berndog
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I swear I scrolled up and didn’t see that. I blame the gummy.did you read it two posts up?I read that Leeds does not expect Adams to be fit for the start of the season.
That is one loooong recovery.
but yeah- suuuuucks.
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CletiusMaximus
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Christian Pulisic starts tonight with two of his former Chelsea teammates in the Milan lineup in Tomori and Loftus-Cheek.
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
Pulisic assists on a corner - Tomori header. Kind of surprising he’s taking corners for Milan but it was a nice one. He’s been pretty active.
McBokonon
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Here it is: https://streamin.me/v/0e4a1f2b
Picture perfect. I’ll refrain from CP set piece cracks for the foreseeable future.
encaitar
Footballguy
If he'd provided service like that in the WC, we'd have beaten England.
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
Shaka Hislop collapsed on live television prior to the game - really scary scene. They just report that he’s now conscious and stable.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
I have not updated this in 10 days.....Rumors and info just went dry.
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Atlanta emerges as front-runner for U.S. Soccer headquarters
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Atlanta has emerged as the front-runner to be the next home of the U.S. Soccer Federation’s headquarters and training center, according to a person with knowledge of the negotiations who wasn’t authorized to speak on the record.
U.S. Soccer is considering either Atlanta or Cary, N.C. as its next destination. U.S. Soccer is currently headquartered in Chicago.
A decision is expected to be made within six months.
Additionally, Coca-Cola, headquartered in Atlanta, was announced recently as the first Founding sponsor for the next site. There will be many Founding sponsors.
U.S. Soccer is considering sites all around metro Atlanta to house the complex, which will include the headquarters, training center and at least 14 pitches to house all of the teams: men’s, women’s and youth national teams for both genders, as well as other extended teams.
Atlanta is one of several U.S. cities that will host matches in the 2026 World Cup. It also the home of Atlanta United, which has led MLS in attendance in each of its first six seasons and is leading the league again this season.
What the city doesn’t have is a history of hosting the U.S. men’s national team. It has played in the city twice since 1977, and most recently in 2015. The U.S. women last played in Atlanta in 2016.
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Atlanta has emerged as the front-runner to be the next home of the U.S. Soccer Federation’s headquarters and training center, according to a person with knowledge of the negotiations who wasn’t authorized to speak on the record.
U.S. Soccer is considering either Atlanta or Cary, N.C. as its next destination. U.S. Soccer is currently headquartered in Chicago.
A decision is expected to be made within six months.
Additionally, Coca-Cola, headquartered in Atlanta, was announced recently as the first Founding sponsor for the next site. There will be many Founding sponsors.
U.S. Soccer is considering sites all around metro Atlanta to house the complex, which will include the headquarters, training center and at least 14 pitches to house all of the teams: men’s, women’s and youth national teams for both genders, as well as other extended teams.
Atlanta is one of several U.S. cities that will host matches in the 2026 World Cup. It also the home of Atlanta United, which has led MLS in attendance in each of its first six seasons and is leading the league again this season.
What the city doesn’t have is a history of hosting the U.S. men’s national team. It has played in the city twice since 1977, and most recently in 2015. The U.S. women last played in Atlanta in 2016.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
hmm, this is either really bad or they have something cooking for a transfer
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FOLARIN BALOGUN trained separately from the rest of the Arsenal squad in Los Angeles Monday, per @TheAthleticFC.
Balo was an unused sub Sunday against Man Utd.
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Men in Blazers
@MenInBlazers
FOLARIN BALOGUN trained separately from the rest of the Arsenal squad in Los Angeles Monday, per @TheAthleticFC.
Balo was an unused sub Sunday against Man Utd.
Charlie Steiner
Footballguy
I bet Atlanta's population hasn't been this excited about someone coming since General Sherman.
berndog
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
GK was like, nope.
I assume this was a youth team, not the senior team? Any idea which one?
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Soccer is pretty huge here and we have a decent sized Latino population now too. Georgia is like several other states where there's urban vs. rural and soccer is really big with the urban crowd. Leading MLS in attendance all these years isn't a fluke I don't think.
