Thought i read somewhere about how it has taken him a while to regain fitness. But reading back, Brianna and Goal.com reported he is fully fit https://www.goal.com/en/lists/top-s...w-he-is-ready-to-dominate/bltd5a710d0c518801f
Team USA plays their first game of the Olympic hockey tournament today. How the hell are we nine days away from MLS opening? Feels bizarre.
Why would it? We've been starting in February for a while now. 2025: 2/22 MLS 2024: 2/24 MLS 2023: 2/25 MLS 2022: 2/26 MLS 2021: April Start (COVID) 2020: 3/1 MLS 2019: 3/2 MLS March before that and if you go way back, it was April. But it has been Feb post COVID every year.
Yeah, we were told he was ahead of schedule and might have played last season had we gone deeper into the playoffs. Whatever. Early season knocks are par for the course. I doubt it’s anything serious.
In a capitalistic society, sports calendars do stupid things. Why is the Stanley Cup awarded in June? Why do the "Boys of Summer" start and end when it's colder than balls in northern cities? Why does college football start in August and end close to February?
Is the WC break longer this year than for previous WCs? It seems like it would be, but I haven’t had a chance to fact check.
I finally took the time to check, and it actually is much longer than previous breaks. 2018: June 14-22 2014: June 12-24 The 2022 WC was odd because it was held in the winter. So this year’s break is significantly longer by almost a month.
Right, which is why I asked the question in the first place. I expected the break to be longer, which it is by quite a bit.
It is also here, and about 1/3rd of teams are either unable to play in their home venue or cant use their training facility.
The home opener only has about 500 nonresale/direct tickets available. Could release more in 2 weeks. Maybe this thing does sell itself.
I'm not sure that people grasp what a huge difference this is. Compared with 4 years ago there will be 62.5% more games, going from 64 games in 2022 to 104 games in 2026. Sadly, a great many of them will be utter crap, featuring teams that have no business being there. Maybe not Spain vs North Korea (South Africa) bad, but close enough.
No, because MLS is actually breaking for the entire tournament instead of only a week to 12 days. I mean, yeah, there are more teams, and one extra round. So it is longer. But MLS was not on break for the full tournament before. Unless you think it was over in 12 days? That is what has changed. And the fact it is HERE.
Didn't Germany thrash Saudi Arabia 8-0 in 2006? Of course the Women's World Cup saw a team finish with a negative GD below 30 or something equally stupid. All that results is people arguing "act like you've scored before when the score goes 9-0 in the first half" vs "don't tell women how to act when she scored her second-ever WC goal". Sadly, of course, there *will* be games finishing with stupid goal differentials because each manager knows the other teams will also run the score up. But hey, it's good for FIFA. Or something.
One of the several reasons why I detest Meghan Rapinoe: I cant recall the game but the US Women were thrashing the living crap out of some hapless opponent. Rapinoe scored the 7th goal on them and proceeded to pose and preen and knee slide with a huge " aint I wonderful" smile and both arms raised to the crowd to encourage their cheers. 7 -0. In 2013 at the Confederations Cup, Spain vs a hopelessly outclassed Tahiti side that shouldnt have been there and was getting their faces kicked in. Spain was a machine. David Villa scored goal #7. He turned, nodded to the guy who had fed him the ball, then put his head down and trotted back to the center circle. Class. A pro who respected the opponent enough to not rub their faces in it. Class. Something that purple haired little boy can't even spell.