Charles Boehm
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“They're going to definitely play a big role. Not because they're young, because they're good.”
Last month I had the pleasure of sitting down with Noel Buck and Esmir Bajraktarevic, the vanguard of
#NERevs
' youth movement:
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Clubs and other orgs can spend many months and 1000s of dollars designing what they hope is the perfect logo. But over the past 24 hours an impromptu gesture by the USWNT has turned this - from an inside-out warmup shirt - into maybe the most iconic crest imagery of the year
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70,000 people watching a live stream of Fabrizio Romano tap furiously on his phone locking up the Enzo news on deadline day
(Not complaining, the downtime was a soothing piece of ASMR)
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I've watched this about 50 times today
Leeds United in the mismatched home/away kit engaging in some low level bad behaviour. This is football heritage.
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Murder in the mixed zone🗡️
Virgil van Dijk, asked whether Cody Gakpo "can perform at the Manchester Uniteds, Real Madrids of this world":
"Is Manchester United and Real Madrid the same level at the moment?
"No disrespect ... I think he definitely has a next step in him."
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Yet again it appears that far more mainstream coverage will be given to NWSL NOT playing matches this weekend, as with other off-field topics, than is given to the matches themselves on a week-to-week basis.
That's part of the problem too.
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There was an opportunity to post something genuinely insightful here but... tribalism is hard to resist
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Weston McKennie: "I don't know what it is, but they seem to like to grab my neck"
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Kate Abdo roasts Clint Dempsey on the pregame show about his lengthy
@opencup
ban for tearing up a ref's notebook with Seattle in '15: "Is it actually OK for you to even be here?"
Deuce: "I'm surprised they let me in the building, to be honest with you. I think I'm still banned"
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So I'm in the ATL burbs for a family function (first plane travel since 2019!) and I find myself at a hotel bar overhearing 2 tipsy SEC-looking dudes breaking down Atlanta United's shortcomings in the attacking third. Probably never going to get used to this type of thing
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Mayra Pelayo is from West Palm Beach. She played college ball at Florida. She was in the USYNT system.
Banger, golazo, dagger, all of the synonyms. Just a stunner of a goal by Mayra Pelayo on a huge night for the Mexican WNT.
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Pay the USWNTers what they deserve, yes. And pay NWSLers a living wage so tomorrow's USWNTers can survive in the pro game long enough to become tomorrow's USWNTers.
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Whatever your reaction to the news, if Berhalter is coming back, seems hard to avoid the conclusion that a lot of time was wasted
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Good morning, friends. One source tells me that players are being notified of USMNT World Cup decisions today, two days before they're made public at the Brooklyn event. So the die is cast, it would seem.
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Fox booting CCL off FS2 in mid-game to jump to college hoops is, uh... suboptimal from a soccer perspective
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For me, Sam Mewis' health will always be the biggest what-if of the USWNT's 2023 cycle. A transformative player, one of the most dominant, do-everything center mids I've ever seen. They were unable to truly replace what she brought to the engine room, and arguably still haven't.
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I'm hearing the
#Suleimani
situation has led US Soccer to reevaluate holding USMNT January camp in Qatar given the wider uncertainty of security in the region. Qatar itself probably relatively secure, but the unknown unknowns beyond may be too dicey to justify going forward.
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Been thinking about this photo that circulated after Middlesbrough's win over Blackpool on Tuesday. Think we can better understand today the emotions Steffen was dealing with.
It's a hard business.
Middlesbrough goalkeeper Zak Steffen seemingly got a bored against Blackpool.
This was in the 46th minute…
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Nagbe's line tonight: 100 touches, 80/84 passing (95%), 8 into final third, 4 recoveries, 11/16 duels won, 9 (nine!) fouls drawn, 0 committed
Pretty wild how this supposed square-pass merchant keeps making his way to championship games
Darlington Nagbe gets emotional after help leading
@ColumbusCrew
to another MLS Cup 🥹
#Crew96
// Audi
#MLSCupPlayoffs
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Watching an MLS team with no superstars comfortably ping it around a Liga MX team at their 8700-feet-above-sea-level home like
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Yes, he plans to surpass his 18g/8a from '22.
