thing to share rather than The Harbinger Of The Dating Apocalypse.

Is the flag going up for offside, though, or just for the foul?

Whatever happened to Eric Lichaj anyway?

Luckily for you that defender (Alvas Powell) already has 16 caps for Jamaica so you're safe.

Can you guess how I know you've never watched a Newcastle United game?

It is at least New and Different Snark. May it herald the banishment of Haisley to the Arse-lona puff pieces we know are all he wants to write.

On the bright side, Jermaine Jones at least plays a position they need in addition to being a marketing gimmick!

(of course he’ll miss at least 20% of the season due to suspension but hey, baby steps).

Baseball season only _feels_ that long.

I wouldn’t complain about this piece, otherwise they’ll give the next MLS article to Haisley.

Yeah, this. After he left Vancouver (wouldn't call him an MLS WASHOUT there exactly but too old and too expensive for what he offered) I thought he just went back to Rangers to retire, so seeing him pull this off is a (pleasant!) surprise.

It’s probably more sustainable when you have financial backing from a major world government.