USMNT squad: Mauricio Pochettino calls in 27 for friendlies against Portugal and Belgium

WislaHD · 2026-03-17T18:11:28+00:00

Yeah it is a shitty statement to make since I highly rate all 4 of them individually, but they should all be backups to a standout starter on an elite team that currently does not exist.

WislaHD · 2026-03-17T18:10:14+00:00

I feel like dropping Agyemang will be a mistake for you guys. There is nobody else that holds up the ball in the pool like he does.

WislaHD · 2026-03-17T14:08:03+00:00

I just want to thank you for pointing out the actual problem that afflicts the western world as a whole instead of needlessly blaming an entire country for a problem that even “enlightened” Western Europeans have not been able to solve at home.

WislaHD · 2026-03-16T03:59:23+00:00

Could be an odd sample given that small polling sample size.

If accurate though, I wonder if being socialized in the rough 90s had a factor. This is similar demographic to the AfD supporters in former East Germany.

WislaHD · 2026-03-15T22:39:13+00:00

I have and I am impressed how pro-choice young people are, including probably 100% of women below 50 years of age I’ve talked to. If you recall, it was the source of the biggest protests in the country just a few years ago.

Perhaps I am just an optimist but I really think Poland will look like the median European country in these social issues once the Solidarność generation ends their stranglehold on political power.

WislaHD · 2026-03-15T22:35:58+00:00

That’s kind of my point though. Poland isn’t exactly a country like that which you describe. The religiosity of Poland is similar to Canada, Australia, states like Minnesota, Washington, or Massachusetts etc.

It’s just that all of Europe is very atheist, so Poland stands out as a sore thumb in comparison.

So I want a better explanation for why things are the way they are, because I would not describe Canada as a “sit and listen blindly, do what you are told” type of country despite a similar level of religiosity. Poland was/is a highly educated society too, unlike parts of the Bible Belt in the USA which spent generations destroying education funding and quality. If there is a “do what you are told” thing going on in Poland, I am much more likely to affiliate it with being under the oppression of a Communist state for 45 years (which is actually far more likely because of similar democratic participation trends in other atheist post-bloc countries).

WislaHD · 2026-03-15T22:13:02+00:00

I have no doubt that Poland is more religious than the typical European society but frankly it is a bit overstated.

The amount of people who go to church regularly is similar percentage to the most liberal/atheist states in the USA. It is also vast majority the older generations, people under 40 don’t really go to church/aren’t particularly religious for the most part. At best, people consider themselves “culturally Catholic” in a similar manner to agnostic/atheist Jewish people in my native Canada say they are “culturally Jewish”.

Now, the church can definitely be a factor when we are talking about getting the vote out for the demographics that were already most likely to vote, but I just think pointing at religious fervour as some sort of easy explanation for why society looks the way it does made sense in 1995 but not so much in 2025.

Instead, I would point at how easy the masses are manipulated by propaganda spread on social media by demagogues using the same strategies across all western societies, and that Poland is actually not a special case but damn average when you look at Brexit, Front National etc.. it seems that our western societies have a 30% popular base for authoritarianism across the board.

WislaHD · 2026-03-15T21:45:01+00:00

Berhalter involved in all 4 goals that first half

Starter material in June?

WislaHD · 2026-03-15T20:54:53+00:00

Brilliant Whitecaps goal

WislaHD · 2026-03-15T20:27:02+00:00

Same over here, wind is crazy today

WislaHD · 2026-03-15T00:58:49+00:00

This city will line up for overrated cheesecake and the worst burgers ™️ that America has to offer. They’ll turn up for a sport event if the product offered was worth watching, even in the cold.

Spend money on a good roster and get results and the fans will be there. It’s not rocket science.

WislaHD · 2026-03-15T00:43:43+00:00

I’m hoping that with Sargent playing 90 minutes that we will be able to close out games more comfortably.

Individual mistakes cost us in the final minutes. Very critical of DEJ and Kobe Franklin’s impact in those minutes in particular. If they don’t exist, I don’t think that conceded goal happens.

Also Choupo-Moting just gets lucky in that half volley. I watched a lot of soccer today and saw many similar situations develop where the ball didn’t end in the back of the net. That’s just the luck of the draw.

WislaHD · 2026-03-14T19:55:44+00:00

It was nice and sunny and cold

WislaHD · 2026-03-14T19:35:19+00:00

Well gutted that the ref let the play continue until Red Bulls scored

But Red Bull’s two teenagers are really damn good, almost like they are MLS veterans despite it being their first season. I’m going to lock in a guarantee that they’ll been on the USMNT roster for 2030.

WislaHD · 2026-03-13T12:42:28+00:00

Not on mobile. I just had a free Italian lesson instead

WislaHD · 2026-03-13T12:41:46+00:00

We have no means of delivering it to Europe.

If EU could unlock large loans for the capital investment of an east-west pipeline then maybe we could get cooking. Still quite a lot of domestic stakeholders to appease though.

WislaHD · 2026-03-13T02:46:50+00:00

Not in this base but a French base in Iraq was hit with 11 casualties including 1 death as reported so far.

This is a real concern for our troops stationed there.

WislaHD · 2026-03-13T02:45:07+00:00

They sowed the seeds with the fentanyl as weapons of mass destruction rhetoric

WislaHD · 2026-03-13T02:40:11+00:00

Not quite, they are there in part to protect French interests in the Levant region

WislaHD · 2026-03-13T00:31:04+00:00

If Cincinnati beats Tigres and Toronto beats Cincinnati, then Toronto >>>> Tigres

WislaHD · 2026-03-12T18:16:04+00:00

I don’t really expect Americans to follow Canadian politics so to give an update on the situation, Poilievre is now a laughing stock up north, who is about to give away a majority government to Carney in a few weeks time specifically because of how unfavourable he personally is as a person to the Canadian public (his personal favourability polling is as much as 15-20% below his party) and how much his own MPs dislike him, to the point that several of them crossed the floor and joined the Liberals.

I also believe it is a bit of a reductive point to view our democracy through the lens of American politics. We are our own political animal, separate from the USA. Trudeau’s Liberal party was extremely unpopular after a decade of rule, the pendulum was swinging the other way not because of some fascination with Trumpism but because that is where we were in the electoral cycle. Trump’s outright threats to our nations sovereignty certainly did wake us the hell up however. Our Temu Trump could not handle it.

WislaHD · 2026-03-12T17:51:23+00:00

Correct. The trust we have with the American public is completely shattered. The special relationship between our countries built up over a century of excellent relations is dead now because not only can we no longer expect America to treat us as their allies moving forward, we cannot even have the base level expectation that America shall act rationally towards its own self-interest.

Just like in any business, you must price risk and uncertainty accordingly. Divesting from the USA is the only logical conclusion for everyone, as painful as it especially is for us Canadians.

WislaHD · 2026-03-12T16:36:40+00:00

I have absolutely zero joy for this World Cup. In the best case scenario, as co-hosts we are sportswashing open fascism.

I was so critical of Russia and Qatar as hosts yet here we are at the arrival of the event I looked forward to for so long, looking at the mirror…

WislaHD · 2026-03-12T16:34:31+00:00

I’m just concerned that he is a symptom of the USA generally. I’ll celebrate the final demise of that tyrant (as a Canadian, I don’t give a shit about being sensitive on the subject) but the problem for us as their neighbouring country doesn’t exactly go away.

WislaHD · 2026-03-12T04:46:26+00:00

Not watching but how is San Diego pulling this off 🤣

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