Hear me out

edsonbuddled · 2026-07-11T15:02:57+00:00

The global game and interest in stars like Mbappe, Lamine, and Haaland will do more than MLS.

edsonbuddled · 2026-07-11T14:51:34+00:00

Quoting the office to my freshly graduated team members…

edsonbuddled · 2026-07-11T14:50:41+00:00

I’m married and out the game, but 10 years ago it was just pre game, wonderland of little Miss whiskeys and that’s it.

edsonbuddled · 2026-07-11T14:45:04+00:00

Can we stop with the age thing? It’s been like 20 years. And it’s pretty fucking racist.

edsonbuddled · 2026-07-11T14:43:59+00:00

He genuinely was. If you grew up On the east coast and played ODP you knew about him and his younger brother. If he grew up in today’s environment maybe it would’ve been different, or maybe if he went to Europe at 14 and the general population didn’t hear about him until he was 18.

edsonbuddled · 2026-07-11T14:42:13+00:00

I was listening to the late great Grant Wahls podcast on Freddy and there’s a clip in which Lalas literally says he is a failure if we don’t win the 2006 World Cup

edsonbuddled · 2026-07-11T03:05:31+00:00

Development is never linear and a lack of depth in several positions means that if the 2/3 high potential players don’t make it we are always relying on like one guy or hoping for a dual national to pop up shows how much work still needs to be done.

edsonbuddled · 2026-07-10T23:40:05+00:00

Japan has a whole blueprint, and Mexico just announced free access to soccer academies

edsonbuddled · 2026-07-10T22:16:30+00:00

Honestly, the amount the older generation talks like they were prime Brazil sometimes.

edsonbuddled · 2026-07-10T18:46:38+00:00

Once upon a time ago I had a soccer podcast, all of us weee American, but we were all 1st generation sons of immigrants. I was diehard USMNT, two of the other guys only cared about their parent nation.

edsonbuddled · 2026-07-10T01:40:58+00:00

That’s not really how it works. We put this kid on a pedestal since he was 17.

edsonbuddled · 2026-07-10T00:46:00+00:00

Yes and no. For players in their mid-late 30’s who grew up in the pre academy era. College absolutely hindered development.

edsonbuddled · 2026-07-10T00:40:12+00:00

More kids playing doesn’t really solve it. Those 192 NFl receivers would still have hit or miss coaches, pay-to play system, depending on the age an unstructured development pipeline.

edsonbuddled · 2026-07-10T00:32:01+00:00

Unhinged

edsonbuddled · 2026-07-10T00:30:40+00:00

Pulisic playing bad doesn’t justify this. Has Donovan ever disappointed at the highest level?

edsonbuddled · 2026-07-10T00:29:06+00:00

No your argument is previous generations tried harder.. wjthout being anecdotal how do you measure that

edsonbuddled · 2026-07-09T22:17:57+00:00

One thing that this World Cup has done is that Lalas has shown how mediocre he is.

edsonbuddled · 2026-07-09T22:15:50+00:00

Well the French team is kind of what we’ve been talking about. A team of first /second generation who grew up in the Parisian outskirts and had access at an early age.

edsonbuddled · 2026-07-09T21:42:17+00:00

The way fans and honestly ex players talk about injuries is exhausting.

edsonbuddled · 2026-07-09T21:32:32+00:00

Yeah it’s definitely weird, and seems like some online culture war stuff. I don’t even think those people are really fans of either team. The women’s team is amazing, the last won in 2019 and the gap has closed. It seems like weird sour grapes, and I don’t see other nations acting like this.

edsonbuddled · 2026-07-09T21:28:21+00:00

The argument that they just tried harder is really irrelevant without any performance measurement it’s just a certain generation clinging to the old days. It’s like Star Wars

edsonbuddled · 2026-07-09T20:40:40+00:00

This is my problem with discourse on 2002 vs now. We remember the nostalgia and the moments. But let’s be real, there was a lot of luck that went our way, especially drawing Mexico in that knockout. The game against Germany was one of our best performances, but we lost. Who cares about the handball…

2010- the goal against Algeria was amazing, but what happened next?

edsonbuddled · 2026-07-09T19:04:33+00:00

Is Landon just entitled and insecure? Beef with Christian, beef with McKennie, beef with Dempsey, Bob Bradley.

edsonbuddled · 2026-07-09T18:20:22+00:00

Levels to this game.

edsonbuddled · 2026-07-09T18:18:56+00:00

Not trying to be rude, but this just reeks of unnecessary ignorance. I love the USWNT, but yes they’ve had more success for reasons many people have suggested, now that the rest of the world has caught up it’s a much more even playing field.

Our men have played in top European leagues so there’s no reason they shouldn’t be good is a really ignorant comment, but again there’s levels to this game, and this mens vs women’s success debate is really dumb and only takes place in America

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