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
Green applied the pressure to a bad pass out from the keeper, but I believe it was credited as an own goal.
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
Charlie Steiner
Footballguy
No argument there; my BIL (the former missionary based in Argentina--total snob when it comes to the sport) lives there, and the Latino population was a bit of a draw for him. My point was more questioning why they're moving from Chicago, and I question their long-term plans in Atlanta. I also wonder how much they will have lined their pockets and left Atlanta burning behind them when they move to another city.
On the surface, this reminds me of the plot of The Music Man. Hopefully, I'm way off base, though.
SwampDawg
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Chicago seemed like a stupid spot to start. I don't see why you would want the headquarters if you are building a national training center to be in a cold weather climate. And I would think east coast makes the most sense, cut a little time off flights to and from Europe.
Charlie Steiner
Footballguy
Won't argue that, either. I just find it tough to attribute the words "makes the most sense" to much of what the US Soccer Federation does, and my default answer for why they do anything is 'money', so again I hope I'm wrong despite the odds.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
I don't think it's a coincidence that Chicago and Atlanta are two of the biggest airports in the world. Has to be a (possibly big) factor in their decision making.
Also agree that more moderate weather is a consideration. I'm a little surprised they don't look to California but you make a great point about travel from Europe.
encaitar
Footballguy
Usually you can expect money as the driving factor. However, I’m on board with the Atlanta move, even if the motivation was impure.
Busiest airport in the US makes it easy to get to. Shortest possible US based location flight time from Europe. Good Latino population. Great soccer city with a growing fan base and a solid MLS team. Far enough south to conduct year round outdoor soccer practices/games.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
I think we watched him play for US U17’s where he looked good.
I believe he is the son of the long time Honduran international Maynor.
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
They have training centers located in places like California and Kansas City. I agree, if they've made the decision to have training facilities in the same place as the admin HQ, trying to do that in Chicago is not going to work. Also, and this is pure speculation, Chicago makes sense geographically if you're primarily concerned with US-based players. With more and more playing in Europe and South America, it makes more sense to be in Atlanta.
The other issue that frequently comes up is there is supposedly a requirement that all team coaches live in Chicago. I've never fully believed that issue is as important as many make it out to be, but if that is the case they should just scrap that requirement altogether, regardless of where the new HQ is.
El Floppo
Footballguy
Yeah... All of that is true. I just wondered if he had been brought up to a more senior team for the summer
El Floppo
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Malik Tillman left off of BM Japan tour sparking rumors of a move.
There are reported to be plenty of offers on his plate from several English clubs, including those from Brentford and Brighton & Hove Albion, who have shown interest in the versatile midfielder. Moreover, Stuttgart and Eintracht Frankfurt are also keen to get him on board.
I'd love to see him at BHA... I think they play his flowing style.
There are reported to be plenty of offers on his plate from several English clubs, including those from Brentford and Brighton & Hove Albion, who have shown interest in the versatile midfielder. Moreover, Stuttgart and Eintracht Frankfurt are also keen to get him on board.
I'd love to see him at BHA... I think they play his flowing style.
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
The fact that it's Brentford and BH&A that are sniffing around is a great sign for Tillman. Both have been very very smart in acquiring young talent and developing them. Arguably the top two teams in terms of punching furthest above their weight for the last few years.
DJackson10
Footballguy
Musah situation in terms of where he wants to go etc is similar to Pulusic here. I think he eventually goes to Milan
Milan offered 18 million euros + 2 million as bonuses for Yunus Musah. Valencia expect 23-25 million euros and counts on bidding with other clubs, preferably from the Premier League. The American only wants to join Milan.
[Nicolo Schira]
Milan offered 18 million euros + 2 million as bonuses for Yunus Musah. Valencia expect 23-25 million euros and counts on bidding with other clubs, preferably from the Premier League. The American only wants to join Milan.
