Bonucci’s face when he realizes the steward thinks he’s a fan trying to get on the field is priceless.
Bonucci laughing and giving her a hug after she realizes (probably with horror) her mistake is even more priceless.
After a 10-day battle w/ COVID focused on home treatment, my doc sent me to the ER. I have COVID pneumonia & will stay in the hospital for treatment this week.
It’s been a lot, enough to make you wonder if you’re actually going to make it, but I am going to beat this thing💪🏼🙏🏼
Some good news to share today: After 6 days in the hospital w/ COVID pneumonia, I am back home! I still have recovering to do, but the toughest part is behind me.
Thank you everyone for all your support & kind words. It was overwhelming & meant a lot during this tough time. 🙏🏼
They gave Lionel Messi the mic to the stadium PA and he really dropped a "Somos campiones del mundo, Concha Su Madre!" to the stadium.
🤣🤣
No, I'm NOT translating that.
🐐🏆
Things got REAL testy at the Santiago Bernabeu after Barcelona's 1-0 win vs. Real Madrid, with some frustrated Real Madrid supporters tussling with some Barca supporters after the match (Just glad my phone battery had some juice left to catch this)
#ElClasico
:
I'm at England-France but my head is not. This is hard. He should be in the seat next to me, not his memorial.
Going to try some tweet therapy and tweet about this game, even though it feels dumb to tweet anything right now.
He would be tweeting, so I'm going to tweet.
If you think the Pulisic-McKennie-Adams not starting together in almost three years stat is wild, consider that the Pulisic-McKennie-Adams-Dest foursome has NEVER played a single minute together for the
#USMNT
.
That is, until tonight.
Not game related, but I'm feeling MUCH better today. Had some touch and go moments last night, but woke up feeling stronger today & feeling the progress.
Thank you again to ALL OF YOU. It's been a truly humbling week receiving so much love from the American soccer community. ❤️
Racist England fans are about to end their hiatus from racism to rip on Sancho, Rashford & Saka when those three are NOT the ones to blame for England managing just ONE shot on goal in 120 minutes.
Weston McKennie wearing a “Justice for George” armband today in support of George Floyd, who was killed in police custody, sparking protests across the USA. A significant gesture, one
#USMNT
supporters should be proud to see from the young midfielder.
Hector Herrera is named Gold Cup Player of the Tournament.
GTFOH
Guess they wanted to give Mexico something gold to take home.
Miles Robinson Player of the Tournament is the ONLY right answer.
#USMNT
Should be noted that San Diego was winning the match 3-1 at the time of the incident, so it doesn't really make much sense for the Loyal to make up an accusation.
You could see the hurt and dejection in Collin Martin as he left the field. A truly sad sight.
Christian Pulisic was asked who is the better player, him or Mexican star Hirving Lozano, and the
#USMNT
star had a hilarious response to the comparison to the
#ElTri
standout:
WHAT a game. Just wow. I’ve covered 24 of these
#USMNT
- Mexico games and this is second only to the World Cup win.
2007 Gold Cup final was a special win, as were some of the Dos A Ceros, but this one feels like a coming-of-age moment for a special generation of talent.
Something fitting about Leeds-America putting a smacking on Chelsea given Thomas Tuchel’s reluctance to play Christian Pulisic.
HALFTIME
Team playing its Americans: 2
Team not playing its American: 0
FINAL -
#USMNT
2, Mexico 0.
Outstanding 2nd half performance from the USA, & Christian Pulisic’s arrival provided a big spark.
Tim Weah was Man of the Match for me, a threat throughout & set up the winner.
USMNT looked in the mirror & saw a team that has owned Mexico in 2021
Health Status Update:
Met with my lung doc & X-rays show major progress. Also saw my X-rays when I went into the hospital, & to quote my doc, my lungs were "obliterated" by COVID at that time.
I'm about 3 weeks from full recovery, but can resume most activities now. 🙏 💪
FINAL- Honduras 1,
#USMNT
4
The Americans follow up one of the worst opening half performances in recent memory with one of the absolute best.
And how about Ricardo Pepi. A teenager shining on the big stage. WHAT a national team debut
Drunk clown interrupts a Chelsea-Juventus Women’s Champions League match to take selfies. Sam Kerr floors him with a perfect shoulder.
Kerr got a yellow card for that. Can we give her the Ballon d’Or instead because she definitely deserves an award:
10 years ago I left the newspaper biz to launch a soccer news website (Crazy, right?). Today, SBI turns 10. THANK YOU to all of the readers who made it worth it & a special THANK YOU to the writers who have helped keep SBI rolling. Here's to the next 10 years being even better.
Yunus Musah has "Arnold Schwarzenegger at the end of Predator" levels of mud on him and he's still running around like a mad man. Musah normally plays well and makes things look easy. Tonight we've seen 'Aight Bet' Musah and this version is a scary good level.
