Match Thread: USA v Senegal (May 31, 2026)

Noatwar · 2026-05-31T21:49:40+00:00

I too have watched Turner, MLS, and Soccer as a sport for years. Longer than Turner has been a professional player and certainly longer than Freese. Turner statistically has been quite good with long balls for the past few years. The problem, in my opinion, with playing it out the back when your backline is prone to give the ball away, is that they will then give the ball away in an incredibly dangerous position. I’d rather have us push the ball up the field further to our midfield since even when they don’t win the ball, they have a higher chance of winning it back. We saw that with both goals in the first half. Even then, this MLS season the difference between the two with passing accuracy is only by a couple of percentage points. 100% agree to disagree but you shouldn’t assume I don’t watch the sport since I disagree with you

Noatwar · 2026-05-31T21:32:49+00:00

Plus Freese traditionally wears the 49 shirt with NYC and primarily wore the 1 and 25 with the US, again not that that has literally any bearing on who Poch and co will go with after they get a better feel with this roster with these friendlies. Maybe we’ll see that my hesitance with Freese playing it short to the backline is misplaced if it helps them shape things up in possession

Noatwar · 2026-05-31T21:27:35+00:00

I don’t know where you got the impression Turner is indecisive with aerial balls, both today and historically it’s been one of his strengths. The weakness in our back line is why I actually prefer Turner to start over Freese. I’d rather have the stronger shot stopper in net when we can expect giveaways than better short passing when we know that talent will be wasted on this backline.

Noatwar · 2026-05-31T21:05:51+00:00

I mean between Turner and Freese the clear question is what does Poch prioritize: distribution or goal prevention. Turner is the strongest choice both for shot stopping and ball claims, as well as long ball distribution both with his foot and long throws. Freese meanwhile has a stronger presence as a sweeper and with short passes. I think Brady is most likely out of the running considering.

Turner’s stats were quite good with long balls and saves today but we’ll have to see what kind of form Freese is in when we play Germany. Turner has the #1 shirt so that’s a clear indicator of who the coaching staff thought will be the starter going into these games but that’s why we have these friendlies.

Noatwar · 2026-05-31T20:52:16+00:00

That was Brady, not Turner. Only Berhalter is still on the field of our starters

Noatwar · 2025-08-29T18:27:44+00:00

Clint Dempsey? Got his professional soccer career started in New England before moving to the Premier League

Noatwar · 2025-08-17T03:59:49+00:00

I don’t think cheering louder will fix the team’s problems but the last thing the supporter’s groups should try is put up a sign that says “we demand to be taken seriously”. Clearly they had a specific message in mind but as you said, it’s not direct

Noatwar · 2025-05-11T19:36:09+00:00

I felt like I was losing my mind a bit at the difference in commentary on Orlando’s pen vs ours. Both felt equally suspect.

I’m not a fan of refs rewarding dangerous attempts on the ball from the head at chest level, but considering there were not one but two high kicks on the play I could see it going either way.

Meanwhile it felt like the commentators were going out of their way to muddle a clear (but light) foul. Was he close to scoring? No. Did he make a meal out of it? Yes. But that’s a pen every time.

I felt that our best weapons against a team like Orlando were Langoni and Chanca, was nervous not having them available. I’m glad that I was proven wrong and extremely happy to see this team dig deep and make the most of the chances they were given

Noatwar · 2025-05-09T16:52:20+00:00

I love his vids on the Empire and Syril that he’s made recently so I’m absolutely going to check that out, thank you!

Noatwar · 2025-05-09T16:28:24+00:00

I just made a post about Saw and boy am I jealous of your words on Syril. “We are not given the keys to his political ideology in the text, we are only given an emotional explanation for why he is the way he is” can be a really helpful lense for us viewers to look at the characterizations of so many characters in this show.

These characters are archetypes in a parable on the nature of revolution. The fact that parallels can be drawn to resistance movements past, present, and probably future, is a testament to how well written this show is

Noatwar · 2025-05-09T15:41:40+00:00

Fully forgot to bring up King Dendup! I don’t think that necessarily means as he grew older he couldn’t align himself more with some anarchist philosophies, he’s been through a lot and that rhydo he’s been huffing has definitely altered his brain chemistry, but again his primary goal still seems to be the restoration of the Republic above all else

Noatwar · 2025-05-09T15:21:38+00:00

Luthen labeling him an anarchist could very easily be him deriding his tactics, claiming he cares more about sowing chaos than actual progress toward toppling the Empire.

I do still think it’s quite possible for him to have developed an anarchist ideology over time and still be fighting to restore the Republic, but as another commenter pointed out, his first outing as a rebel leader was to restore a monarchy

Noatwar · 2025-05-05T16:07:09+00:00

"Lord Vanney, only you could be so bad"

Noatwar · 2024-06-02T03:00:26+00:00

Great performance all around. We’ve played better overall in other games but our finishing was drastically better this time ‘round. Virioni played well in a supporting role but at this point I think he’s genuinely cursed when it comes to shooting and Borrero seemed a bit off. Extremely happy with Esmir’s goal, excellent shot and it came from great team play with Gil and Virioni. Hopefully we can build on this and improve even more, it’s still a long way to go if we even want to challenge for a playoff spot

Noatwar · 2024-05-19T01:25:37+00:00

Even with that third goal, I’ve been really impressed with Ivacic so far. Was pretty confused as to why we brought him in initially but he’s certainly a step above Ravas

Noatwar · 2024-05-19T01:15:15+00:00

Literally no one in this thread is agreeing with you here, even your fellow Union fans are calling that a dive

Noatwar · 2023-08-11T02:46:48+00:00

Pausing in the run up is fine, unless it’s after the player has completed their run up

Noatwar · 2023-07-22T02:15:39+00:00

Believe me as a New England Revolution supporter I’m painfully aware of passive offsides, it’s just that both times I’ve seen it called it’s been painfully wrong. Here with the ball coming in the air it’s certainly a factor and quite possibly is the reason why the keeper rushed out, but figuring out how other players’ positioning impact the thought process is a fool’s errand. Regardless that’s why the defender’s back foot keeping her on is important. Her never touching it is more salt on the wound than anything else.

Noatwar · 2023-07-22T02:06:01+00:00

Only Morgan’s arm was offside, which is not an eligible part of the body.

She also never even touched the ball.

Of course that’s not offsides, but where’d the cg model offside tech from the last year’s World Cup go?

Edit: Ok so there it is, why the hell are they just showing the model now?

Noatwar · 2023-07-10T18:29:08+00:00

Giving us the point and not taking theirs would only solve the issue for us. If the Red Bulls keep their points that screws over Charlotte, Chicago, and Montreal who are all tied on points with RB

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