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✍🏻 US soccer & women's futbol ⚽️ contributing @MenInBlazers @guardian_sport @espn ; Words also seen @inquirer @brfootball & more.
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Philly gets a July 4th Round of 16 World Cup match on the 250th anniversary of 1776 🇺🇸 🔔
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Y’all never in my life, not at any sport or match ever before, not at any World Cup, have I heard a national anthem sung like this. Just, chills
#SLVvUSA
#LaSelecta
#USMNT
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Just arrived to Al Bayt Stadium for England v France. A few seats down, a memorial to Grant Wahl, in the place where he would have watched the game. 💛
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While Matt Turner was speaking to media, several USMNT players came through slapping his back, messing his hair. Mason Mount and Phil Foden also patted him on the back as they came through.
Turner: “why’s everyone touching me?”
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Tyler Adams reprimanded by a reporter for his pronunciation of Iran. Then asked how he feels representing a country given its treatment of black people.... Adams stoic. Great response.
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Leeds take all three points to start the season.
Tyler Adams and Brenden Aaronson are the last off the pitch, walking round every corner and giving their shirts to a fan
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Christian Pulisic on the worm celebration: “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.”
#USMNT
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Sergino Dest stops mid sentence answering a question about Wales (“hold on”), presumably cautious about what to reveal to the media.
Bit of a funny scene as he and Weston consult on the stage
#USMNT
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Christian Pulisic talked a lot tonight about relying on his teammates and knowing he doesn't have to do it alone. On his injury:
“When I went down and I see Brenden (Aaronson) running on the pitch. I’m not worried at all”
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Grant Wahl’s passing feels too impossible to be true. There is now a giant sized hole in the US Soccer community, impossible to fill.
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In addition to the
#USMNT
barber they've been flying to all their camps (he arrives today), US Soccer says the team has brought an Italian chef they met in El Salvador, all the way back at the start of World Cup Qualifying.
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Weston McKennie says he texted Pulisic to check on him. Pulisic’s response:
“Best believe I'll be ready on Saturday.”
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Small item of note: Tyler Adams and Gregg Berhalter did not touch their water today. Gareth Southgate is about halfway through his, three minutes into this press conference
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In the inaugural Concacaf W Gold Cup, the US lost to Mexico for the first time on home soil, AM7 tried to fight the Colombia team, a baby drank a Truly, Emma Hayes posted heart emojis at 3 AM UK time, we played Canada inside the Pacific Ocean, Alyssa Naeher saved us and somehow,
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Pulisic has been taken to the hospital for “scans”, per US Soccer
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Notes from Jesse Marsch's session at last week's United Soccer Coaches Convention in Philadelphia.
- Taking over from Bielsa
- Implementing tactics
- Creating culture
- Managing dissent
This one is free to read. Check it out, and give it a share.
#LUFC
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According to Ethan Horvath just now,
#USMNT
team bonding includes watching Peru v Australia while playing Uno, playing Pokemon, and ... watching Love Island
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Julie Ertz, giving a pre-match speech for her final
#USWNT
appearance with so much fire, you’d think it was the World Cup final.
May her intensity live on in the program forever 🫡💙
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Absolutely incredible question.
Berhalter and Adams are asked what percentage of the world would be happy if Iran wins, and what percentage of the world would be happy if the United States wins.
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Rewatched Japan v USA earlier today. Can't stop thinking about a stadium so empty you could hear loud & clear as some lone
#USMNT
supporter screamed "WHY ARE WE PLAYING OUT OF THE BACK?!" into the broadcast late in the first half
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Very excited for the Seattle Seahawks Soccer Team to become Concacaf World Champions this week
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I asked Zack Steffen if the atmosphere at Azteca lived up to the hype: "It was a strange atmosphere...I heard 1 or 2 Mexico chants."
"... I heard our fans. They're always spectacular & passionate and we need that"
#USMNT
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PSA: Screenshotting a quote that a writer spent time, money and effort to collect without crediting that writer is a messed up thing to do.
Yedlin said this to media in the mixed zone after the Netherlands game, quote and highlight from me.
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Media asked Jordan Henderson in the mixed zone if the
#USMNT
should be reassessed after this game, treated like a top team. He responds that they treated them like one going in
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"We really count on Timothy Weah and DeAndre Yeldin to keep the vibes high at all times"-- Tyler Adams, asked about the energy in camp, and if the team is nervous.
