US Men's National Team (9 Viewers)

[NewlyRetired]

jesus christ, does it ever end??

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Brian Sciaretta

@BrianSciaretta

Top American prospect Rokas Pukstas, 18, is set to miss around 2 months for Hajduk Split with a knee injury. - Pukstas had match winners in each of Hajduk's first 2 games this season- He is another player I think will be heavily in the mix for the U.S. U-23 Olympic team.

 

[El Floppo]

Per ESPN..

Chelsea are attempting to bolster their midfield with the double signing of Brighton's Moises Caicedo and Tyler Adams from Leeds United, sources have told ESPN.

Chelsea want to sign two midfielders before the transfer window closes next month and have identified Adams as a leading candidate.

 

[prefontaine]

Per ESPN..

Chelsea are attempting to bolster their midfield with the double signing of Brighton's Moises Caicedo and Tyler Adams from Leeds United, sources have told ESPN.

Chelsea want to sign two midfielders before the transfer window closes next month and have identified Adams as a leading candidate.

So Adams goes into a side without European football, has 72 players already, and would theoretically be one of two new signings - the weaker of the two - at the base of the midfield to pair with a world record signing in Enzo. Swell.

 

[gianmarco]

Per ESPN..

Chelsea are attempting to bolster their midfield with the double signing of Brighton's Moises Caicedo and Tyler Adams from Leeds United, sources have told ESPN.

Chelsea want to sign two midfielders before the transfer window closes next month and have identified Adams as a leading candidate.

So Adams goes into a side without European football, has 72 players already, and would theoretically be one of two new signings - the weaker of the two - at the base of the midfield to pair with a world record signing in Enzo. Swell.

Other than that, how was the play Mrs Lincoln?

 

[NewlyRetired]

Oh dear, Arsenal looks like they have raised Balogun's price

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From ESPN

The Premier League club value Balogun at around €58 million ($64m) and are thought to be open to letting him leave at the right price, with Inter Milan also expected to enter the running for his signature.

 

[titusbramble]

That seems to be about the £50m that has been quoted continually for weeks?

 

[El Floppo]

That seems to be about the £50m that has been quoted continually for weeks?

I think they bumped it a bit after that Man U youngster signing.

 

[NewlyRetired]

That seems to be about the £50m that has been quoted continually for weeks?

it was quoted as 40-50 for almost all summer. This is the first time I have seen in it in the high 50's reported by anyone.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Tillman update

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Kerry Hau

@kerry_hau

Excl.: Malik Tillman has extended his Bayern Munich contract until 2026 and joins PSV Eindhoven on a season-long loan with an option to buy for around €15m! It's a done deal, both clubs have reached an agreement. Tillman is expected to undergo his medical on Wednesday.

 

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Inter's director on Balogun and Lukaku

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Fabrizio Romano

@FabrizioRomano

Inter director Ausilio on talks with #AFC for Flo Balogun: “We want someone who can score goals and for sure Balogun is one of the opportunities, but not the only one we are tracking”."

“Lukaku deal? I’m not interested”.

 

[McBokonon]

Per ESPN..

Chelsea are attempting to bolster their midfield with the double signing of Brighton's Moises Caicedo and Tyler Adams from Leeds United, sources have told ESPN.

Chelsea want to sign two midfielders before the transfer window closes next month and have identified Adams as a leading candidate.

So Adams goes into a side without European football, has 72 players already, and would theoretically be one of two new signings - the weaker of the two - at the base of the midfield to pair with a world record signing in Enzo. Swell.

That 72 figure is before 17 of their players were signed by Saudi Arabian clubs.

 

[encaitar]

Pulisic scores in a friendly.

His penalty gets saved, but he gets the tap in. Pulisic won the penalty as well.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Pulisic scores in a friendly.

His penalty gets saved, but he gets the tap in. Pulisic won the penalty as well.

I wonder if that is his first PK miss...

What a save by the way

 

[NewlyRetired]

Luca scored in a friendly today (open goal tap in)

 

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Tom Bogert
@tombogert

Sacramento Republic has announced they signed 13-year-old (!!) academy product Da’vian Kimbrough to a professional deal.

Republic say he's the youngest professional athlete in American team sports history.

Kimbrough scored 61 goals in 81 apps in academy matches the last 2 years

 

[NewlyRetired]

Tom Bogert
@tombogert

Sacramento Republic has announced they signed 13-year-old (!!) academy product Da’vian Kimbrough to a professional deal.

Republic say he's the youngest professional athlete in American team sports history.

Kimbrough scored 61 goals in 81 apps in academy matches the last 2 years

as you might have guessed he looks 17ish

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F3ChfssXYAEnFqY?format=jpg&name=medium

 

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Inter's director on Balogun and Lukaku

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Fabrizio Romano
@FabrizioRomano

Inter director Ausilio on talks with #AFC for Flo Balogun: “We want someone who can score goals and for sure Balogun is one of the opportunities, but not the only one we are tracking”."

“Lukaku deal? I’m not interested”.

ok it seems clear Lukaku is way out of the picture for Inter

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Fabrizio Romano

@FabrizioRomano

Inter vice president Zanetti: “Lukaku has betrayed us. We’re very disappointed”.

