December 9, 20241 yr On 12/6/2024 at 2:26 PM, Firemans4Horn said: Pulisic came off injured in the 38th minute. 💩 Shut the program down.
December 9, 20241 yr On 11/26/2024 at 12:12 PM, Ted Lange said: Interesting comparison Eden Hazard Career: 167 goals, 150 assists, 623 appearances Christian Pulisic Career: 82 goals, 75 assists, 367 appearances
December 10, 20241 yr we need as many friendlies as possible against legit first-selection european powers on their soil in the next 18 months i hope poch is all over the fed to get out in front of this problem and spend whatever is necessary to make this happen any friendly in the US before the world cup is of very little value regardless of who it is we need to play AT LEAST 2 of the following, preferably 4, on their soil, with their federation guaranteeing a first-selection england france germany italy netherlands portugal spain uefa nations league fixtures (2025): feb 21 matchday 1 feb 25 matchday 2 apr 4 matchday 3 apr 8 matchday 4 may 30 matchday 5 june 3 matchday 6 fifa national team windows before the mundial: 17–25 march 2 games :: DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH NATIONS LEAGUE :: INCREDIBLY HIGH-VALUE WINDOW 2–10 june 2 games :: conflict w/ nations league matchday 6 on 3 june + season is over players are gassed = low-value we're not getting a europower 14 june–6 july Gold Cup :: x 1–9 september 2 games :: way too early in the season to learn anything but europower federations might be amenable 6–14 october 2 games :: INCREDIBLY HIGH-VALUE WINDOW 10–18 November 2 games :: INCREDIBLY HIGH-VALUE WINDOW 21 december–18 january 2026 Africa Cup of Nations 23–31 march 2026 2 games :: INCREDIBLY HIGH-VALUE WINDOW 1–9 june 2026 2 games :: conmebol will be salivating to get these - we should take our pick based on form (today would be argentina & uruguay) so we have 3 windows for 2 matches each in 25 and 1 window for 2 matches in the spring of 26 that's 8 possible games in 4 windows if i were in charge we would play a "2nd-tier" in the first game in each window followed by a europower in the 2nd game something like this: scotland then england belgium then france/netherlands denmark then germany suisse/austria then italy greece then portugal/spain give poch a good look at 15-17 players in the first game and then play the top side fit for purpose against the europower in the 2nd game
December 11, 20241 yr What about friendlies AT: Nigeria Bolivia Japan Egypt Colombia Australia Turkey
December 11, 20241 yr 12 hours ago, Napoleon said: What about friendlies AT: Nigeria - zero value, requires 3 days minimum Bolivia - are you high? Japan - 27 total time zone shifts, 2 flights 14+ hours, 4 days minimum - MAYBE - will discuss below Egypt - no value + $10m security budget = no but morocco i can see as a precursor to portugal or spain, security probably half ($5m) Colombia - if they are in form then they get 1 of the 2 slots in june 26 just before the cup Australia - insane - double the japan travel/time problem to learn nothing about your squad - AC Milan are going to be down with this - right Turkey - THIS ONE IS INTERESTING re: the turk are in that same bucket as greece and morocco as a quality test in game 1 before a major power in game 2 the security problem could change significantly if the russia/ukraine and syria situations really settle down next year currently: 14 morocco 28 turk 33 egypt 38 greece these are the "game 1" mediterranean nations before playing portgual or spain re: nippon, we need to take advantage of the 2 games in each window; nippon are 15, korea team fighting are 23, so this makes sense as a 2-game window; pairing the nips with a game in the US or europe/mediterranean is not worth the tokyo travel hit
December 11, 20241 yr Saw where Jozy Altidore is part of a group (Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter) to get a minority ownership position in the Buffalo Bills. could really hamstring the franchise
December 11, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Trey3216 said: Saw where Jozy Altidore is part of a group (Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter) to get a minority ownership position in the Buffalo Bills. could really hamstring the franchise What the fuck does Altidore have any money from? Or is he just a name.
