Proud of every USMNT man in this video and wanted to give props in its own thread. 1268232966901121025 is not a valid tweet id couple notes: Weston is a leader Here are the USMNT players Weston "Captain" McKennie Cory Gibb Jozy Altidore Tyler Adams Christian Pulisic Clint Dempsey DeAndre Yedlin Michael Bradley Damarcus Beasley Chris Richards Kellyn Acosta Jonathan Lewis Danny Williams Zach Steffen Gio Reyna Josh Sargent Reggie Cannon Timothy Weah Sean Johnson Interesting that Dest, Brooks, Antonee Robinson, Chandler, Morales and Fabian weren't included Same with Landon, Timmy, Berhalter, Arena and Klinsmann This is the sort of thing that binds teams together
Most of the excluded players haven't lived in the States. And why pick on Donovan when US internationals like Guzan, Zusi and Besler are still playing professional soccer.
Fair point on the excluded players raised abroad although there are other supporters who were included. I’m pointing out Donovan is arguably the greatest USMNT field player and therefore has a large platform, far larger than the players you mentioned. I could be wrong but he hasn’t said a single thing in support of “enough is enough” and if so, that speaks volumes to me. I think it could also exhibit why he was never a captain at a World Cup despite his illustrious career and what current players think of him (if he wasn’t even asked to engage - which certainly isn’t clear is the case).
I think its great that some players/athletes/famous people in general feel comfortable going to social media on this topic. However, lets not pretend its some obligation that they perhaps need to do so. The same way your average everyday person doesn't. If they were politicians then perhaps. The onus isn't on them to become active vocally, even though many probably support it.. Not everyone feels comfortable lighting up their twitter accounts every 5 minutes, and that's fine. Credit to those who do on this topic, but lets not go overboard here and start judging. That's silly. Perhaps we should stick to soccer?
I disagree. It is no longer ok for a leader to remain silent when other teammates are addressing a major issue. If much of the team engages in a team building exercise and you opt out, that says something about you as a teammate. here we have the core of today’s team and two past captains who engaged in a nationwide movement against police brutality, specifically against unarmed black people. Staying silent is an option but one that says something about you as a leader, teammate and spokesperson. It’s also a strawman to say it’s about lighting up twitter every 5 min as this is about being supportive vs remaining silent.
So long as they're not hypocritical, I don't see an issue either way. Also, these CEOs(like Musk), celebs, athletes, and even scientists/physicians(like Ben Carson) tend to be pretty ignorant outside their respective domains. So society isn't missing much if they remain silent. Occasionally you get someone--like a Bono or a Sean Penn--who has put in the hard work to understand the issues. And that's pretty awesome. Much respect to them.
Which is why its ironic to see Michael Bradley in there, considering everybody was begging "enough is enough" with his USMNT golden throne.
Why are you then creating a thread on this topic in a USMNT soccer forum? Its Fair game if you want to start drama because you always feel the need to eventually play both sides for bigsoccer reputation.
Now my bigsoccer Score, while effectively over a decade calling out unfair practices and sticking to it no matter what. 100% Real and eventually verified truth.
Whoa. Now this guy is taking a major personal risk in his activism. https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...e91df2-a6ec-11ea-898e-b21b9a83f792_story.html
either that or simply being able to have a middle of the road perspective. You must love politics, Boo Radley.
I agree with you and you should start a 10 year boycott of all things soccer starting today. so no more posting overthinking who is in a video and who isn't and who lives where and who has tweeted what or instagramed what and making very exact decisions on their personal beliefs. I mean you literally are saying that landon donovan doesn't think the years of racism that have gone on in this country hasn't reached a point where it needs to stop because he hasn't tweeted something saying exactly that. relax
Yes, that's enough of speculations. People are different. Please, don't invent new lines to divide the players.
first, it’s not political. second, people don’t have to be part of it but if you want the respect of your teammates and to be considered a leader, you should be at a minimum supportive. When I look at the list, I see most of the core players of current team as well as leaders of the past. saying nothing is actually saying something.