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But hey I know you are riding high on the wave of the glory of his squad beating Saudi Arabia in pens. LMAO |
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Smiling Jurgen Klinsmann questioned about his reaction to South Korea’s Asian Cup elimination
AL-RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — Jurgen Klinsmann ‘s broad smile is part of his charm. But on Tuesday in Qatar, the South Korea coach was left to explain why he was grinning after his team suffered a painful defeat in the semifinals of the Asian Cup. Klinsmann warmly congratulated Jordan coach Hussein Ammouta on the field after his team produced a big upset with a 2-0 win at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium. Perhaps a little too warmly. “For me it’s normal to congratulate the other coach when his team was better in a game. I think this is a sign of respect,” Klinsmann said when questioned about his post-game reaction. “They deserved this win today. They were the better team, but this is for me totally normal. If you say I shouldn’t smile, give somebody a smile that deserves a compliment in that moment, maybe we have different approaches.” There has been criticism of Klinsmann and South Korea’s performances in reaching the semifinals. His tactics were questioned and the general impression is that he should have done more with such a talented squad, led by Tottenham forward Son Heung-min. So it may have been jarring for some to see him smile as cameras focused on him after the final whistle against a Jordan team ranked 64 places below South Korea in FIFA’s rankings. He could then be seen seeking out Ammouta, who was celebrating on the field with players and staff. It remains to be seen what the fallout will be after defeat to Jordan, which had never reached the semifinals of the Asian Cup before and had only advanced to the round of 16 as one of the best third-placed teams in the group stage — behind South Korea. “I am very disappointed. I’m angry because we should have done better tonight,” Klinsmann said. “We were not existent the first 20 or 30 minutes. That’s why I’m saying we give them respect because they were better they wanted it more. “But when the game is over and I congratulate another coach and you smile just because of him personally and you congratulate him. I think it is not a big deal. I am certainly not walking around tonight and smiling all over the place. There were reasons why we lost this game. We have to accept those reasons. If the other team showed more on the field, which they did, then you have to give them respect.” https://apnews.com/article/jurgen-kl...287eb7dabcd482 |
Really feels like Miami\MLS is running Messi into the ground with this preseason tour. The injuries are a problem but even aside from that I feel like other MLS teams are going to go at them a little bit more and not just stand around holding them in such high esteem.
But the season is long an obviously this group can go on idle for a very long time and then put it in high gear and dominate. Will be interesting to see how this season progresses. https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/int...8f7769de98a3e7 Inter Miami's preseason tour from hell! Not even Lionel Messi can disguise the MLS favorites' shambolic offseason |
I'll put this under a spoiler just in case someone doesn't want to watch...
SOCCER PLAYER KILLED BY LIGHTNING STRIKE DURING GAME https://www.tmz.com/2024/02/12/socce...ame-indonesia/
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Hey Oct come get your boy he not only got fired but the federation went out of their way to shit on him on the way out. Honestly not sure I have seen this in a while usually coaches are just wished the best.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Korean FA statement does not spare Klinsmann. <a href="https://t.co/N7ckfK7mis">pic.twitter.com/N7ckfK7mis</a></p>— Caught Offside (@COsoccerpod) <a href="https://twitter.com/COsoccerpod/status/1758581057417257322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
This is news to me, but did you all know there is World Cup Beach Soccer?
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Happy Sporting Kansas City Opening Day to all who celebrate.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Formation 🫡<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HOUvSKC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HOUvSKC</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/BlueKC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BlueKC</a> <a href="https://t.co/QYLRMZyRvF">pic.twitter.com/QYLRMZyRvF</a></p>— Sporting Kansas City (@SportingKC) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportingKC/status/1761556656079491389?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 25, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
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Where are you at soccer people?
CBS has UEFA Champions League day soccer! |
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Seeing if my Dortmund guys can keep tumbling through it somehow. |
This was quite a hit in the Manchester derby this past weekend.
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Beautiful day today at CPKC Stadium.
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KC current play like it owner like to keep thing close for good tv. Lol
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">MAHOMES LOVES IT<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KCBABY?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KCBABY</a> <a href="https://t.co/sKODjjlgux">pic.twitter.com/sKODjjlgux</a></p>— KC Current (@thekccurrent) <a href="https://twitter.com/thekccurrent/status/1769057868496421307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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I'll contribute to the soccer thread with some highlights...
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Awesome day for soccer in Kansas City yesterday.
Exciting game and win for the Current with their new stadium unveil going well and a nice win for Sporting Kansas City last night. |
Really funny turn of events in Chicago yesterday.