“We expected completely different behavior by Romelu, as professional but also as a man”, told Gazzetta.

 

[The Z Machine]

We expected completely different behavior by Romelu, as professional but also as a man”, told Gazzetta.

Gotta love the way Italians talk.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Zimm with a thunderous header

https://twitter.com/USMNT/status/1689087678959202304?s=20

 

[NewlyRetired]

Musah dressed today but did not get in (Milan used 4 subs it looks like)

 

[NewlyRetired]

Update:

Konrad is official to Eibar

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OFFICIAL
Weah - To Juventus
Pepi - To PSV
Aaronson - To Union Berlin (on loan)
Pulisic - To Milan
Jedi - re-signed with Fulham to 2028
Bello - To LASK
Che - To Brondby
Reynolds - To Westerloo
EPB - To Panathinaikos
Trusty - To Sheffield United
Musah - To Milan
Haji - To Coventry City
Konrad - To Eibar (on loan)

CLOSE
Turner - Just waiting for medical (to Forest)
Tilman - Just waiting for medical (to PSV on loan)

RUMOR

Adams - Lots of news recently, Villa, Chelsea, Brighton and Forest all linked
Balogun - Inter and Milan rumors. New rumor of West Ham
Dest - Barca said to now be willing to loan or sell Dest instead of buying him out.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Club America and Nashville went to pk's. Both Zimm and Zendejas made their pk's.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Club America and Nashville went to pk's. Both Zimm and Zendejas made their pk's.

**** me.

I was following this online on ESPN, and watching the pk's via text. ESPN had Club America winning after the last kick was saved

A while later I saw online that Nashville had won and was confused until I saw this:

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[MLS] Nashville SC win on penalties! (Club America initially ruled as winners, celebrated and pitch invaders came onto the field. Only for VAR to determine the goalie was off his line, the penalty is redone, and Nashville eventually win)

 

[NewlyRetired]

Turner was officially announced this morning by Forest. 4 year deal. He Is available for opening day

 

[NewlyRetired]

Update:

Moving Turner from close to official.
Adding Cannon to rumors

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OFFICIAL
Weah - To Juventus
Pepi - To PSV
Aaronson - To Union Berlin (on loan)
Pulisic - To Milan
Jedi - re-signed with Fulham to 2028
Bello - To LASK
Che - To Brondby
Reynolds - To Westerloo
EPB - To Panathinaikos
Trusty - To Sheffield United
Musah - To Milan
Haji - To Coventry City
Konrad - To Eibar (on loan)
Turner - To Nottingham Forest

CLOSE
Tilman - Just waiting for medical (to PSV on loan)

RUMOR

Adams - Lots of news recently, Villa, Chelsea, Brighton and Forest all linked
Balogun - Inter and Milan rumors. New rumor of West Ham
Dest - Barca said to now be willing to loan or sell Dest instead of buying him out.
Cannon - Rayo Vallecano and FC Koln

 

[El Floppo]

Konrad is official to Eibar

Not holding my breath on him. but considering the attacking skills- would love to see him stick and grow the rest of his game. obviously behind CP as a left wing/attacker... but would provide apparently needed depth or a late game width sub. so singular with his skills though... not sure if even the late sub is viable for that particular skill set (wide, good dribbler, ok passer/crosser, no defense)

 

[NewlyRetired]

I was looking forward to the GGG-Gio drama officially being put to bed in the September friendlies but with Gio still not even dressing, the likelihood of him being called up in September seems very very low.

 

[El Floppo]

saw a headline saying Newcastle was "tipped" to land Balogun.

opened the article and saw them quoting wynalda of all people for the source... as places HE thinks would be a good fit.

he's not going to newcastle.

but got me thinking again... he'd be anywhere in europe right now- definitely Inter- if he hadn't shot down all loan opportunities. with his current arsenal valuation the options are limited for a sale, IMO. hopefully it works out- especailly seeing as how he didn't even dress for the opener vs city. otherwise, it's going to be a long year for him.

 

[El Floppo]

I was looking forward to the GGG-Gio drama officially being put to bed in the September friendlies but with Gio still not even dressing, the likelihood of him being called up in September seems very very low.

GGG has brought him and others in previously when they've been coming off injury for club and not dressing yet. at least, my memory says he has.

 

[El Floppo]

Copy/clipped midweek games....

Wednesday​

• AC Milan vs Trento, 12p: Milan have returned home after their summer series in the US, and Christian Pulisic and Yunus Musah could feature in this friendly.
• Panathinaikos vs Marseille, 2p: Erik Palmer-Brown just landed in Greece, and he’s already facing Marseille in a Champions League qualifier with Panathinaikos.
• AFC Wimbledon vs Coventry, 2:45p: Haji Wright is newly-signed at Coventry City. They meet Wimbledon in the EFL Cup.

