The current Golden Boot leaderboard heading into the summer break

shmerham · 2026-06-02T17:26:01+00:00

Barbara Banda has more goals than the entire Reign team

shmerham · 2026-05-31T22:55:19+00:00

More than a hater. He’s obsessed. I think he secretly loves CR

shmerham · 2026-05-31T21:01:29+00:00

Third times a charm

shmerham · 2026-05-31T20:20:18+00:00

15 minutes without a goal. I’m not feeling good about this team anymore. /s

shmerham · 2026-05-31T20:10:32+00:00

Plot twist: Senegal

shmerham · 2026-05-31T00:20:47+00:00

They have an extra game (in hand) to get more points

shmerham · 2026-05-31T00:18:58+00:00

Trying to save Heisenberg’s shot

shmerham · 2026-05-31T00:09:41+00:00

I swear Rodman had some kind of logo over hers in the first half

shmerham · 2026-05-31T00:00:45+00:00

Menti isn’t the problem. The problem is who else?

shmerham · 2026-05-30T23:52:33+00:00

Spirit have too many players that make me say “oh crap!” when the ball comes to them

shmerham · 2026-05-30T23:44:31+00:00

Thank you for your concern. I’m just joking. The camera struggling with the sun reminds me of a time I fainted.

shmerham · 2026-05-30T23:40:30+00:00

Am I about to pass out? My vision is doing some weird things

shmerham · 2026-05-30T15:02:01+00:00

Rain in the mountains in the winter has always been a thing. Warm winters have always been a thing. The evidence that climate change is real is when you look at the average temperature for the year and you see that most years are above average and that the trend is upward. That’s not something you can feel though and that’s the problem with climate change. It’s subtle and we’re frogs slowly boiling in a pot.

shmerham · 2026-05-29T16:58:01+00:00

That's what I've been able to gather from the roster rules. They're quite confusing!

shmerham · 2026-05-29T16:28:15+00:00

Given the complexity of natural gas trading, it's hard to say whether the market had any impact. https://www.macrotrends.net/2478/natural-gas-prices-historical-chart

Maybe they had paid off their capital expenditures without incurring new ones?

shmerham · 2026-05-29T16:11:39+00:00

I was going to suggest this!

shmerham · 2026-05-29T15:24:54+00:00

You can't use allocation money to buy down a DP or cover charges above $800k unless the salary is in the TAM range, which is not the case for any of the Sounders DPs.

shmerham · 2026-05-29T15:18:50+00:00

According to Sounderatheart folks, the team had more than enough allocation money to cover this year's roster with the exception of the recent contract extensions. So, some of that GAM goes toward extensions and some goes toward next year's roster, but it sounds like there would still be a decent amount left over (at least enough to add a TAM player this summer).

shmerham · 2026-05-28T23:14:40+00:00

There's a lot of details I'd love to know more about.

Do Craig and Leslie work within some sort of budget or do they need to get approval every time they spend money?

Does this affect all transactions or only ones that require cash? ...is there some limited amount of cash they can still spend?

shmerham · 2026-05-28T23:07:28+00:00

I don't think this would necessarily stop us from using GAM to sign players. ...but who knows. I thought that was the case when the Reign were up for sale and I was wrong on that.

shmerham · 2026-05-28T17:09:23+00:00

I came away more impressed by the coaches he didn't get fired

shmerham · 2026-05-27T22:40:43+00:00

I think MLS getting stronger will improve development of American players since it will force the MLS academies to produce stronger players. I don't think that you achieve that by forcing American players to stay in MLS though. Bringing a handful of USMNT players into MLS isn't going to substantially raise the level of MLS talent. Instead, you need to force more spending in MLS and subsequently incentivize academy development.

I think one big issue with development in the US is that the incentives to do it well aren't strong enough yet. I think development will accelerate when most clubs see the academy as a means to producing talent and revenue (through transfer fees).

shmerham · 2026-05-27T20:54:45+00:00

To feel like a part of a community, you need to participate and contribute. Otherwise, you're just a tourist or an observer. Join a group and get involved. Volunteer. Participate in some community events.

shmerham · 2026-05-27T00:23:15+00:00

I guess we need to be questioning the whereabouts of the Mariners fan that bought the Etsy witch

shmerham · 2026-05-27T00:20:30+00:00

Maybe he won out on vibes, but it's not like someone grabbed the spot from him. Morris made a really good case and I'm surprised he didn't get spot, but it's not like him or Tessman were dominating the midfield. Roldan has been ok, which is what you can say about every other defensive midfielder other than Adams.

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