December 11, 20241 yr 2 minutes ago, ztejas said: What the fuck does Altidore have any money from? Or is he just a name. No clue. I know he doesn't have Vinsanity or TMac $$. He may have been a good steward of his career earnings and decided the benefits of being a minority partner in an NFL franchise are about the best he could do with is stack. Probably not far off on his supposition either.
December 11, 20241 yr 16 minutes ago, ztejas said: Nice goal but that is shambolic defending. HOOOOOOOOWWWWW does your light shine, in the halls.....
December 11, 20241 yr 55 minutes ago, ztejas said: What the fuck does Altidore have any money from? Or is he just a name. 38 minutes ago, Trey3216 said: No clue. I know he doesn't have Vinsanity or TMac $$. He may have been a good steward of his career earnings and decided the benefits of being a minority partner in an NFL franchise are about the best he could do with is stack. Probably not far off on his supposition either. 1) Jozy Altidore's wife, SLOANE STEPHENS, is an American tennis player less than 1 year older than the daughter of the Buffalo Bills' owners, JESSICA PEGULA, who is also a top American professional tennis player. Sloane & Jessica have likely known each other for the better part of 2 decades and are probably decent friends, at the very least. They have both gotten married in the last 2-3 years and can likely relate to each other pretty well. A good fit for someone that you are bringing on board the mothership. 2) Like Vince Carter (6 seasons) and Tracy McGrady (3 seasons), Jozy Altidore played professionally in Toronto (6 1/2 seasons), which is right across the water from Buffalo. 3) The Pegulas are trying to get local funding assistance to build a new stadium. The Buffalo locals aren't too excited about it. Perhaps getting Canadians to consider building a new stadium for the NFL's first overseas franchise is part of the plan. Looking at all of the obvious reasons first, I think that bringing Jozy onboard is a pretty logical decision if the owners are trying to give themselves as many options as possible going forward. And I didn't mention that the three new minority owners give additional meaning to the term "minority owner". That could be a plus when looking for former Toronto athletes who are friends of the family.
December 12, 20241 yr 19 hours ago, Napoleon said: 1) Jozy Altidore's wife, SLOANE STEPHENS, is an American tennis player less than 1 year older than the daughter of the Buffalo Bills' owners, JESSICA PEGULA, who is also a top American professional tennis player. Sloane & Jessica have likely known each other for the better part of 2 decades and are probably decent friends, at the very least. They have both gotten married in the last 2-3 years and can likely relate to each other pretty well. A good fit for someone that you are bringing on board the mothership. 2) Like Vince Carter (6 seasons) and Tracy McGrady (3 seasons), Jozy Altidore played professionally in Toronto (6 1/2 seasons), which is right across the water from Buffalo. 3) The Pegulas are trying to get local funding assistance to build a new stadium. The Buffalo locals aren't too excited about it. Perhaps getting Canadians to consider building a new stadium for the NFL's first overseas franchise is part of the plan. Looking at all of the obvious reasons first, I think that bringing Jozy onboard is a pretty logical decision if the owners are trying to give themselves as many options as possible going forward. And I didn't mention that the three new minority owners give additional meaning to the term "minority owner". That could be a plus when looking for former Toronto athletes who are friends of the family. Google AI didn’t think much of my Toronto theory. Well… Toronto is still the common attribute that ties the three black former athletes together AND Toronto is still just across the water from Buffalo. 🦬 Perhaps these three are being brought onboard to help sell luxury boxes to Toronto based corporations/ law firms. The Pegula also own the Buffalo Sabres (NHL). Apparently some private equity firm(s) own part of the Bills with the Pegulas and now the 3 former athletes.
December 12, 20241 yr Author I was going to say - they literally are building a stadium right now, so any idea of relocating seems like it isn't happening. Edited December 12, 20241 yr by Captain Ron
December 16, 20241 yr An American on each side in tonight's Liga MX championship. Brandon Vasquez (Monterey) v Alejandro Zendejas (America). On TUDN.
