🚨 BREAKING: @PSV has confirmed Ricardo Pepi has suffered a forearm fracture and is set to undergo surgery tomorrow. Pepi is expected to be sidelined for around two months. pic.twitter.com/EnLXYE22eI— USMNT Otaku 🇺🇸 (@USMNTOtaku) January 10, 2026
We had several minutes of a Yank-fest in the FA cup. Leeds just beat Derby 3-1, Both Aaronson and Agyemang started on the bench. Patrick came on around the 70th minute for Derby, and Aaronson came on as a garbage time sub for Leeds.
Pulisic uncharacteristically frittered away 2 in-the-box, in-on-goal-alone chances today vs. Fiorentina. (Nice 2 distributions by Fullkrug. I like that combo). The first was tough as he had little room, but had he chipped the 2nd over a sprawling de Gea, it would have been a sweet finish. He sometimes slams finishes versus a simple chip.... Once again, Milan needed a 90' goal to snatch a tie from a relegation-zone opponent. Ugh.
I'm going to be the American and ask why he can't just get a cast and play like tons of other athletes do. I never see it in soccer; is it not allowed?
It's a terrible thing to say, but with our history of injuries, and just generalized can't stay healthy ever-ness, having guys go down like Adams and Pepi, lol, with 2-3 month injuries, six months from a WC almost sounds like good news: it gives them a smaller league window to get hurt and be unavailable for the WC since the vast bulk of the second half of the season will be lost to these injuries and then they only need to somehow escape the back end of march, April, and early May w/o injury and we have them. How god awful is that, I'm almost find with the injuries because it wipes out the possibility that they can tear an ACL or MCL or an Achilles over the next 3 months since of course, w/o these current injuries, those year ending ones were going to happen because of course they were. So frustrating, I knew we were unusually healthy in November '22, just Reyna, McKennie, LDLT, Richards and Miles Robinson right? Probably forgetting someone else, but man, I remember thinking we needed to do something in '22 because there wasn't any chance in hell where we'd have a situation where we'd only be missing 1 starter, 1 rotational starter, and having 3 guys dinged four years later and sure enough, four years later the only guys that can stay healthy are Ream, who we don't even want, Musah, whose out of the pool, and like Weah. We've lost our top two strikers repeatedly, had our entire CM either dinged or knocked out repeatedly, most of our WF's hurt repeatedly, and both our FB's missing for like a year+. It's just been totally insane and I'm not really kidding, the sunny side of the bad news of these Pepi and Adams injuries is it really does leave them out of 3 months of possibly year ending catastrophic injuries. So, so, so sick of this.
Romano reporting that Norwich and Toronto in discussions over Sargent, and Sargent didn't dress for Norwich in their most recent cup match
Clement said: "Josh sent me a message [on Saturday] evening saying he would not be available because of transfer things in his head. "This is obviously not something we want, and will have consequences. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cn42qyedwjdo
Absolutely, if I were him I would do anything to get out of a 2nd division relegation battle in an area with 235,000 people to move to a first division with 7M people in a World Cup year. Poch doesn’t “rate” the championship at all, and as Sargent is on the outside of the roster looking in, he has to make this move to a bigger club with a way higher upside soccer-wise and marketability if the chance is there.
Normally wouldn't say it this bluntly, but he's a freaking idiot. He was perfectly positioned in the summer, that rarely happens for a player of his ability (middling), but there it was, and he spurned his opportunities. Maybe he's fine though, just go to MLS, make some bank and relax. I want him nowhere near the USMNT in 2026 or 2027 and I say this as one of his last remaining die hard supporters until that September friendly when I finally tossed away any faith I had left in the dude. It's time to let him have his disappointing international career in the rear view mirror and move on w/o him (and I know, for the most part, we already have, he's barely ever played since the Iran match: 4 starts total in the past 3 years combined, I believe 50 total games played by the USMNT in that time period).
Typically a light cast that can be adequately padded can be permitted so long as the referee deems it not dangerous. (Typically not true in youth soccer.) Anything that remotely looks like using the cast against an opponent will typically result in quick cards. Whether that is a plausible solution depends on the nature of the injury and the extent of the risk of making the injury more severe by playing.
Well a longer term contract with Toronto is more likely to offer stability than a Bundesliga or EPL move if his family’s comfort is the priority.
Yes, Paul Rothrock of the Seattle Sounders played while wearing a hand cast for several weeks last summer. In the Leagues Cup final against Inter Messi, somebody purposely kicked the ball against the cast and didn't get punished. He got his revenge by scoring a goal and lifting the championship trophy at the end of the game.
I continue to be fascinated by this obsession in sports journalism and in social media, namely how everyone is always sprinting to be the first to write off a player. It’s pervasive, and I don’t get it. Me, I’m like, let’s just watch and see what happens. Maybe he will bounce back. Probably he won’t. But why not wait and see???
Poch has shown he's willing to play MLS players and I imagine the next manager will likely be the same, and if Sargent can come and lead the line for Toronto and get back into good form (he's killed himself carrying Norwich for a few years now and gotten injured every year from random bullshit Champo challenges) there's no reason to write him off until Balogun and Pepi (or others) become more consistently and healthy in higher leagues. I'd be shocked if he's on the 2026 roster as it stands though.
Indeed. This is the leverage that players do have. If he WANTS to move, then he has to make it known. I'm not completely sure if he wants to go to Toronto or not. Those comments from his coach suggest he didn't want to play because of "transfer things in his head." It didn't say he'd submitted a formal transfer request. There's a lot to think about for him and his family (now that he has a young son). If you're just a nice guy, and don't rock the boat, then you don't get the move. Who's an example of that? Marc Guehi I guess. I thought that SKC owned his MLS rights. You've been around long enough to remember that kerfuffle when SKC was awarded his homegrown territorial rights. As it turns out, it might be St. Louis that owns his MLS rights? This is from several years ago. I do wonder if St. Louis would want Sargent enough to match that transfer bid. St. Louis City chose Josh Sargent for their first right of refusal, source confirms @tomtimm report.So, if the USMNT/Norwich City FWD ever comes to MLS, STL have the 1st chance (or will be compensated if he goes to another team).Sargent, 22, has 10g/2a this year. He’ from STL https://t.co/hltRPoL0Hi pic.twitter.com/VtaANMEms6— Tom Bogert (@tombogert) January 22, 2023