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So, what does everyone think about the Copa America Group C draw? Uruguay will be tough, but the others, Bolivia and Panama should be wins, and getting first in the group is almost a requirement to make the semifinals, since the presumed Group D winner is Brazil; struggling they may be, but...

I blame the AC Milan manager Pioli for Pulisic's latest injury. He had been a scratch during the weekend Serie A match to keep him fit since he was carrying a minor knock, yet left him in the Champions League match late in the game when it was all but decided and he was visibly struggling...

Rather big mistake with your post-it's the USWNT playing tomorrow night, as part of their planned post-World Cup victory tour that didn't quite work out the way they wanted it to.

Not a full strength roster, but pretty close, considering the injuries. Some experimental picks at the back of the roster-I don't know anything about Kristopher Lund, for example. What I would like to see in these two matches is the USMNT being on the front foot, controlling the game...

What a crappy effort in the first half. Somewhat better in the second half, but still not great. Matt Turner reinforces the idea that he is the man. Matt Miazga shows that the potential that prompted Chelsea to sign him all those years ago hasn't nearly been fulfilled. Miles Robinson needs...

It will be interesting to see how the team performs with Berhalter, now that we have a baseline of how the team can perform under a different coach. Since the Gold Cup recently has become a showcase for younger guys and seeing who can make a case for the A team, and because I have OCD...

You may be right; I've gotten used to marathoning the shows I watch, but Ted Lasso may be one of those shows that deserves some introspection and thought after watching some episodes; despite being structured around sports, it's one of the most human and empathetic shows I've watched recently...

Just marathoned the whole series over the last two weeks. Kinda sucks that Ted Lasso finished after only 3 seasons, but they told the story they wanted to tell, and that's way better than dragging it out just because the show is popular.

I'll be completely honest-I'm not a Greg Berhalter fan at all. However, it would be unfair to say he's a lousy coach. He's just a thoroughly mediocre coach, who got the job through pure nepotism + the incestuous US Soccer/MLS relationship, and who retained the job through pure...

Crazy to think that the USMNT beat Canada pretty easily while playing perhaps a "B" game (nowhere close to their "A" game). The guy Berhalter benched and set up for the doghouse with his inane decision - making showed why Greg is a moron. And the fanboy Berhalter apologists can't use his...

While I love the fact that the team stood up for their new teammate Balogun, I still stand on the side that believes that McKennie and Dest shouldn't have been baited into getting red cards; however, with further reflection, I realize that the ref had completely lost control of the match and was...

So much to unpack. The game-UMSNT was clearly dominant, it was shocking how bad Mexico was compared to the US. Almost everyone played great, although the red cards to McKennie and Dest showed that the team still needs to mature; once Mexico started to try and turn the game into a crapfest...

That's a bit of a shocker, and it's a bad look for Anthony Hudson for leaving the team right before two different tournaments; this new opportunity for him must be a good one, to make it worth burning bridges and leaving with bad feelings. It's also a bad look for US Soccer, since they've been...

I haven't had a chance to watch the games so far, but caught a few highlights; from the videos and articles, the team seems to have been playing well so far but has been very wasteful with their goal-scoring opportunities (sounds familiar?). They're missing some guys who haven't been released...

His reference in the article about working with Mustapha Heron and Heron's dad is a bit concerning; I was under the impression that Heron was one of those players who wanted nothing to do with UConn and was desperate to get out of the state, and that his Dad thought his son was too good for...

You know in your head that Manchester City is better than Arsenal, but the way Arsenal has played down the stretch clearly overshadows the way they built the league lead in the first place; you hate to use the word choke for a team that outperformed preseason expectations, but it really does...

That's such a clickbait headline, I'm disappointed you even brought that crap here.

I thought Luca de la Torre should have gotten minutes at the World Cup; he plays differently than any of the MMA midfield, but he's also better than McKennie or Adams at connecting the backline to the forwards/wingers; that's completely on Berhalter's hard-headed decision-making. I think there...

I'm always hopeful for a striker to emerge, but after so many failed to pan out, I've become more tempered in my expectations. I've never watched Balogun play, so I can't say anything about how he might fit into this team. I know that Clint and Landon are the two top scorers all-time for the...

It feels odd that a Husky wins Pitcher of the Week, considering the disastrous state of the pitching staff as a whole, but Fogell was huge on Friday, and may have deserved the award just for that; Sunday wasn't ideal, but I think the coaching staff erred badly in even allowing him to pitch, less...

As the English would say, they bottled it today, both players and coaches. Time to reset, relax, and move forward.

I'm not in the players' heads, but these late innings errors, the shaky baserunning, the random walks given up by the pitchers, all of it seems to indicate a team that's pressing, that's gotten super tight and lost in their own heads, instead of playing freely/normally. I think that the...

You jinxed 'Nova, they got to 9-2, and ended up losing 11-9 - d'oh!

Is he coming in here as a TE, or is he following the Tyler Lorenzen route and coming to get a shot as a QB? Interesting prospect either way. Welcome to UConn!

So what's the consensus on the fate of the Americans at Leeds when(if?) they get relegated? I know McKennie is just on loan, so does he go back and play for Juventus, get loaned out to another team, or sold outright? How appealing is he to other teams at this point? It seems that Adams might...

I think you make a pretty good point; the amount of money poured into High School football there (and elsewhere) is more than ridiculous. I think smart coaches have an idea of how polished/developed a player currently is, and how much further he might go, but like all things it's very inexact...

With all the perimeter players St. John's is getting now (after Alleyne committed to them when it seemed like they had nobody), I wonder if he's regretting his decision. It seems possible, maybe even likely, that he gets fewer minutes this year than last.

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Question for those who follow college hockey (I just follow UConn basketball mostly, and other UConn sports in passing). Do drafted players leave immediately for the pro ranks, even if not directly to the NHL (i.e. ECHL/AHL or whatever)? Or do they stay in college/junior hockey until they feel...

What happened to St. John's baseball? I don't really follow college baseball, just UConn, but I seem to vaguely recall that both St. John's and Seton Hall were regional "powers" in the days of the old Big East-is my mind playing tricks on me?

Non-FIFA date, so it was just a money-making 'friendly' in Phoenix featuring MLS veterans, youngsters from MLS (and 1 from USL), Alan Sonora from FC Juarez, and Sergino Dest, who AC Milan regards so negatively that they gave him permission to come over and play. Barcelona apparently doesn't...

I don't have any expectation of MLS ever surpassing the Top 5 in Europe (Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1), but I hope the league sets goals to pass LigaMX, clearly surpass the Championship, make itself at least the near-peer of the Primeira Liga, the Eredivisie, the Belgian...

I think that perhaps MLS has made the floor of the USMNT higher than before(although the failure in qualifying for 2018 may be a mark against that supposition), and perhaps the talent pool deeper, but a lot of the players are fairly interchangeable, and the standouts obviously leave for Europe...

Scumbag? Why, yes he is!