#USMNT
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Antonee Robinson on Gio Reyna: "He's a lovely kid but when he gets on the pitch he's incredibly confident... There's no fear whatsoever, he just knows when he gets on the pitch he's gonna run the show"
#USMNT
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Would like to be a fly on the wall for the conversation Brendo, Tyler and Weston are having right now
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Imagine being this joyous after a transatlantic flight with a flock of cameras in your face
Hopefully, the harbinger of a good fit
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Zack Steffen says watching ESPN this weekend he saw the commercial for UEFA World Cup Qualifiers and was like, "Where's the Concacaf commercial?"
@espn
It's a fair question..
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Scally says the player in camp giving him the most help and guidance is Tyler Adams. Fellow Bundesliga player who shares a meal table with him. Says Adams has been giving him tips on impressing coaching staff
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It’s not too late for Leeds to announce they signed CCV, too
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Tim Ream speaking to media now. On Reyna:
"We moved on from that as players. I think the biggest thing for us as leadership & all the guys in camp is to see that he's working hard, training hard, that he's wanting to be here & up to this point it's been nothing but positive"
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Everybody here but Sergino Dest, who US Soccer says is doing individualized training based on “load management”.
#USMNT
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I spent 5 days in Leeds surrounding the Premier League debut of Brenden Aaronson and Tyler Adams on August 6th. These are my notes from the match, from the city, and from the people:
#USMNT
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Berhalter is asked if Jurgen Klinsmann is doing psychological warfare against Iran. Berhalter says ask Jurgen. This is quite a press conference.
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Tim Ream says it feels like
#USMNT
“let them off the hook”
“Because we felt like we.. you know, we played well enough to get 3 points, defended well enough to get 3 points, you know, to then not have that…”
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Yesterday I went to Elland Road to interview
#LeedsUnited
fans about their season, their manager, and their American signings.
FULL 👉🏼
[🎥
@Kenealey92
]
#LUFC
#USMNT
#PremierLeague
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@TheOnceler79
Incredible, in that’s it’s an absolutely ridiculous question to ask. Not interesting in the slightest
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I will just never get sick of seeing
#USMNT
jerseys take over the downtown area of random American cities
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Feel like Christian Pulisic is entering his villain era just in time for the World Cup. Excellent timing
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I’d like to propose that we refer to the Marsch-Aaronson-Adams contingent as the Yanks of Yorkshire
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Very bold of FIFA to place the World Cup Draw on April Fools Day
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7 goals in 11 games for Norwich. Sargent can’t stop scoring
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Only people I’ve met so far who think the US will beat England? Bunch of guys from Mexico I met last night.
Thank you for your faith in us, friends 👊🏻
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Tyler Adams on whether his yellow card will impact the way he plays at Azteca against Mexico: "Same mentality as always for me, same mentality as always. I'm not thinking about the next game... I'm still tackling"
#USMNT
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Tim Ream goal! The guy is in the form of his life right now. You love to see it
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The Argentina supporter section is having themself a party right now.
World Cup Final almost certain 🇦🇷
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Brenden’s mistake yesterday, Christian’s injury today. All this drama in the background.
Only another Tim Ream goal could set this right
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Asked about Gio Reyna, Berhalter says Reyna was available for Wales. Says it was a coach’s decision not to play him. He’ll be available against England.
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BJ Callaghan’s unexpected rise to beloved
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cult hero is among the year’s best developments
Lmaooooo this was just on the TNT broadcast
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I simply cannot wait to see Weston McKennie in the Premier League.
I am unsure of many things, but I feel sure this will be fun
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US Soccer just gave an injury update on
#USMNT
players.
Christian Pulisic is the same as before: pelvic contusion, day to day.
Josh Sargent has "right ankle soreness", also day to day.
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I think it's often under-appreciated Weston McKennie is sometimes fighting/recovering from injury or similar while putting in performances for
#USMNT
I asked Anthony Hudson about Weston McKennie tonight, & as part of a long thoughtful answer, he mentioned that Weston has the flu
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People always ask who’s helped me in my career. The answer to that question is simple and it is Grant Wahl. That man has gone far, far, far out of his way to help me on so many occasions.
He loved the game, & wanted more people in it.
I just hope he knows how loved he was.
