The
#USWNT
's current struggles are something that has been evident over the past 5-10 years and, to a lesser but still noticeable extent, since the 90s.
The women were never truly "great."
They never played technical or tactical football - two keys to playing the game to its
Soccer in the US has gotten progressively worse at inclusion, and systematically better at disenfranchising the majority.
And you all applaud it.
Especially if you have kids, you should be fighting against this.
Because the bozos in the media will likely not provide proper context, this was basically a Slovenia C/D [trialist] team, full of uncapped players from the Slovenian league.
#USMNT
Éver Banega attempted 105 passes tonight. 48 more than any Manchester United player. Matic the highest for Manchester United with 57.
10 of Banega's passes created goalscoring opportunities, a record in any Champions League game this season.
Back to his best.
#UCL
If you don't like Berhalter, the
#USMNT
could've had a top level manager.
Bielsa was available.
Tata was available.
A whole host of top managers, whether out of contract or not, could've been courted and hired.
But the supporter base let the media (which in effect, is
Because the bozos in the media will likely not provide proper context, this was basically a Slovenia C/D [trialist] team, full of uncapped players from the Slovenian league.
#USMNT
When the
#USMNT
takes the field again it could feature players from:
Chelsea (Pulisic)
Juventus (McKennie)
Man City (Stefan)
RB Leipzig (Adams)
Dortmund (Reyna)
Ajax (Dest)
🇺🇸⚽️
When we start selecting AND elevating players who can do this at will (not doing 50 takes to luckily capture one sequence), then you’ll see me say things like “the future is bright”.
#USMNT
#MLS
Any MLS franchise "supporter group" that does not oppose - with every recourse they have - what MLS is doing to the Open Cup, is not a serious supporter group.
No exceptions.
Shout out, and congrats, to Tab Ramos.
People may not be aware, but him making personal visits to Alex Mendez and the Llanez household early this year went a long way.
That's how you do it, folks! Show the players love.
Otherwise, why would a player want to play for you?
Re: Leroy Sane being left off German squad.
Again, another opportunity to learn how cutthroat it is around the world. And how stats can mean fuck all.
Meanwhile, in American soccer, we’re so SOFT and Rec, we use words like “deserves”, and cry over Landon Donovan.
Re: US Soccer
"Winning six games in 85 years in World Cup competition is nothing to brag about. We are a failed soccer nation, we were then and we still are,"
- Rocco Commisso (Italian-Amerian owner of Fiorentina and NY Cosmos), circa 2018
It's now 7 games in 90 years.
Imagine thinking:
* The 94 World Cup (in the US) still has the record attendance.
* The 2026 WC is awarded to the US.
* The first club WC is awarded to the US.
* CONMEBOL Copa America's are hosted (plural) in the US.
* MLS attendance, from inception, has large numbers
Considering what I know first hand, and what I could be saying, I have been incredibly charitable, even favorable to MLS (along with specific executives within).
The reason a particular demographic cannot appreciate this, is they have no idea what goes on behind the scenes.
In
How is Busquets, who is slow as molasses, can't jump, has chicken legs, and can barely bench press the bar, doing whatever he wants in the midfield?
I thought this was a "physical league"? 😂😂😂
The ignorance and lies that have been perpetuated here continue to be exposed.
MLS pulling out of the US Open Cup offers you yet another definitive litmus test for which journalists/reporters/pundits are 100%, without exception, frauds.
If they aren't using the power of the pen, the power of narrative, to thoroughly eviscerate MLS, they are total frauds!
How fake and non-competitive is American soccer? There’s a marketing campaign to support our rivals, Mexico.
Imagine Brazil campaigning Brazilians to support Argentina, or vice-versa.
We’re a joke.
Now that the US is barely just now starting to develop some passionate soccer fans/culture, "journalists" call it "toxic". 😂
Again, goes to show you the level of fraud they are.
They aren't "soccer people", and they aren't legit journalists.
What they want is your obedience.
