Altidore could never have made that run or pass to set up that goal so I’m not sure what your point is.

Yeah I bet the whole “making a stupid unforced error and being called an asshole by dozens of well-liked celebrities” is definitely to distract from North Korea sanctions no one cares about anyway and not because he’s a Fox News grandpa with holes in a brain

He’s not “hated,” he’s just incredibly overrated by fans because he’s a high volume scorer who sucks up possessions.

By my proprietary ‘Sco Ducks Memorial Football Goodness Index, this makes NIU the second best team in the nation. Congratulations to them.

What a heartwarming underdog story

Might have something to do with the fact that soccer is the most popular sport in most of the world and about the 9th most popular sport in the US.