Brian Sciaretta
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Writer at American Soccer Now. Work also appears at The NY Times & Soccer America. Frequent guest on Talksport & SiriusXM. Based in New Jersey. Hoya Saxa
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“I met someone really special yesterday. His name was Mason, and his one request was that if I scored, he wanted to see a worm celebration. That’s what that was for.” - Christian Pulisic
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You’ll see this 1000x by the end of the day. I don’t care. I just want it on my timeline. Biggest club goal ever by a
#USMNT
player
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Mexico is eliminated. A brutal 2 years of soccer for Mexico
- Lost Gold Cup
- Lost Nations League
- Failed to qualify for the U-20 WC
- Failed to qualify for 2024 Olympics
- Seattle defeats two Liga MX teams en route to CCL title
- Run of 6-WC run of reaching the knockouts ends
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KI is the best story in soccer right now. The club in a country of 55k, in a town of 5k, with players not fully professionals is still alive in Champions League qualifying.
- beating Hungarian champs last round, Swedish champs today
- at worst, Conference League Group stage
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Just remember a few years ago.. this wasn’t even a card
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DaMarcus Beasley:
3 US Open Cups
1 Supporters Shield
2 Eredivisie titles
1 Dutch Cup
2 SPL titles
2 Scot. League Cups
1 UEFA CL semifinal
4 Gold Cup titles
1 GC Golden Boot
4 WC rosters
1 WC quarterfinal
1 Confed. Cup finalist
1 U17 WC Silver Ball
126 USMNT caps
5x MLS All Star
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At the time it was announced, I thought it was cool for
#MLS
to have these uniformed start times. Boy, I was very wrong. They need a Friday game every week, multiple Sunday games, and more staggered start times on Saturday - make it so people can watch more games live
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This
#USMNT
conceded just 1 goal in 570 minutes at the Gold Cup. 0 goals from the run of play. That's insane.
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Miles Robinson has played against Mexico in 4 non-friendly games. He’s been on the field for a total of 380 minutes in those games. Mexico hasn’t scored on the
#USMNT
with him on the field.
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Dest is probably the biggest win ever for the United States on the dual national recruiting front. A kid who was born & raised in the Amseterdam area, starts for Ajax in the Champions League as an 18-year old, has legitimate Dutch interest, and chooses the United States
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Imagine an Everton fan traveling to the USA on holiday to watch his team. Then watch Minnesota United blow them out - after narrowly escaping relegation last year. Then, for a kicker, listening to a bunch of Minnesotans sing Wonderwall afterward.
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Meanwhile in Sweden, former San Jose Earthquake midfielder Magnus Eriksson tries to get Yasin Ayari (a teenager) to flinch, comes up empty, and is the butt of jokes today among Allsvenskan twitter
#Quakes74
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Tyler Adams: raw numbers in 1-0 win vs. Iran
90 mins
84 touches
62/69 passing
7/8 long balls
12 recoveries
3/3 tackling
6/9 ground duels won
1/2 aerials
1 clearance
11 passes into the final third
2x fouled
1 foul also a YC.
- WOWzers
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This is the biggest upset I can recall in the early rounds of the Champions League. KI, from the Faroe Islands, goes to Budapest and defeats Hungarian champs Ferencvaros 3-0 after 0-0 in the 1st leg. The Faroe Islands have a pop of 55k. KI play in Klaksvík, pop 5k
A thread: 1/4
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I’ve been covering the U.S U-20 team since 2007. 9th cycle including the COVID cancelled one. That was one of the most impressive 45 minutes of soccer in the history of the US U-20 program. Just remarkable on the road in San Pedro Sula with the Olympic curse staring at them. 3-0
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🚨🚨🚨Guatemala!!! Mexico is eliminated from qualifying for both the 2023 U-20 World Cup and the 2024 Olympics!!! Guatemala eliminates Mexico on penalties! 🚨🚨
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This is big. Very big
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A Cinderella story. The Dominican Republic has qualified for the U-20 World Cup after defeating Jamaica 1-0. It is the first FIFA tournament at any level that the Dominican Republic has qualified for. Congratulations to them. The players are overjoyed in their celebration
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Some brilliant takes in my replies today on Messi’s goal
1) it was scripted/staged and they let him score
2) it reflects the sad state of goalkeeping in MLS
If either if these were your reaction, take a break from both social media & soccer/futbol/football asap
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What if America’s best athletes did soccer celebrations?
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Tim Ream raw # for Fulham in 1-0 win over Luton Town
- NOT MAKING THESE UP
- 90 minutes
- 153 touches (!!)
