I could go on for hours about this but I want to emphasize that you can pass the ball around horizontally all day long - but if you can't attack the goal, you won't win a soccer game. Passing without result, as my son's coach calls it. See also: USA vs. Belgium, Round of 16, 2026 World Cup

Pay to Play is is damaging in two ways. 1) it obviously shuts out kids that can't afford to play and 2) kids who do have the money but don't have the talent still get to play, which waters down the talent pool.

This is my special interest topic. Yes, I am boring at parties. Pay-to-play is only half the problem. The real problem is that we don't have enough kids playing pickup soccer, getting 1000s of touches on the ball during unstructured play. Taking people on 1v1, being creative. Making fast decisions.

Bellingham scored two goals in 38 seconds, let's fucking go

I'm not sure we have connected more than three consecutive vertical passes this entire match Maybe not even two

fuuuuuuuck

these guys seem not quite at their best to me

quality isn't there. just isn't there

Ok Gio. Time to create something 😬😬

Having Doku waiting on the bench to come in when our fullbacks are smoked is a very big problem

Pulisic and McKinnie trying to occupy the same space on the field is certainly a technique

Tim Ream got fucking cooked on that one jfc

GET FUCKED COURTOIS LMAO 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

we appear to have the footy equivalent of the yips. poor touches, poor passing, lack of imagination in the final third

I do not give a fuck what that man does

fat asses are extremely important, but they aren't the only important thing

Some hetero men want a wife, some want a servant with benefits.

My feelings about the Pod Save guys, the Bernie-affiliated political consultants, and anyone else who vocally supported Platner are the same feelings I have toward basically anyone who served as a political appointee in the GW Bush administrations: fuck off forever

Everything is so very overwhelmingly stupid

1. It was a foul, possibly worthy of a red card 2. The official misused VAR in his decision to issue a red 3. Balogun essentially got off on a technicality 4. This doesn't crack the top 50 list of corrupt things FIFA has done this decade 5. Trump involving himself made everything worse

Ah, yes...death, taxes, and Latin American politicians being wildy racist about futbol. This one is an instant classic of the genre.

I need a cigarette

Pickford's distribution is something else

DAN BURN MEAT WALL

Mexico: pass right Mexico: long switch right Mexico: cross left England: clear to midfield *repeat until the heat death of the universe*

Welcome to CONCACAF, England, it only gets worse from here

bit rich for a concacaf team to bitch this much about contact

anyone who has watched USMNT games against Mexico will tell you to be ready for some of the most homophobic and/or racist abuse you've ever heard from a soccer crowd

CRIKEY

9 months at 9500ft in Afghanistan taught me altitude is very much not in your mind. It is in your alveoli.

bloody 'ell

If you are concerned about L'Affaire Balugon I would encourage you to mosey over to Wikipedia, type in the words "Sepp Blatter," and then recalibrate your worries accordingly

I read this book as a high schooler and it was Iike getting kicked in the head A legitimately radicalizing experience.

A suspiciously favorable administrative decision means we're a real soccer country now.

BALOGUN'S COMING HOME

My most boomer trait is that I sometimes wait until I have a couple things in my Amazon cart before ordering because I might save on shipping. I pay for Amazon Prime, none of this makes any damn sense

Cant believe no one used this yet

damn you mean that constantly repeating that the most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help' had the effect of making your base reflexively distrust anything a govt official says, even to their direct detriment? is that what you are telling me????

fwiw there are assholes demonstrating in DC every single day, anyone can apply for a permit from the USPS. Usually there aren't neo-Nazis in this number, but they aren't uncommon also imo the optics of neo-nazis marching during POTUS's July 4th celebrations aren't great for POTUS 🤷‍♂️

I was just at Home Depot buying a new grill on the 4th of July and a guy said "Excuse me, Big Dog" as he walked in front of me so if you need any testosterone I'VE GOT PLENTY TO SPARE

Here's your Independence Day tip: when selecting a watermelon, you want one that is dull colored, has a field spot, and - and this is very important, according to the internet - a tight butthole. Happy 250th anniversary, folks.

Every fifth person in the Army is Larry

I should note that the NWSL is playing in August and I'll be watching Spirit matches - I was at the match tonight, sweating my ass off while trying to simultaneously watch the end of Cabo Verde vs. Argentina on my phone

I am already depressed about the looming sports dead zone after this World Cup 😫

Anyone do this yet

you guys ever take a cold shower after doing a bunch of yard work on an insanely hot day and then sit spread eagle in front a box fan for a while 10/10 highly recommend

crikey what a save