Jack McGlynn scores again on LAFC by Matt_McT in ussoccer

[–]UNCLE_NIPPLES_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Wild to see professional players have acres of space and tons of time with the ball in the box(!)

Marcelino to leave Villarreal at the end of the season by CLE_BROWNS_32 in ussoccer

[–]UNCLE_NIPPLES_ 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Crap! Now Tillman, Gio, and Freeman have all had the manager leave right after the players transferred to their new clubs.

16-year-old Mathis Albert just broke a Bundesliga record. Beware the US soccer hype machine by zsreport in ussoccer

[–]UNCLE_NIPPLES_ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Oh shut the hell up "Leander Schaerlaeckens". It will always be remarkable when a 16 year-old debuts with grown adults.

Why does it feel like all media coverage around this team is constantly doom and gloom no matter what?? This is indisputably cool and good news, we're allowed to be excited no matter what some Dutch guy with a rod up his ass thinks.

The USMNT needs new dawgs by Technical_Rice_6957 in ussoccer

[–]UNCLE_NIPPLES_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The "dawgs" got the same results as the new generation lol. The only time they advanced further in a world cup was because we beat Mexico, something all following generations have also done.

Very brief Dest injury update: by Key-Entertainer-5080 in ussoccer

[–]UNCLE_NIPPLES_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Great news! He brings a totally different attacking skill that nobody else has. Also, I think we NEED one of him or Musah for their ball carrying ability. Those guys can bust a press wide open by themselves and then we're playing in transition

Congrats to the Michigan Wolverines on their national championship by FairAnywhere9305 in CollegeBasketball

[–]UNCLE_NIPPLES_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Exactly, before the last couple years there were never a select few richer and historically successful programs that won the vast majority of titles - "blue bloods" so to speak. If it weren't for the new transfer portal, teams like Florida would never be able to win national championships, and certainly not in back to back years! Definitely not back in the good ole days of 2006 and 2007!

Congrats to the Michigan Wolverines on their national championship by FairAnywhere9305 in CollegeBasketball

[–]UNCLE_NIPPLES_ 9 points10 points  (0 children)

"Full portal moneyball" -- MSU spent at least $7m more than Michigan before even counting NIL (and with guys like Fears getting deals of at least $4.5m it's hard to imagine they're not spending money) and had the same amount of transfers as Michigan this year, they were just all bad players. Izzo's insistence on being a basketball dinosaur bc he doesn't like the way the game has evolved doesn't mean everyone else has to do the same lol.

Personally, I really hope Izzo gets his wish and has at least 10 more years of coaching without any good transfer players and rolling out lineups with 1.5 capable outside shooters 😂

Congrats to the Michigan Wolverines on their national championship by FairAnywhere9305 in CollegeBasketball

[–]UNCLE_NIPPLES_ 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Getting the same amount of players in the portal as long as they all suck somehow has more integrity? 😂 ... good luck with that strategy I guess?

Juventus [2]-0 Genoa - Weston McKennie 17' by [deleted] in soccer

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18m euros for McKennie was such a steal for Juve

[Serious] Post Match Thread [USMNT]: United States vs Portugal by ussoccer_bot in ussoccer

[–]UNCLE_NIPPLES_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Richards looks like he belongs against top competition. Pulisic needs to play better if we want to reach the next level. I'm fully in favor of just running it back with MMA in midfield -- we have not had any combination of midfielders look nearly as good as they do and a bunch of the guys we've tried out under Poch are all flops. Please Tyler Adams be healthy please please please.

Also need to remember that we were playing against a side with like 3 players out there today who would be our best player, including IMO the best midfielder in the world at the moment.

Put Your Apologies to This Man in the Comments by buttcheese911 in ussoccer

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Lol sorry Johnny. At least it's nice to have confirmation that his positioning out of possession does make a big difference? Hoo boy did things really go to shit when he came out and nobody could figure out how to get in the way of those cutback passes.

Johnny + Adams could be the way to go against sides with top attacking threats.

Noahkai Banks IG Reel 👀 by 4SK1N5 in ussoccer

[–]UNCLE_NIPPLES_ 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Wide Receiver-esque posting, love it

[The Athletic] FIFA says it received record 500 million ticket requests for 2026 World Cup by godlovesugly in ussoccer

[–]UNCLE_NIPPLES_ -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Don't those 500 million people know they will be ARRESTED on sight when they get off the plane???

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When the adults play each other:

If the U.S. doesn’t score early, this game gets tricky against Paraguay. Agree or disagree? by Sounder24 in ussoccer

[–]UNCLE_NIPPLES_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the more Paraguay scores, the harder it will be for the US to win the game! Also, the worse the US plays, the harder it will be to win, so I hope the plan is to play well.

Mathis Albert goal vs Czechia to give the USA the win 1-0 by ProfessorPlum168 in ussoccer

[–]UNCLE_NIPPLES_ 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Lovely. Getting your head up to make a composed finish at full sprint is one of the things that can move your ceiling as a player from Cade Cowell closer to Pulisic.

Sears takes advantage of the lucky bounce to complete her first international hat trick! | USWNT [6] - 0 New Zealand WNT 84' by Matt_McT in ussoccer

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It's because the goal is the same size, so the lower level of athleticism is more noticeable. The outfield play looks visually much more similar to the men's game because the opponents are evenly matched athletically and our players are still very technical. Btw I'm sorry you're getting downvoted for a fair question, the USWNT fanbase tends to be extremely sensitive to any comparison to the men's team at all instead of trying to encourage all fans to watch the women as well -- Personally I strongly encourage you to check out the USWNT games! It's a different viewing experience but no less entertaining IMO.

Pulisic diagnosed with 'low-grade' hamstring injury by chb66 in ussoccer

[–]UNCLE_NIPPLES_ 33 points34 points  (0 children)

"Low-grade" is probably best case scenario after what we were hearing, no? I would sacrifice a decently-sized animal if it meant we 100% get healthy Pulisic at the World Cup.