I'm sorry, but anyone suggesting leaving a healthy Gio Reyna off of a 26-man WC roster is either doing a bit or does not know ball.

Rob knows ball. This is the bigger omission given the roster makeup imo.

This is probably the correct take. It really seemed like an either/or more for Aaronson/Luna than Reyna/Luna. Good news for @kkvonahsen.bsky.social’s chaotic son though.

I would have loved to see Luna included in the roster, but I'm not sure I'd want it at the expense of Reyna. Giovanni Reyna is the most gifted soccer player in the pool, full stop. If you need a moment of personal brilliance in a game, he is the one most likely to give it to you.

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I had fun watching soccer for two consecutive games. That’s all I wanted. The wins are gravy. Fun stuff.

I just love how Joe gives this energy every time he posts these

Not surprised to see Wicky try to run it back after Wednesday’s performance. Good to see Capita’s issues weren’t anything serious.

@pablo.show may have to pay Mina an appearance fee for this episode.

This x10000000

Ahem.

I'm so happy Temwa is back.

Was TM wearing a custom branded Nuuly kit in that spot? 🤢

Is Debinha....surplus to requirements? (trust me I know how ridiculous this sounds)

This has been ummm...something for Jane Campbell.

A whole spot on Chris Armas explaining rest defense when it is a notable issue this team has had problems with since he has taken over is a bit ironic.

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I have heard this shit in corporate marketing meetinsg so many times. These people speak in this language to each other so much they think it is how actual human beings talk, when in reality we all just can't wait for them to stop so the meeting will be over.

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First Brad Stuver, now dril. This campaigning for votes on Bluesky is going to kill the platform. My column:

Omg the avg position of all non CB/GK’s is across midfield! What is this sorcery!

SKC won a game, and won the xG battle? In this economy?

Wow....Celtic gets bailed out and now we have what they would call a "cracker" on Saturday.

A CB on the worst defense in MLS history having the highest g+ at the position during All Star voting is 👨‍🍳💋

This is really, really good. You've probably heard Cody and I wax poetic about Mehmeti on the pod a few times, and there is some great examples of why in this article.

On a much lighter note, this arrived today. Can’t wait to get into it @leanderalphabet.bsky.social

I had largely become numb to the putridity of this club and was letting all the jokes about how terrible they were bounce off me. I had reckoned with it. But looking at this in detail has made me realize the level of either nonchalance or incompetence at play and it's really infuriating.

When your "roster rebuild" means rostering only 24 players(I'm being kind including Tschantret in that number), 13 of which are on league minimum deals, and your academy hasn't produced a useful player in years, it's not hard to see how you end up as the worst team in the history of the league.

This is the Sentnor Experience™️. A very active player that touches the ball a lot, often wastefully, and just when you’re in the camp of subbing her off, she pulls off something so ridiculous you do the “I wasn’t familiar with your game” Shaq meme.

The funny think about this SKC game is this is nowhere near the worst xGD game this team has had this year. It’s not even in the top 5. They actually won a game this year with a worse xGD.

Statistically it’s not that bad either 🤷🏼‍♂️

That’s what we call earning the yellow card on the goal celly from Sam Sarver. Elite stuff.

This is a good read and worth reading because it accurately challenges the narrative that the roster rules are the main reason MLS fails to win this tournament, which is demonstrably false. It is multi-faceted, and blaming only the roster rules is a crutch for CSO's that just want more budget.

Sounders fans be like

I mean honestly that was a fuckin hit. Tip the cap.

If Toluca makes the final anyway after The Discourse™️regarding FMF's dumbass camp that all the teams agreed to months ago, it's gonna be a more than a little bit funny.

Good ol CONCACAF

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I appreciate John Strong calling out the chant when he hears it. It won't make CONCACAF do anything about it, but at least he's not hiding from it.

I lol'd

Apparently this ref has never seen a hand ball offense in his life lol.

I watched UMKC play in the College Cup for $20, and that was the "fancy seating" that included a completely catered spread from Cupini's and all the Boulevard I could drink.

When Griezmann gets to Orlando they are going to be trying to win games 7-5

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Lord I’ve seen what you’ve done for others and I want that for me