- 138/145 passes (!!)
- 6/9 long balls
- 20 passes into final third (!!)
- 3/3 tackles
- 4/5 ground duels
- 2/5 aerials
- 0 fouls
- 1x fouled
- wore the armband
#USMNT
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Really cool news as Fulham announces today that Clint Dempsey will be at Craven Cottage this Saturday for Fulham's game vs. Watford. The
#USMNT
legend will be honored with a pregame ceremony for his retirement.
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9 months to the day after Iceland beat England, an Icelandic hospital resident reports a "record number of epidurals in the maternity unit"
hehehe dagsins:
sett var met í fjölda mænudeyfinga á fæðingarvakt um helgina - níu mánuðum eftir 2-1 sigurinn á Englandi
;)
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Tim Weah: Raw # for the
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in 2-0 win over Mexico
89 minutes
52 touches
4 shots
3 key passes
1 assist
24/27 passing
10/13 duels won
4/9 in crossing
0/0 long balls
1 clearances
4/4 dribbles
1/2 tackles
4/5 aerials
- wowzers
- easy MOTM
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It's all over!!! The U.S. U-20 team has upset France at the World Cup!! come back from 2-1 to win 3-2. Onto the quarterfinals for the third straight cycle!
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"When we brought in Christian it gave the team a boost. But it also put fear in Mexico." - Gregg Berhalter.
#USMNT
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It is now official: Despite the loss, VfB Stuttgart has been promoted to the Bundesliga. Manager Pellegrino Matarazzo will become the first even American born & raised Bundesliga manager. Congratulations to the Fair Lawn, NJ native. Massive accomplishment
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Pepi… channeling his inner 1980’s English 2nd tier Route 1 forward here
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Kellyn Acosta was the MOTM. Miles Robinson was the player of the tournament. Matt Turner was the goalkeeper of the tournament.
#USMNT
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Here is the hard fact: every
#usmnt
player (abroad or domestic) is playing worse on the national team than with his club.
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The United States U-20 team played Argentina to a 2-2 draw today in Buenos Aires. Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria, & Leo Paredes were in attendance. The U.S goals came from the Philly Union duo of Quinn Sullivan & Paxten Aaronson. Argentina equalized in the 90th minute
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IMHO, Tim Ream has the strongest case to be US Soccer’s male Player of the Year for 2022. Adams will probably win but Ream has a better case for a complete club and country resume over the course of the whole year
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Tomorrow the United States turns 242 years old. Also tomorrow, the modern era of American soccer celebrates a milestone 30th birthday as on July 4, 1988, the United States was named as the host of the 1994 World Cup. Everything changed with that for US Soccer & soccer in America
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Berhalter noted that the team views Wednesday as a challenge to be the first
#USMNT
to win in San Jose and he will be fielding a lineup to win.
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“Obviously. I know him very well from Germany. For me, he's a central striker. It isn't his best position to help out on the wing”
- Former
#USMNT
forward and new Norwich manager David Wagner said of Josh Sargent
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Clint Dempsey telling Landon Donovan and DaMarcus Beasley on Live TV that they have been inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame is great content
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Ledezma’s winner for Jong PSV. His 2nd of 2 goals. Also had an assist in a 3-2 win over Jong AZ
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The Crew, it’s fans, and fans of this league deserve so much better than this. This isn’t Chivas USA we’re talking about. This is a team that helped build the league. The stadium, McBride, Friedel, Hejduk..tough to watch this unfold
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Iceland, population 330,000. What's the population going to be 9 months from today? 500k?
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I was just sent this. The Matarazzo family in Fair Lawn, New Jersey watching Pellegrino and Stuttgart’s last minute, dramatic series of events to remain in the Bundesliga.
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Tyler Adams is starting for RB Leipzig!... wake the kids, call the neighbors. It's happening. Merry Christmas.
#USMNT
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In a bit of cool player news in ways beyond soccer, I’ve heard that Sounders winger Handwalla Bwana has officially become an American citizen. Amazing story after spending time as a child in a refugee camp in Kenya and learningto play with homemade soccer balls. Congrats to him
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Goal Leeds!!! Jesse is gonna do it. Bummer news for all those in England with Ted Lasso jokes ready to go
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The team's new name: The Tampa Timeshares
BREAKING: The Tampa Bay Rays have received MLB's permission to explore becoming two-city team: the Tampa Bay area and Montreal, sources tell ESPN. The plan: Play early-season home games in the Tampa Bay area and finish the season in Montreal. News at ESPN:
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It’s done.