[Nicolo Schira]
DJackson10
Footballguy
FIGC also declared England players EU eligibility opening a spot up for Milan after they thought they used the last one on Chukawuze. Florian now might be an open at CF now
- Official: According to the FIGC regulation approved by CONI, players from Great Britain and Switzerland [in the case of Switzerland, they didn't occupy such places before due to special agreements with the EU, ed.] will be treated as EU players. The change is effective from this season.
Thus, Rossoneri gained an additional slot for a non-EU player for this mercato.
- This doesn't mean, that Daichi Kamada will join Milan. Rossoneri are no longer interested in him.
[Milannews.it]
- Official: According to the FIGC regulation approved by CONI, players from Great Britain and Switzerland [in the case of Switzerland, they didn't occupy such places before due to special agreements with the EU, ed.] will be treated as EU players. The change is effective from this season.
Thus, Rossoneri gained an additional slot for a non-EU player for this mercato.
- This doesn't mean, that Daichi Kamada will join Milan. Rossoneri are no longer interested in him.
[Milannews.it]
gianmarco
Footballguy
Just FYI, it's Folarin.
Dr_Zaius
Footballguy
Florian's a good name, too, though. Having the legendary hero of the Riverlands as striker would be pretty bad ***.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Pepi opens the scoring again for PSV today.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
I just found out that Pepi has a younger brother, Diego, who is in the FC Dallas system. He is 17 and is in MLS Next right now (one step below the senior club)
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Here is the Pepi goal. Nice clean finish
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PSV [1] - 0 Eindhoven - Ricardo Pepi 19'
Video PSV [1] - 0 Eindhoven - Ricardo Pepi 19' was uploaded to Streamin.me on Jul 27, 2023.
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NewlyRetired
Footballguy
This is always a good read
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ASN: Best Young Americans in MLS midseason: McGuire, Buck, Gutierrez top list
The MLS season is on a break due to the Leagues Cup, so ASN's Brian Sciaretta revisits his preseason list of best young Americans in the league, looks at where things went right and wrong, and puts together a new list based on play this season.
El Floppo
Footballguy
you could say it's a dutch defense, but I love how he reads the 4 defenders protecting the ball far post through the middle and holds his run back and fades higher up to get that easy ball on the put back.Here is the Pepi goal. Nice clean finish
PSV [1] - 0 Eindhoven - Ricardo Pepi 19'
Video PSV [1] - 0 Eindhoven - Ricardo Pepi 19' was uploaded to Streamin.me on Jul 27, 2023.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
A strikers instinct to find that space in the box is so important. For all the skills Sarge has, this is a big one he doesn’t have.you could say it's a dutch defense, but I love how he reads the 4 defenders protecting the ball far post through the middle and holds his run back and fades higher up to get that easy ball on the put back.Here is the Pepi goal. Nice clean finish
PSV [1] - 0 Eindhoven - Ricardo Pepi 19'
Video PSV [1] - 0 Eindhoven - Ricardo Pepi 19' was uploaded to Streamin.me on Jul 27, 2023.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
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Did you guys see that Dest started last night for Barca against Arsenal? I recognized a lot of names in the Barca starting lineup (Lewondowski, Pedri, Gundogan, Alonso, Raphina etc) so it was not the reserves.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Weah/Weston vs Pulisic tonight.
Is this the first preseason game for Juve?
Is this the first preseason game for Juve?
encaitar
Footballguy
With their financial issues there's a real good chance that Dest will stay and get a decent amount of playing time. This is probably his last best chance to impress for any big teams.
B Maverick
Footballguy
Their match vs Barca was cancelled right? Not sure they have played any others.
Wasn't McKinnie left "home" and not on the tour with Juve?
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Originally yes but that changed a while ago. He made the trip over. No idea if he will play or even dress though.
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El Floppo
Footballguy
they've been saying that he'll likely stay to back up the guy who's supposed to be a CB that they're moving to RB because they don't trust Dest.
that said- it looked like they swapped the entire team out at halftime, and it does look like a basically starting 11 he was a part of. that said, the 2nd 11 also looks like a starting 11
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