Yes, he believes he can solve the USMNT No.9 spot.
Yes, Chivas offered $7 mil. (Price is going up.)
Yes, he's happy in Cincy. And craves revenge on Philly.
And yes, Brandon Vazquez is going to January camp:
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Hard to say which nation is being treated worse here...
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Just got word that Austin FC had nine reporters make the trip to LA to cover their inaugural game in person today. That's a LOT for any US/Canadian soccer team. Clearly they have the attention of local media.
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If only the USMNT had a goalkeeper playing regularly at a UEFA Champions League level
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So Yunus Musah isn't a first-choice starter for this USMNT? Not even in the top 16?
I'm just having a hard time accepting all this at face value.
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LRT: Worth noting, USMNT are currently based an hour or so outside of Orlando proper. But suddenly there's a lot of smoke around Balogun's situation - & a couple of people I've spoken with have not exactly poured cold water on the rumors. Feels like another shoe is about to drop
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"[cont'd] one thing I’ve become aware of having lived abroad … we [the US] have continued to make progress … education is super important, as you just educated me … it’s a process and as long as you see progress, that’s the most important thing..."
TA steady as she goes
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Berhalter opens his postgame presser with an apology:
"I just want to start by apologizing for the fourth official. I think my reaction after the goal was a little bit overboard. There was some frustration with the refereeing today but that poor guy wasn't the cause"
Gregg Berhalter celebrates
#USMNT
goal by getting in the face of the fourth official and having to be pulled back.
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Have heard that there's an injury at play in Pepi's non-inclusion
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Soccer in the States has come a long way in my lifetime and/but every so often you take a bracing splash of cold reality to the face. Like this: The payout for the deeply, delightfully mid, meme-rendered-incarnate Pop-Tarts Bowl... is 20 times larger than the US Open Cup final's.
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The world probably doesn't need another tribute to
@GrantWahl
; many others have written or recorded far superior ones already. I know because I've been reading and listening to them compulsively.
Nonetheless I reflected, and gave it a go. Thanks, Grant.
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USMNT didn't sell out a Gold Cup game in their last visit to Portland
USMNT didn't sell out a WCQ in Seattle that same year (10 years ago, lol). Both atmospheres were incredible nevertheless, as usual.
Can we please stop blaming fans for USSF's que$tionable ticketing practice$?
Don’t care about the discourse of holding it in St. Louis and “football capital of the US” nonsense that’s going on.
Charging $100 to see them play Uzbekistan (no disrespect) in an exhibition game is fuckin criminal and shows you how out of touch the footballing federation are
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Wes McKennie and Tim Weah now speaking in USMNT's matchday-2 media avail. Plenty of interesting stuff, including this on Berhalter's return:
McK: "I think what's most important, obviously, is realizing - and I know myself - there's no one person who's bigger than the program...
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Brek Shea announced his retirement today and I haven't seen this on the TL yet, so let's fix that real quick.
Salute to a true 1/1
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Gio's young and by multiple reports still immature... he's also quite smart; smart enough to understand that if he consistently performs at a high level on the pitch, the national team (and everyone else on earth) will move on and make him a centerpiece of whatever they're doing.
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L̶o̶o̶k̶s̶ ̶l̶i̶k̶e̶ ̶D̶o̶m̶ ̶f̶i̶r̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶o̶v̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶p̶ ̶f̶r̶o̶m̶ ̶e̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶y̶a̶r̶d̶s̶ ̶o̶u̶t̶ Congrats to the whole family
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Gregg Berhalter on English soccer hegemony/elitism: "You hear Jesse Marsch, some of his comments about what he has to go through and I think at some point it's almost like too much, right? You're an established coach... and you're not treated like that. Bob Bradley, the same way"
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I don't know if I'm really ready to join the chorus of praise and tribute for Grant. But it's all accurate, and fitting. He had time for everyone. I don't know how, to be honest. His work rate, info gathering, travel schedule were all voracious, and inspiring. Hurts even worse...
