There are some of us who reaaallllllly hope he doesn't miss Copa.
... He may very well be second before long, unless Ream keeps fighting off Father Time. Not a lot of great options at CB; we really need CCV to...
There's always an instinct to temper your criticism of a coach who doesn't play one of our guys so not to be a homer, but, ehhhh, screw it: What...
Good shift for Gio -- thought he had a few tackles early on that felt like a message Nuno that he actually has no problem getting and stuck in...
The Gio who showed up this tournament -- the one who pairs an exquisite talent for creating goals with actual defensive commitment -- will...
re: Meola, you can say a lot of things about Brenden, i.e., he adds intensity, he presses the other team well, he's quick enough to put defenders...
Also: it was a crime to take Wes, maybe the team's best player and one with a bagful of big goals in big games, and relegate him to wide right...
Scally wasn't good, but I don't understand how anyone could rate Jedi better. Even on the goal, he gets beat as badly as Scally, with the crosser...
All conversations about Messi lead to the same ultimate question: Could he have done it on a rainy night in Stoke?
Half the point of this discussion is that Sargent has grown significant as a player since '19-'21, when he received the vast bulk of those caps...
Gong to pop into this (weirdly timed) deluge of negativity to say I'm excited about Sargeant and eager for him to get another shot with the USMNT....
mark my words: If literally any player on any team doesn't start performing, he's going to lose that starting spot. Players have small dips in...
It's fine this season. Next year, however ...
By "better than 90% of MLS sides" do you mean PSV, if entered into MLS this season, would smash the league's points record en route to an easy...
I can tell I've watched a lot of Serie A lately because the game looked so fast and physical ... ... and also once every five minutes a player...
forget it he's rolling
Putting aside the (warranted, IMO) wariness about this transfer: What's important now is, after two years of injuries, Gio is finally healthy....
couldn't agree with this more. He used to be a player who, the moment he decided he couldn't beat a defender one-on-one, ran out of ideas. Which...
A sophisticated goal from Puli today. Starts to disorganize the defense with a dribble across the box, lays it off, then stays in the area to make...
tbh, even a Musah who can put in a wall-to-wall 90 minutes is a big upgrade for the USMNT -- he didn't have that kind of stamina a year ago. glad...
Stomach-churning stuff when Wes went down holding his knee. Looked very bad. ... and then, true to his mutant power, he pops up, gets back on the...
He did, in fact, play well. And it looks as if he found a blunt solution to his problems contributing in the final third: Take on defenders...
I've said it before, but no player on the USMNT draws as many strange reviews from the fan base as Wes.
Looked like the team made a real commitment to play this friendly with intensity after Saturday. It showed (hat tip to that aggressive slide...
!!!! what a cracker