December 16, 20241 yr Author 3 hours ago, shnsajax said: Gio with a fucking blast! This video needed to start about 3 seconds sooner. Gio is Johnny on the spot intercepting a clearance and plays the ball to himself for the shot. This link has a view of all of that. https://streamin.me/v/346a15ca
December 18, 20241 yr Author Weah dinged up and out until the new year. Hamstring. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6003359/2024/12/18/tim-weah-injury-usmnt-juventus/ Edited December 18, 20241 yr by Captain Ron
December 19, 20241 yr Author 4 hours ago, Mittens said: Directly into my veins: Edited December 19, 20241 yr by Captain Ron
December 19, 20241 yr 10 hours ago, Captain Ron said: VS I had to go back and remind myself of the context of this. We were in with a draw at that point but would have been eliminated because Panama came back to win against Bolivia. And now I'm ragey again.
December 19, 20241 yr Author Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck https://www.themirror.com/sport/soccer/mauricio-pochettino-injury-blow-usmnt-862052 Balogun goes under the knife - out until April.
December 19, 20241 yr 56 minutes ago, Captain Ron said: Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck https://www.themirror.com/sport/soccer/mauricio-pochettino-injury-blow-usmnt-862052 Balogun goes under the knife - out until April. Must have been really messed up for him and the club to basically end his season. He’ll have time to make it to the Gold Cup at least.
December 19, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, Captain Ron said: Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck https://www.themirror.com/sport/soccer/mauricio-pochettino-injury-blow-usmnt-862052 Balogun goes under the knife - out until April. We area officially a Pepsi shop now.
December 19, 20241 yr Jedi transfer rumors picking up. Pool, United, City, and maybe Real all linked.
December 20, 20241 yr 10 hours ago, LurkingHorn said: I had to go back and remind myself of the context of this. We were in with a draw at that point but would have been eliminated because Panama came back to win against Bolivia. And now I'm ragey again. Getting grouped in the Copa America was the best thing to happen to the team since they tied England in Qatar. I personally love that that fucking loser of a coach was revealed to be a worthless fraud before he destroyed the team’s hopes for a competent 2026 World Cup.
December 20, 20241 yr Author 10 hours ago, LurkingHorn said: I had to go back and remind myself of the context of this. We were in with a draw at that point but would have been eliminated because Panama came back to win against Bolivia. And now I'm ragey again. It was fucking pathetic. Our game plan against Uruguay was an abject disaster. We did't do anything of note against them to make them worry about losing. When you look at the stats for the game, you can see that Gregg wasn't playing to win the game. Man, he fucking sucked. https://xgscore.io/copa-america/usa-uruguay/xg-statistics
December 20, 20241 yr Author BTW - the match calendar for 2025 is like this: Jan 18-25 - Camp Cupcake, Friendlies - Venezuela & Costa Rica March 17-25 - Nations League Semis and Final June 2-10 - Friendlies Junw 14 - July 6 - Gold Cup Sept 1-9 - Friendlies Oct 6-14 - Friendlies Nov 10-18 - Friendlies
December 21, 20241 yr Author Pulisic: 'Crazy' to say USMNT players behind Berhalter's return https://prosoccerwire.usatoday.com/story/sports/usmnt/2024/12/19/pulisic-crazy-usmnt-players-behind-berhalter-return/77086779007/# I love Pulisic, but the guy really is missing the point or he is now trying to deflect. The USSF very much took support of berhalter into the equation when deciding to bring him back. I get the players didn’t demand his return. But come on man.
December 21, 20241 yr On 12/19/2024 at 7:43 PM, The Dog said: Go to Spain or Italy. Please. As far as our pool goes I actually think he could do well in the PL. He's a big body and a natural finisher.
December 26, 2024Dec 26 Antonee Robinson is currently the #1 USMNT player, he is playing at a level I never imagined he'd get to.
December 27, 2024Dec 27 Antonee Robinson is currently the #1 USMNT player, he is playing at a level I never imagined he'd get to. Coming up I thought he was just an insane athlete that played soccer but now his skill has surpassed his athletic abilities.
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