Chicago vs Montreal and Chicago is down 1-3 in the 84th minute they grab a few late goals to make it 3-3 at the death and then this happens. Really windy day and a Fire player tries to make a long pass into the box the wind takes hold of the ball and the path this thing takes into the net is hilarious. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dJQzR3TkhS4?si=PKKpMZlQkgtP4ODd" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
Tyler Adams is back baby!!! What a goal!
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https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/fc...outputType=amp
Mexico fans’ homophobic chant at AT&T Stadium delays Concacaf Nations League Final It’s not the first time that a game between the two sides has been stopped due to the chant. |
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Quite a hit by Adams last night. Deserved win overall.
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I was yelling don't shoot, am I glad to have looked like an idiot, Hell of a laser shot...
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Just one of those things. We are really establishing dominance over Mexico. |
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🚨<br>The incident that led to Cristiano Ronaldo's red card 👇<a href="https://t.co/4hxoBAE4cd">pic.twitter.com/4hxoBAE4cd</a></p>— Everything Cristiano 𓃵 (@EverythingCR7_) <a href="https://twitter.com/EverythingCR7_/status/1777448267221020704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 8, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Where you at soccer folks???
Day soccer on CBS, Barcelona vs. Paris |
Paris is doing well
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Spanish clubs, esp. Barca and Real, are the biggest bunch of crybabies in world club football...hilarious to see Barca get routed and ran out of the CL.
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Absolute scenes in Dortmund after a lackluster domestic campaign. Great to see it.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"This is what the Champions League does to you!" 🥹<a href="https://twitter.com/Carra23?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Carra23</a> reflects on the scenes in Germany as Borussia Dortmund secure their first <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UCL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UCL</a> semifinal in 11 years 💛 <a href="https://t.co/BZFj4ZitoV">pic.twitter.com/BZFj4ZitoV</a></p>— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSSportsGolazo/status/1780344567331512478?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
SKC blows another lead. At some point you have to realize it’s not just a “because Sporting” thing…it’s a ****ing Peter Vermes tactical thing. No other ****ing coach would have his CB basically playing as a CDM in the final minute of stoppage time up a goal. Vermes complete lack of ability to switch up his tactics in game is becoming a HUGE problem for this club. We’re well past due time for a change.
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It’s insane the level of job security that Vermes has. To coach for almost 2 decades with only 1 Championship appearance is absolutely unheard of. The only tournament he’s ever consistently had success in has been abandoned by pretty much every other team in the league. You’d think he’d at least have a Supporters Shield during his tenure or something, but he’s NEVER managed a 1st place team.
We’re treating the guy like he’s earned some sort of lifetime contract. He’s going to end up having a longer tenure than Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger with this dumbass ownership group. Which is an absolute joke. The world would all be laughing at us if we had any sort of relevancy over the last 10 years for them to even know who we are. |
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Champions League Final is today at 2 PM Central. Gonna be a great game.
Somehow Peter Vermes remains employed by Sporting KC. It’s really hard for him to use a roster overhaul excuse when we have one of the oldest rosters in the league. The offseason moves were absolutely brutal and the club is definitely seeing the results of keeping a dead fish around to run your club too long now. The fact that Daniel Salloi is one of our DP’s should be reason enough to fire the ****ing idiot. Would any other club in MLS even be starting Salloi on the wing? The guy has the pace of a snail. If his daddy wasn’t best friends with Vermes he’d be riding the bench somewhere in Hungary. **** this team so much. The ownership refuses to do shit and it’s definitely shown the last few seasons. |
Went into central London to soak up the atmosphere 3 hours ago. Pretty tame so heading back home now early. Mostly Real Madrid fans out and about. I think the Dortmund lot are all concentrated in one area well away from central so couldn't be arsed to try and find them.
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I think at this point we’re going to have to hope Peter Vermes dies suddenly because this ownership seems very stuck with him for some reason. They seem content in just riding out Vermes contract and burying this club in the dirt. Thankfully we don’t do relegation at this point or we might never see the MLS again. How ****ing embarrassing. KILL PETER VERMES! It looks as if it’s the only way to free us from this misery.
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There isn’t one American coach that should be anywhere near this job. |
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We were in the group with portugal, and lost to the germans in the round of 16. |
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2014 USA was in Group G along with Germany, Portugal and Ghana. Germany and USA advanced where the USA then lost to Belgium. |
Jurgen Klinsmann is one of the many reasons Ronaldo will end his career without a single knockout round goal in the World Cup! It’s crazy how fast the federation wanted him out, but somehow gave Berhalter a second chance. I think most USA fans would take Jurgen back over this disaster. Jurgen got us into the Copa semifinals with Bobby Wood and ****ing Gyasi Zardes.