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My biggest takeaway from tonight is LDLT. Not a revelation, just confirmation
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Brenden Aaronson scores in his premier league debut and we have got ourselves a USA chant at Elland Road
#lufc
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No Pulisic again but it’s okay, we’re all watching Leeds now anyway
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Squad on their way to train as far away from us as humanly possible.
Christian Pulisic & Haji Wright chatting away in the rear.
#USMNT
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I'm very excited to share I'll be contributing to
@brfootball
now through
#WorldCup2022
!
My first piece on
#USMNT
considers their (dire) performance across two pivotal friendlies as they prepare for
#Qatar
:
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Not enough people are talking about Gregg Berhalter’s Twitter banner, wherein Jesus Ferreira is the 9
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This won't shock those paying attention, but I've got it on good authority Ethan Horvath is definitely heading to Mexico next week
It'll be Horvath's first
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roster appearance since Sept qualifiers & if he plays, the first we've seen him since last summer's Nations League
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Jesus Ferreira strolled out with the team to have a look around, but he’s the last one out. Listening to music and really taking it in.
I wonder if he’s mulling over something big
#USMNT
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So I’m rewatching USA 🇺🇸 Morocco 🇲🇦 now. Same formation in possession as second half against Japan.
Difference is against Morroco we had Tim Weah, Christian Pulisic, Yunus Musah and Antonee Robinson.
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Tyler Adams told media that Austin FC's facilities make him excited to come back to the MLS one day. He said the quality of the facilities gives the group confidence: "It shows that American soccer is moving in the right direction".
#USMNT
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Camera cuts to Luis Suarez in tears- or near it- on the bench. Ghana's fans cheer.
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DeAndre Yedlin talked to media about the quote unquote vibes after the Netherlands match here in Doha.
His comments were interesting to me at the time. Highlighted part definitely sticking out now.
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FIFA organized an event for workers contributing to World Cup 2022 to play with
#USMNT
players. Weston McKennie most vocal coach by a long shot
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Ethan Horvath swatting away projectiles from fans like the goalkeeper he is 😭
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Your back to back defending World Cup champions, having a very sunny day in San Jose
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Disappointed to learn that according to Brenden Aaronson, they were talking about golf in this photo
#USMNT
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Antonee Robinson said the lads will embrace the conditions weather wise. Says growing up in England he's no stranger to snow, that it reminds him of when he was younger when they would play dads vs. lads in the snow on Boxing Day
#USMNT
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Lots of people from all over the world milling by to pay their respects. Very, very strange and heartbreaking feeling.
Keep thinking at any moment he's going to waltz up the stairs, sit down right there, and start talking to us about Morocco
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Would like for Australia to win this match. We need all the people that call it soccer in Qatar that we can get
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Personally, I need to start seeing
#USMNT
look this level of carefree. Need more freedom, more spontaneity, less system
I want to know what they look like not overthinking, just feeling and moving. That’s the team that does well in Qatar
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Gregg on
#USMNT
roster absences:
Daryl Dike: is beat up, had a long year. Needs rest
Mihailovic: will be getting training and movement with Bologna, so doesn't need it from USMNT camp.
Miles Robinson: wear & tear from the season, needs rest. Was given an individual regimen
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Arriving late to this
#USMNT
presser, but just in time to catch Alejandro Zendejas describe training with Daryl Dike:
"This guy's a tank bro"
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6 goals in 10 appearances for Sargent this season with Norwich. His 3rd in 6 games since returning from injury ⚽️
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Ladies & gentleman, Weston McKennie— the biggest personality on
#USMNT
, the midfielder from Little Elm, Texas— is officially in training and looking healthy at the World Cup.
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I don’t think we should get ahead of ourselves but we’re going to win the Olympics
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I had the opportunity to sit down with Tyler Adams and Walker Zimmerman (separately) this afternoon. Before I say anything else, I will say this: the leadership of
#USMNT
is in good hands
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That’s 3 goals and 1 assist in 7 games for Christian Pulisic in Italy 🇮🇹 this season
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Brandon Vasquez describing Alejandro Zendejas (in today’s
#USMNT
Jan camp presser):
“He’s so shifty. His velocity and speed is great, and he’s amazing on the ball.”
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Tyler Adams talking a lot about the brotherhood in today's press conference.
On players not in camp with injury, he says he got calls from Weston McKennie just before both matches this window wishing them luck
#USMNT
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