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Didn't know it was legal for soccer stadiums to be completed before the start of the season
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A tidbit for the nighttime crowd: I'm told that Orlando City inadvertently triggered a midfielder's 2019 contract option by starting him more than a certain number of games this year. Coaching staff didn't know about the clause and he exceeded the threshold ... by 1 game.
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Rose wearing the USL-era logo cap in case anyone thought she was new to this
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Thinking about
@darylgrove
a lot today. One of the most wonderful people in the business. ❤❤❤
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Ethan Horvath's Brugge contract just expired, if you know of any clubs that might need a 'keeper
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The trajectory he's on should be exciting for any US fan. He's putting it all together in real time right in front of us at both club and intl level. Some club in Europe is going to pay good money for him soon and help him continue that growth.
Jesus Ferreira isn’t a starter with a full strength USMNT, but he’s 22 years old and has so much to his game. If you actively are angered by him playing with the B team, you need to ask yourself some questions.
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Inter Miami and Toronto FC have the 2 biggest payrolls in MLS.
That's them down at the bottom of the current league table.
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Tom's new whip
sources: after hitting send tweet on cuypers, tom bogert is finalizing a deal to buy a car.
sources add the rep at the dealership isn’t entirely thrilled i have to keep stepping away for phone calls and tweets
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When asked to elaborate on what became clear, Berhalter responded, "things"
No I am not joking
Was Gregg Berhalter able to get more clarity to solidify a final roster for
#Qatar2022
?
“I think we got some clarity. We talked about it today with the coaching group and things became pretty clear.”
He didn't say what things after 0-0 v.
#SaudiArabia
#USMNT
#USA
#WorldCup
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A heated Oscar Pareja: "the attention that we're getting here, with all what is happening, it becomes a circus. Today was a circus. First, the PK [call] is unbelievable, is unbelievable. I don't know if the VAR came today..."
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Looks like Pulisic cleared quarantine on schedule...
We got
#USMNT
players rollin' into Nashville tonight!
Welcome guys. Tomorrow we go to work. 💪
#OnlyForward
🇺🇸
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If my eyes don't deceive me Pulisic sprinted 30ish yards in the 83rd (?) minute of a 5-0 game to disposses an opponent along the touchline, meg him, then start the transition back into attack. Yeah I think he's ready and willing to be The Guy™
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Why did they bring the hotel luggage carts to the airport
Inter Miami announce they will take part in the Riyadh Season Cup in 2024:
▪️ Jan. 29 vs. Al-Hilal
▪️ Feb. 1 vs. Al-Nassr
Messi and Ronaldo will meet again 🤝
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The amount of pearl-clutching in Germany over one eight-hour flight has got to be hilarious for all the European-based players from other continents who do this constantly for years.
Julian Nagelsmann on the criticism of the trip to the US: "From a club coach's point of view, it's normal to be critical of it, we don't need to lie about that. I would probably say the same thing if I were still at a club. But we all have a responsibility for German football. We…
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Why do we love
#CCCFever
? Tonight one of Mexico's footballing giants is playing at a synthetic-turfed, 6,000-seat multipurpose municipal venue perched on a massive island at the edge of Canada.
No land crossings to the mainland, but you can sail north and wind up on US soil.
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Just spent a few hours offline with family, check in here and
Dear God wtffff
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Aaron Long, man. Can't think of many players in the current USMNT pool who better illustrate both the incredible potential and absurd waste of American soccer talent. Took 3 MLS teams to crack his code - could've easily washed out - and here he is, starting for the Nats.
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Ian Darke: "...this calamitous, disjointed, error-strewn, awful performance from the USA. Incredible, really, but you have to say: Tonight the USA have hit a new low."
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Tim Ream, on today's USMNT media avail, asked about reports of past rifts between domestic- and foreign-based players:
"I think that's probably a fair representation of what's happened in the past. Not necessarily with this group, but - this is my fourth cycle now, so being...
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Chivas USA fired Robin Fraser 9 years ago on Tuesday. It took him nearly 7 years to get another chance to be a head coach.
He's been in charge of Colorado for 805 days.
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Some news: I'm told the Sounders and Nico Lodeiro have reached agreement on a contract extension, keeping the Uruguayan maestro in Rave Green for the foreseeable future:
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For too many years Ben Olsen carried a burden for his club that no one person should have had to bear, and he did it doggedly, diligently and without complaint.
