Kolek planning to go pro
The USMNT housecleaning continues.Earnie Stewart off to PSV Eindhoven.https://sports.yahoo.com/earnie-stewart-us-soccer-usmnt-155817757.htmlBig crowd last night, btw.
I'll stick with my opinion on Gold. He'll be in foul trouble within the first eight minutes.
Side note, John Brooks now has a club again. Always felt like a natural fit in the Bundesliga. Hope he can recover his form.https://www.thescore.com/deu_fed/news/2557678/usmnt-outcast-john-brooks-joins-hoffenheim-from-benfica
Claudio Reyna resigns as sporting director at Austin FC. Hope he doesn’t end up anywhere near the USMNT
USSF is a complete dumpster fire right now. Totally directionless
It’s a bad sign when state media agent Alexi lalas is critical of the state of the fed.
Don’t worry, he was still bashing Gio and his performance at BVB this week.I didn’t used to mind Lalas, he was never my favorite but he was fine and entertaining at points. But man he has become an ass clown
I can honestly say that I've never met someone that liked Lalas' commentary. The range has been "barely tolerable" to "I'll watch the telemundo broadcast with CC before I listen to him". Honestly don't think Twellman is much better, he got his "Skip Bayless-esque" rant post T+T, and has ridden it ever since. Stu Holden and John Strong are a very good duo that I'd gladly listen to any game.
Compare and contrast to NBC's EPL coverage, which doesn't have over-the-top personalities, but informative yet still entertaining coverage instead.
I think its because NBC's coverage is very literally a British broadcast. Over the top crazy pundits are a bit of a rarity there, IMO, as opposed to the norm like in the US.
But my point is that there is room for that here as well.
My "didn't mind" was certainly not an endorsement, he was just filler with an occasionally good take.I actually like Twellman doing color on a broadcast, I think he has an enjoyable excitment to his delivery. In studio I agree he's a bit much.Stu is my guy. Great perspective, retains the joy and wonder of the sport, insightful as a former player, and doesn't get sucked into tropes. John Strong is also a fantastic PBP and has been for years, the best the US has ever produced for soccer IMO.Totally agree about Martino too.I think its because NBC's coverage is very literally a British broadcast. Over the top crazy pundits are a bit of a rarity there, IMO, as opposed to the norm like in the US.
Decided to watch the City-Arsenal Cup tie because Turner was starting in goal for Arsenal. Figured it would be an entertaining match between the 2 top teams in the EPL. Nope, its been absolute dog crape
The FA Cup matches I’ve watched have been rough this year. Fulham is still alive but they haven’t prioritized the competition at all.For a mid-table club whose primary goal is avoiding relegation, when do you start going for it? Quarterfinals? Tough balance to strike. I hope they bring the A squad tomorrow for a fun match against Sunderland.
Sexy wrexy
I'm so torn on Wrexham.On one hand, its really fun, great theater, and its cool to see a beaten down rust belt sort of town have some success.On the other hand, after watching the series (which I really did enjoy), its very apparent that the whole purchase was all a work and the show was pitched and created before a team was purchased, and the whole organic Rob/Ryan friendship was a farce. That being said, I don't doubt their very real enthusiasm, especially Mcelhenney, he seems like a pretty genuine dude..That being said, with the Hollywood money, their underdog status is a little overdone, they are paying a lot of dudes League One level money and their roster reflects the talent of that. Its still impressive they took a team to the limit that is probably returning to the EPL next year. But its like a League One Barnesly or Wycombe did it, not Boreham Wood.
Maybe I'm misremembering, but from watching the show, it seemed Rob and Ryan were pretty upfront from the get-go that their primary interest/motivation was creating content. I think the "we've fallen in love with this hardscrabble town and its people" came about after the fact, and seemed fairly genuine (though that could be a work, I suppose).
As for the money ... it seemed that was the point as well. I don't the showrunners were ever misleading about the fact that they intended to pour money into the club to earn promotion. After all, they had TikTok and Expedia on their kits, while most of their National League peers have the likes of a funeral home chain and local bus charter service.