This is 100% the strongest U20 team for the World Cup - with the players I think are/should be available.
I have studied this pool for 8 years, & travelled the world to watch/study it.
I'll answer any player-specific questions between now & the end of weekend.
Much to discuss.
Brazil 🇧🇷 bringing in Ancelotti is the federation recognizing that Brazil has failed to develop actual good coaches.
The player development is there but most coaches are outdated, corrupt or just terrible!
Argentina 🇦🇷 on the other hand has been fantastic with their coaches.
Stan Collymore (2016) “If Pep he thinks he’s going to turn up and outplay everybody in the Premier League, and that team are going to let his side have the ball for 90% of the time and pass pretty patterns around them so they can get a result, then he is absolutely deluded”
For all who think public pressure doesn't matter ... YOU did this.
That's why the establishment, and its media muppets masquerading as journalists, want to silence you. YOUR voice, on any and every medium, matters.
Your beef should be with scumbags covering MLS who pose as journalists.
Any journalist with an ounce of integrity would be bashing MLS, relentlessly and consistently, into oblivion with its actions towards the US Open Cup.
Further, anyone covering American soccer who is not
I'll say it, because no one else will.
Props to my brother for having coached & nurtured Alex Mendez, Efra Alvarez, and Uly Llanez since 8 to U19.
Brian is the absolute best at his work. Total excellence, dedication, and humility. Proud of you, man.
*Efra - Best 2002 in the country.
*Uly
@uly_soccer7
- Best 2001
*Alex
@aleexm21
- Best 2000
And it's not close.
But boys, you still ain't shit.
Keep working, and push twice as hard. This is a global competition, and everyone wants to take you out.
You want a proper solution to the National Team, style of play, Latino, and Efrain Alvarez situations?
Here:
Tab Ramos - Senior NT
Brian Kleiban - U20 NT
Done
Learn to not look at the score.
Learn to look at what's happening on the field.
It is utter domination and control by England. The
#USMNT
has no football.
Enough with "the future is bright" cheerleading nonsense.
Wake up.
Hope more people are starting to appreciate how much more tactical the game is now, versus 10, 20, 30 years ago.
This is a team game, not a player's game.
Absolutely you need quality players, but hard for any single one to overcome tactical/team shortcomings.
Been beating this drum for years, and the entrenched demographic (mostly affluent whites), would try to discredit me.
Guys, again, and for the millionth time, we have rampant [cultural] discrimination in mainstream American soccer.
Let's recognize it.
"Speaking for the first time publicly on the topic, (Hugo Perez) said he was told more than once not to speak Spanish to Latino players, and that his continued use of Spanish on the field may have contributed to him being let go."
There's a reason:
* The Gold Cups are held in the US.
* Copa America's are being hosted in the US.
* WC 2026 is in the US.
* The 1st ever Club WC is being held in the US.
* The most attended WC ever is 1994 in the US.
Our soccer market is gargantuan, always has been.
The
Man, you all need to chill out with Chris Richards "having to move out of Bayern" or why "won't Bayern debut him on 1st team", etc...
The player just turned 20, is playing well on the reserve team, and is in a great environment.
He is totally fine.
Let the career develop.
Osorio mentioning a big difference is where these [Brazilian] players play.
Suggests as more [Mexican] players go to Europe and face greater competition, the better off Mexico will be.
Sounds familiar, doesn't it?
🤔
MLS pulling out of the US Open Cup is just the latest proof that the teams in MLS are NOT clubs.
Real clubs would separately be able to decide on their own whether they are in or out.
Note: This test is a necessary, but not sufficient condition.
Man,
@USLChampionship
would be HUGELY popular, have loads more investment (2x, 3x, 10x, ?) and revenue on all fronts, if promotion to
@MLS
were on the line.
This is what would build American soccer. Understand?
This is Ansu Fati with Uly, in case some were wondering.
On this note, again, the notion that one can not identify who "has it" at an early age is BS (to put it nicely).
“MLS fans”
That, right there, is telling of the problem.