In the midst of the Argentina celebrations Emiliano Martinez takes the time to console Kylian Mbappe. Think about that. Man just won the World Cup and takes the time to do that.
Pure class.
#WorldCup
Zlatan mentioned how wild games like today are great for the fans, but can be tough on players. "It’s not easy, because I can imagine LAFC now, winning 3-0 and losing 4-3. It’s not easy. But if they had Zlatan it would be the opposite."
#MLS
#LAFC
#LAGalaxy
The San Diego Loyal walked off the field at halftime of Wednesday night's USL match with Phoenix Rising in protest after accusing a Rising player of aiming a homophobic slur at openly-gay Loyal midfielder Collin Martin:
Here is Giovanni Reyna's first professional goal, an absolute beauty for Borussia Dortmund in DFB Pokal action vs. Werder Bremen for the 17-year-old American. That's a heck of a way to announce yourself.
#USMNT
The
#USMNT
didn't win, but definitely earned some respect tonight. They didn't sit back & bunker, they traded punches & went toe-to-toe with mighty England and I'd argue they were the better team over the 90 minutes.
Now let's see if they get the job done vs. Iran.
Miles Robinson SHOULD BE the Gold Cup Player of the Tournament. Periodt.
The
#USMNT
defense posted five shutouts and didn't allow a goal in the run of play, and Robinson was a HUGE reason for that.
Beautiful free kick from Julian Green for Greuther Furth today vs. Regensberg.
Green missed out on a
#USMNT
call-up for the November friendlies but the 25-year-old midfielder continues to make a case for a call from Gregg Berhalter.
Update: Finished the last of my post-COVID treatment this week & can say I'm fully recovered.
Thank you again to everyone for the support. It absolutely helped.
I've taken it easy the past few weeks, but it's time to get back in action. Some new things are brewing. Stay Tuned
Before tonight's amazing World Cup Final, the most epic Final moment I'd experienced was Iniesta's winner in the 2010 final. Grant Wahl sat next to me in South Africa that day.
I know Grant watched & loved tonight. Probably trying to interview Maradona now.
RIP my friend 🙏
That Romelu Lukaku dummy on the winning goal needs to be made into a statue piece. Did Chadli scream at him to leave it, or did Lukaku just trust that someone would be open behind him to finish? Either way, an amazing play by Lukaku there.
PERU is going to the WORLD CUP!!!!!!! It's been 35 long years since Peru has been to one, can't put into what this means to the country and Peruvians everywhere.Tears of joy tonight. 🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🏆🏆🏆
The CBS Sports crew is at the Azteca reminiscing on their times here with the
#USMNT
Still feel like Clint could give Gregg Berhalter a good 20 minutes tomorrow.
You can tell the Canadian national team has officially graduated to a new level because now instead of their fans lamenting Canada choking in big-game blowout losses, they're now lamenting terrible Concacaf officiating costing them close games.
That, my friends, is progress.🇨🇦
Ronny Deila, who once stripped to his underwear after helping Stromsgodset avoid relegation, made good on his promise to do the same if he won the
#MLSCupFinal
Ronny Deila, a man of his word:
#NYCFC
Here’s Miguel Herrera getting way too handsy w/ LAFC assistant Ante Razov & caught a jab for his trouble. Ante Razov is NOT the one. Herrera got off light.
Herrera was ejected, then tried watching in the stands, then got kicked out of there.
C🤡NCACAF
Nice moment post-match as Pogba stopped Pulisic for some words of encouragement beyond the standard handshake. So along with the beautiful dimes he dropped during the match, Pogba delivers an assist for Chelsea too.
#Class
It was an absolute pleasure working w/ this Dream Team of CBS Sports announcers/analysts, & getting a front-row seat to Clint Dempsey, Oguchi Onyewu & Charlie Davies in their debut as a TV trio.
CBS Sports has rights to Concacaf road qualifiers so you’ll see this team again.
Brutal fate for Bukayo Saka. Full credit to him for stepping up in the pressure moment, but why is the 19-year-old taking England’s fifth penalty? No veteran could step up there?
Saka struck it well, credit to Donnarumma for the save.
Jefferson Savarino’s “buzzer beater” Golazo, which should’ve been number 1 on ESPN Top Plays, but came in at 7 thanks to someone liking standard baseball plays a little too much.
🚀
Major respect for Neymar, shaking hands with all the Argentina players who just spent 90 minutes committing assault and battery on him. It’s all in the game.
Argentina did a good job on Neymar tonight, but Neymar’s teammates frankly didn’t do enough to help him.
And how about Ethan Horvath? Those truly surprised by his performance must have forgotten some of his Champions League showings earlier in his career.
To come off the bench and have that performance for the
#USMNT
in his hometown of Denver is just amazing. Movie script stuff.