Also, Peter Vermes blew another match late last night. How many chances did that one MLS cup over 10 years ago actually buy this man? Is it a lifetime contract or something? Do we actually have to root for the man to die unexpectedly to free us from this nightmare or something? |
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🚨🚨🇺🇸🇦🇷 POCH TO USMNT 🇦🇷🇺🇸🚨🚨<br><br>FORMER SPURS, PSG & CHELSEA MANAGER MAURICIO POCHETTINO HAS AGREED TO BECOME THE NEXT USMNT COACH.<br><br>🙌🦅 OUR RECRUITING IS DONE. REJOICE AMERICA. WE HAVE A REAL COACH. 🦅🙌 <a href="https://t.co/0VJyHhlzW0">pic.twitter.com/0VJyHhlzW0</a></p>— Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) <a href="https://twitter.com/MenInBlazers/status/1823903813658427727?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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It’s gonna be funny to come back to this post in a year or two after Canada is still outperforming them. |
This is a fun hire.
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Without a doubt this is a good hire and best of all it finally gives a clean break from the incest between MLS and USMNT. I just hope we don't do the same thing with klingsmann and ignore his advice on how we compete on the international stage. The coach itself isn't going to fix everything. This has to be a top down change on how we bring and develop the best possible talent for our squad.
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I'll remember this one. |
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2 World Cup appearances in their history is absolute trash. Their performance in those world cups is even worse LMAO |
what a great hire. we're so lucky chelsea is run by absolute idiots and they let him go. if you only count the 2nd half of the prem season, poch actually had chelsea as the 3rd best team. of course they gave him no time to keep building though.
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And yet, despite their much smaller talent pool and limited resources, they're still ranked ahead of the USA in ELO right now. What does that say about the American program? LMAO |
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And we still feel the impact of that shit show. We didn't have veterans because our talent development in the prior generation was atrocious. Our best guys were young and raw but that's really bad when your most experienced vets are so bad they aren't even being considered. I've heard this be called the Lost Generation And don't even get me started on pay to play which looms especially large in a sport that costs nothing to play and when we have to compete internationally with countries who don't do this |
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I was told once we get MLS trash out the US was really going to thrive but all they have done is is underperform meanwhile some of our best results in our history have been achieved with an MLS heavy core of players. Hey things change and systems evolve I want the best players regardless of league but you guys still blaming MLS for everything is so disingenuous. |
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It’s just no one wants to live there. We’ve gone over this, our history trounces yours. In fact, it’s not even close. We were in the round of 16 in the World Cup, how did you guys do? |
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Agreed that from there it's probably not nearly enough. And that there are also bigger problems biggest being our youth development programs. That has nothing to do with mls and I hope people don't think that this divorce by itself is a fix all |
Me coming here to talk Soccer. Seeing the discussions in the thread and realizing it was a mistake.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Crazy scenes today in Amherst, as a fight broke out between in a game between Rutgers and UMass, with multiple punches being thrown. Gia Girman of Rutgers and Ashley Lamond from UMass were both sent off as a result.<br><br>UMass went on to win 1-0.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CollegeSoccer?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CollegeSoccer</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NCAASoccer?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NCAASoccer</a> <a href="https://t.co/nvmhU4WStb">pic.twitter.com/nvmhU4WStb</a></p>— College Soccer News (@ncaasoccernews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ncaasoccernews/status/1827838939513942398?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 25, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">CANADA GOAL!<br><br>Jacob Shaffelburg with the finish after Stephen Eustaquio wins the ball back and sends it through to Jonathan David. <br><br>Canada dominating the U.S. in this one so far, and it started with a press from Ali Ahmed. <br><br>Canada 1-0 USA | '17<a href="https://t.co/CBRA3AVFRn">pic.twitter.com/CBRA3AVFRn</a></p>— Ben Steiner (@BenSteiner00) <a href="https://twitter.com/BenSteiner00/status/1832515561835901045?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 7, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Canada 2-1 USA<br><br>For the first time since 1957, Canada beats the USA on American soil. <br><br>Jonathan David with the winning goal after Jacob Shaffelburg scored the opener.<br><br>A standout performance for the Larin-David pairing after struggling for a while. <br><br>�� Canada Soccer <a href="https://t.co/CRpGdDkLrz">pic.twitter.com/CRpGdDkLrz</a></p>— Ben Steiner (@BenSteiner00) <a href="https://twitter.com/BenSteiner00/status/1832539677527531525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 7, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
That new manager better hurry LMAO |
Time to get the guys off the team that have no heart. That was pretty pathetic. Some of those guys didn't look like they wanted to be out there.
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If Canada is a scrub team, what does that make the team ranked 6 spots below them in ELO and losing to them at home? LMAO USA had the same meek performances at the Copa as today. This was nothing new. |
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