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attacker Nicholas Gioacchini has signed for Ligue 1’s Montpellier. A one season loan with an option to buy from SM Caen
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Huge news as American and former
#RBNY
Jesse Marsch has been named the new manager of Red Bull Salzburg and will likely be coaching in the Champions League next year.
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Ajax reveal that Sergino Dest has chosen to play for the United States internationally. Big win for the
#USMNT
and U.S. Soccer.
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Diego Luna is from Sunnyvale, CA but apparently is very good at playing in a driving snowstorm.
Very good half for the Olympic hopeful. Assist here as RSL is up 3-0 on LAFC at HT
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Two stories here
1) Dest selfishly harming the
#USMNT
by not being able to keep it together
2) Ream being a leader
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Wow.. Ream really chewed out Dest bad, then Turner. Some accountability there
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Paxten Aaronson: 7 goals, 1 assist
Quinn Sullivan: 6 goals, 3 assists
Jack McGlynn: 2 goals
Brandon Craig: 2 assists
Philadelphia Union players: 15 goals, 6 assists at the CONCACAF U-20 Championships
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There are good American goalkeepers who are healthy, playing well, playing regularly, and winning big games
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For those wondering, Miles Robinson had 11 clearances last night and four interceptions. He looks even better on a re-watch. I still think he was robbed in not being named the best player of the Gold Cup.
#USMNT
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Let’s face it. This has nothing really to do with the Nations League trophy. This is just
#USAvMEX
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That’s a wrap from Honduras. The U.S U-20 team was the best team at the tournament by a wide margin. But to get it done on the road, to qualify for both the U-20 WC, then end the Olympic drought, and easily win the title impressive. They also just played so well. Good team
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In terms of the
#USMNT
roster, US Soccer clarifies that in addition to Tyler Adams, the following players were held out due to injury:
Cameron Carter Vickers (knee), Chris Richards (back), Josh Sargent (ankle), Malik Tillman (hamstring)
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Before everyone goes off an celebrates, let's just admire Brian Schmetzer for a second. Think about how well he's coached the team this tournament. His team rallied from 2-0 in Mexico. They didn't get rattled after 2 injury first half subs. What a coach.
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Weston McKennie is really talented. But these things are becoming a concern
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Tim Ream.. the pride of St Louis. Showing that you can play the best soccer of your career after 35
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Remember: Croatia tried to recruit Christian Pulisic.
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Ronnie Brunswijk, age 60, is the VP of Suriname. He has over 50 children & is wanted by Interpol. Last night, he made his debut for Inter Moengotapoe - a team he owns & captains - vs. Olimpia in the CONCACAF League. His son started
CONCACAF is the best
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It’s over!!! This U.S U-20 team has ended the Olympic drought!!!! Booked spots in the 2023 U-20 WC and the 2024 Olympics! What a team
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Here are the angles to watch the wonder goal from Ruidiaz. Whoa. What a goal!
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GOAL!! Matt Miazga with the stoppage time equalizer for Anderlecht against Royal Antwerp! 1-1!
#USMNT
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RB Leipzig announces
#USMNT
midfielder Tyler Adams is back to training with the club after a long absence due to injury
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Barcelona can't register any of their summer signings until they shed €200,000,000. This is going to be unreal to watch it unfold.
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Just pointing out that if MLS had a August - May calendar (even with a 4-6 week winter break), you’d have a ton of games like this
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CONCACAF has warned the US and FMF “that more severe sanctions could be taken should incidents occur during their upcoming matches in Concacaf national team competitions.”
- after countless incidents between these teams, only now are they serious about it? It’s very silly, TBH
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Matt Miazga's loan to Anderlecht is now done. Good move for the
#USMNT
central defender to play under Vincent Kompany, one of the best in the modern era in that position.
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Snow soccer is an acquired taste. Strangely, I have acquired it
RSL strikes first against LAFC. I’ll let you guess who is the home team
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Goal!! What a header from Brandon Vazquez! Monterrey 1-0 Sam Luis
He’s off to an big start in Liga Mx
#USMNT
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Here is Richie Ledezma’s first goal of his 2 goal/ 1 assist outing today
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I just checked - and let me know if I am wrong... But this will be the first Champions League final to ever have two Pennsylvania-born players on the matchday roster.
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Goal! Ricardo Pepi scores to put Groningen up 1-0 on Fortuna Sittard
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The commitment from Yunus Musah to the
#USMNT
is very different compared with Dest. On one sense, Dest was impressing more at the club level but Musah was never ignored by English YNTs. Dest was ignored by Holland, so he was staying with the US setup. Musah is leaving England
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