FINAL- Galaxy 4, LAFC 3. Zlatan comes off the bench to help the Galaxy complete the comeback from 3-0 down. Probably the best MLS game I’ve ever been to in my 20 years covering the league. Absurd swings and an amazing debut by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
I’m overwhelmed by all the messages of support from all of you (& I’ve read them all). Thank you all from the bottom of my heart. Makes me feel good about the years I’ve spent in ⚽️ & connections I’ve been lucky to make in these 25 years.
I’m stable, working my way back 💪🏼🙏🏼
Legendary player, amazing speech, hate to see the World Cup end for Marta and Brazil but this display of passion and perspective was as satisfying to watch as any golazo:
Justice isn't something you see often in
#Concacaf
, but
#LAFC
rallying for the win after the whole Atuesta red card fiasco is some sweet, sweet justice.
Club America had the lead, didn't need Ochoa's play-acting on Atuesta's red card, which wound up inspiring LAFC's comeback.
Peru is eliminated early despite playing some of the tournament’s best soccer. Between that and the incredible display by Peruvian fans in Russia, Peru has earned a lot of respect at the
#WorldCup
. Here’s to
#PER
putting on a show in the group finale.
#VamosPeru
🇵🇪💪🏼
Monterrey falls short at Club World Cup, but still put in a very impressive performance vs. Liverpool, requiring Alisson to make several big saves. Rayados represented Liga MX and Concacaf well with a strong and deep squad.
Update time:
After a six-year run, I am no longer at Goal. It was a good run, and I was lucky enough to work with some great people.
Going forward, I will be focusing on
@SBISoccer
and some new projects, while also bringing back some old ones (like The SBI Show).
Stay tuned..
Grant Wahl set the standard for American soccer journalists for 2 decades, giving me & so many others a level to aspire to. Beyond the incredible work he did, Grant was also a good person always willing to help people.
There’s so much more to say, but words feel inadequate. 🙏🏼
Red Bull might want to just go ahead & sell the New York Red Bulls. Keep the stadium, but sell the team, because the "We play kids now, be patient" thing just isn't going to fly for
#RBNY
fans waiting 26 years for an MLS Cup. Especially w/ NYCFC winning it in 6 years.
Holy HELL did Megan Rapinoe blast home that clinching penalty with no regard for human life!!!!
Alyssa Naeher's shootout heroics and the
#USWNT
's perfect shootout sends the Americans to the Olympic semifinals.
THAT was a champion's response in the shootout.
Some random
#MLS
stats for you:
Profile A: 30 goals in 2,462 minutes, 29 games.
Profile B: 31 goals in 2,520 minutes, 28 games.
Profile A is Josef Martinez
Profile B is the Colorado Rapids
Jesus Ferreira went into his first
#USMNT
camp keeping his national team options open, but I'm told Ferreira has committed to USA, informing U.S. Soccer on Monday:
It’s time to give Brian Schmetzer some credit. Feel like he gets much less credit than he deserves for the job he’s done in Seattle. Maybe it’s the Ned Flanders-esque extreme nice guy persona, but it’s time to stop sleeping on his coaching ability.
Didn't think the
#USMNT
could improve on Dos a Cero, but 🏆🏆 a Cero sure has a nice look to it.
Thing is, this summer sweep has come well before this USMNT player pool has even reached its peak, which should have USA fans very excited for the future.
Mexico fans two hours ago: Hahaha, look at USA struggling with Honduras. My team could never.
Mexico fans now, at 0-0 halftime vs. a decimated Costa Rica team: No mames
Mark Geiger has lost his grip on this game. Gave Bacca a yellow for a nudge, but gave Stones nothing earlier when he caught Falcao with a boot to the face (or Maguire's blatant dive). That's what is freaking out Colombia's players, the sense Geiger is calling things one way.
I was waiting for the "It's that Ukrainian Temperament" line from this TV commentator about Zinchenko since his tantrum came right after the DiMaria red card drew a "it's that Latino temperament" line. Funny that it never came.
NEITHER should be said.
What a joke. 🤦♂️
I'm not one to normally criticize TV announcers, but the commentary team on this TNT Champions League final broadcast has brought CSPAN levels of low energy to a match that could've used a much better call, with better insight.
Somehow Wales' Wilson fouls Brenden Aaronson in the open field on a potential breakaway and doesn't see a yellow card. Shocking decision by the ref, who has been pretty bad tonight.
1-1, 90th minute.
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Proud to announce I am the Editorial Producer for Golazo Network, part of a great team ready to make some history.
Beyond excited to get started. Let’s GO!!!!
I’m told Scottish giant Celtic has completed the signing of Indiana University standout and Hermann Award winner Andrew Gutman. That’s a big blow for the Chicago Fire, which had offered the left back a sizable homegrown player contract.