More importantly, he is also a good human being.
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1) Enter MLS teams sooner
2) Give lower-division sides hosting rights
Two sensible steps that would immediately make
@opencup
more compelling & more competitive. Many of us have advocated for it, &
@TaylorTwellman
made the case on ESPN+ this week:
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Sebastian Soto was asked by
@MicheleG3
about the news of Yunus Musah's commitment to the USMNT during today's US U-23s media availability. His answer hints at the growing camaraderie among the young'uns:
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FIFA's technical report on USA-Iran says Tyler Adams ran 12.943 kilometers tonight, which is more than 8 miles and as you might guess, a team high.
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So for 15 years Columbus hosts USMNT-Mexico with such distinction that everyone all the way up to the federation president describes it in supernatural terms. Then one tight loss (driven by a dodgy coaching decision) and the game is handed off to their cross-state rivals?
Cold.
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The Nate Silver tweet is so great
Moments like last night are what millions of people have been laboring towards for generations so that n00bs can roll up and say it was obvious
And instead of dunking on them now it's time to welcome and accept. All of these things are good!
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"I was interested in affordable housing. And then through interactions with other people on Twitter, it guided me to something that I found I was specifically passionate about."
I chatted about Twitter, urbanism and more with the fascinating
@Tesho13
:
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I feel safe in saying that the World Cup is one of the most prominent terrorism targets in the world, so if Russian & FIFA security is allowing large drums & other instruments of supporter culture into their stadiums, your local pro team probably has no excuse not to as well.
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A sample of the questions lobbed @ Tata in postgame presser: "What is the explanation for tonight's defeat, a defeat that hurts even more because it's embarrassing that it was the B from the United States against the A team from Mexico, and that of course makes it even worse?"
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Mexican star, American city, Canadian tuxedo: Carlos Vela, NAFTA icon
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People are still finding ways to dog on the USMNT after that result? I get it, the overall narrative around all things US Soccer stinks right know - everyone knows this and a friendly doesn't wipe that away. Of COURSE. But give some credit where it's due.
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I'd missed this image of the Reign & FCKC players who sat out the anthem over the weekend. Really iconic snap, IMO, by ISI's Jane Gershovich
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That's Clifford
Apparently, if you can see two people hugging, you're left-brained, and if you can see a dinosaur, you're right-brained. What do you see in the mountain?
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GB's responses, in brief: 19 [actually 20] million people watched the last game back home, they usually get behind us at big int'l tourneys and we hope that continues ... "I don't know enough about politics, I'm a soccer coach"
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Eight saves for Matt Turner tonight. But perhaps worth pointing to another field on his statline: 88.1% pass completion.
Is Zack Steffen's perceived superiority in that department overstated?
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Fun fact, the 2022 FIFA World Cup kicks off two years from today.
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From where I stand, Lindsey Horan's the best player in the world, and has been for a couple years now. If not her, then it's Amandine Henry, the player the USWNT need to neutralize today. Horan's not just a 6, not just an 8, not just a 10. She can do all of those, and often does.
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Late yesterday, FC Barcelona announced that their newest US escola will open in Columbus, Ohio. Suggests that one of the largest clubs in the world sees a stronger soccer scene there than some others do.
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Can this be a Save the Crew moment for the US Open Cup? Maybe a dire threat can galvanize everyone in a positive way and prompt renewed efforts to elevate and celebrate this living piece of soccer heritage.
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Bob Bradley dropped 15 minutes of fire in the draft mixed zone earlier, much of it about how poor we soccer media people are recognizing and explaining what happens on the field. I'm in awe. He's a legend.
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Pelado Almeyda hosted an asado for his players after 2 big results this week. Look at these pictures and tell me some more about how mandatory it is for a soccer coach in this country to speak English
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Quick(ish) story. In my early 20s I helped manage a very modest indoor soccer facility in Texas. We'd usually have games every 50 minutes from 6pm-12am weeknights, 8am-12am on weekends but you could also rent field space @ $80, maybe $100/hr.
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