Domestic people need to be fans of a club, NOT a league (whether MLS is even a “league” is another question).
But there are no clubs here, only franchises of the singular club that is MLS.
Hence the issue.
Not authentic
Feel bad for the ladies of the
#USWNT
, but don't feel bad for the bureaucrats who operate the institution.
The issue runs deep.
A longer breakdown forthcoming.
Who is the current
#USMNT
broadcaster barfing gross propaganda that a thorough quote, "scientific process" was done to select Berhalter once again?
These folks have no shame.
"We don't have 100 year soccer history like other countries."
Yes, we do.
And the most storied one is the US Open Cup.
Which MLS (and its puppet Federation) has been trying to kill.
Our education system is so broken. In particular, I see it in higher ed where I've been a Physics lecturer for 15 years.
@EricRWeinstein
has been right for so long on this.
I'm embarrassed it's taken me so long to start seeing the national level consequences.
I disagree with some things in
@EricWynalda
's article, but he is one of the extremely rare *independents whose voice we should be elevating.
So please do your part in helping amplify his public engagements.
(There's a reason why the
If you are watching this Argentina vs Mexico game, please note how these guys are hungry, nasty, savage animals foaming at the mouth.
Contrast that to the selected players for the
#USMNT
. Naive, soft, little puppies.
These things are a reflection of one's environment.
Guys, it's not about Berhalter.
If you make it about him, you are being duped. You are being distracted from the what should be your focus - the sham, the corruption, that is our system, + the total lack of integrity by these "journalists"
Don't let them maneuver you so easily
Japan
* Has an identity
* Has pro/rel (an open ecosystem), even though they started their structure around the same time as MLS
* By American mainstream measures, do not have the "best athletes"
* Has topped a group containing
#ESP
and
#GER
* This has been coming
Been saying it since his Akron days, this is the most talented player ever from the US.
This spectacular goal doesn’t validate anything to me. I simply nod and think “of course he can do that”.
(Please don’t conflate *talent*, with career success.)
Pay-to-play in the US is at the level it is precisely because there is no pro/rel at the professional level.
Without an open pro pyramid, the pay-to-play business model is practically forced upon all [youth] clubs, as there's no alternative revenue mode or potential ROI without
If
@EricWynalda
@kylemartino
@hopesolo
and company are really that passionate about reforming US Soccer, they could come together and form an org to unify and mobilize the millions who are literally disenfranchised from participating in US Soccer policy.
New Federation perhaps.
Reality check.
US U17s get trashed by Senegal 1-4.
When the fuck are we going to stop talking nonsense about how good our players, coaches, executives and academies are in this country?
#furtureIsBright
... right? fuck sake
Look at this physical specimen for the "engine room". 😂
Fucken hell, the shit we still have to hear from the mainstream to this day on what a midfielder should be.
I know it's difficult to recognize you've been wrong for years, that your entire worldview is wrong.
But it's
Absolutely nothing was given to you. You had to earn every single inch, when all odds were against you.
Equipped with those lessons, and that armor, you can climb the mountain.
Planet-sized balls!
You're an inspiration.
Con huevo, cabron!
#teamUly
I’m humbled & Blessed to announce that i’ve signed my first contract with
@vfl
.wolfsburg! i wanna thank my family, coaches, & my friends that supported me through this journey!! 🐺💚
Club Future set ✅
Looking forward to Poland ✅
So, this Almiron thing ...
I find it interesting and frustrating that MLS reporters are ripping on some English media for not knowing who Almiron is.
These same MLS reporters had no clue who Almiron was before he came to Atlanta.
Real talk.
In case you still don’t understand, MLS is 1 single club.
MLS teams are NOT clubs, they are teams OF MLS.
They are all part of the same club, they are not in competition with each other.
Because people [conveniently] forget, and credit is [conveniently] misallocated.
Jurgen Klinsmann started the trend of identifying and recruiting dual nationals in a serious way.
But no one who has been gifted an American soccer platform will write that story.
#USMNT