Also in action:

• RB Salzburg vs Inter Milan, 1p on ESPN Deportes, ESPN+, fuboTV: Oft-injured dual-national Bryan Okoh is with Salzburg, but he may not play in this friendly after a groin strain last week.
• Leeds United vs Shrewsbury, 2:45p: Leeds have an EFL Cup match at Elland Road, but Tyler Adams most likely out due to injury.

Thursday​

• Santa Coloma vs AZ, 1p: Djordje Mihailovic and AZ have a Conference Lg qualifier against FC Santa Coloma from Andorra.
• Olympiacos vs Genk, 3p: Mark McKenzie and Genk were knocked out of Champions League qualifying, and now face Greek side Olympiacos in a Europa League qualifier.
• Hajduk Split vs PAOK, 3p: Rokas Pukstas and Split meet PAOK in Conference League qualifying.

Also in action:

• Žalgiris vs Häcken, 12p: Dual-national left back Kristoffer Lund Hansen and Häcken face Žalgiris in a Europa League qualifier.
• Arouca vs Brann, 2p: Former Orlando City winger Benji Michel and Arouca meet Brann in Conference League qualifying.

Friday​

• Burnley vs Manchester City, 3p on USA, fuboTV, Sling TV: The Premier League season kicks off with champions Man City meeting former captain Vincent Kompany, who led Burnley to promotion. Triple-national winger Luca Koleosho will be looking for minutes with Burnley, while Zack Steffen is unlikely to be in City’s squad.

Also in action:

• Bersenbrück vs Gladbach, 12p: Joe Scally and Gladbach begin DFB-Pokal play against fifth-division club Bersenbrück.
• Antwerp vs Kortrijk, 2:45p on ESPN+: Sam Vines and Antwerp meet Kortrijk in as the Belgian club season gets underway.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Wednesday​

• AC Milan vs Trento, 12p: Milan have returned home after their summer series in the US, and Christian Pulisic and Yunus Musah could feature in this friendly.

Pulisic went ~70 minutes just yesterday so I don't think he will play nor will any normal starters. This seems like a perfect game though for Musah to get his feet wet as he did not play yesterday.

 

[El Floppo]

Dest was interviewed while Barca were in the US. I saw some of this written out- and his responses sounded... odd. looking forward to listening to the whole interview.

 

[El Floppo]

That interviewer went in with her questions- some of them good- but lacked the ability to veer off them... even when opportunity was there to get him to be more specific about Milan, or what it is exactly that he needs to work on to improve his consistency.

but I liked Dest's answers (other than justifying his red vs mexico) and really want him to find his place somewhere- such a great player. would flat out SUCK to have him and balo stuck at their current clubs wasting seasons in the doghouse.

 

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Fabrizio Romano

@FabrizioRomano

Understand Chelsea are now actively working on Tyler Adams deal — talks ongoing between clubs and personal terms being discussed. Again, not linked with Caicedo.

Separate deal as Moisés insists since Sunday: he didn’t play as he wants to leave and join Chelsea

 

[McBokonon]

I think if Adams is good enough, he’ll play. He won’t give any locker room, training ground, or off the field reasons for Poch to bench him.

 

[Ted Lange as your Bartender]

I hate this move but what can you do


Tyler Adams is closing in on a move to Chelsea.

The Blues are now ready to trigger the £20m buyout clause.

The player has already agreed personal terms and is waiting for the green light to do medical tests.

https://twitter.com/korssundandreas/status/1689290064801533952?s=42&t=sK7N83cHr2wrPwmcHC3VMQ

 

[gianmarco]

I might be in the minority, but I like the move for Adams IF Caicedo isn't brought in.

 

[El Floppo]

hEY GUYS i HEARD adamS IS BEING linKED tO cHELSEA

 

[El Floppo]

would be ironic if they loaned him back to Leeds indefinitely

 

[FreeBaGeL]

I might be in the minority, but I like the move for Adams IF Caicedo isn't brought in.

If he's getting starting minutes I'm all for it. I think the bigger concern is even if they don't bring in Caicedo, how many other dozen guys are they going to add every transfer window that could be a problem?

 

[El Floppo]

my news feed is rife with Balo to Monaco tidbits, with Monaco reportedly upping their offer. I'd prefer Inter as a homer.

also pointed out (true or not) that he's not been included in Arsenal's media material, which suggests he's gone.

 

[El Floppo]

I might be in the minority, but I like the move for Adams IF Caicedo isn't brought in.

If he's getting starting minutes I'm all for it. I think the bigger concern is even if they don't bring in Caicedo, how many other dozen guys are they going to add every transfer window that could be a problem?

I feel like the last couple seasons, chels has subbed their holding MFs in and out a lot- so even if he's not starting, he might still see regular PT. but not sure how Poch plays things there.

 

[NewlyRetired]

my news feed is rife with Balo to Monaco tidbits, with Monaco reportedly upping their offer. I'd prefer Inter as a homer.

also pointed out (true or not) that he's not been included in Arsenal's media material, which suggests he's gone.

I was hoping for non France since he already proved he could score there but I guess doing it two season in a row to show it was no one season fluke would also be helpful.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Where almost all of us first saw Tyler Adams

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

www.youtube.com

 

[El Floppo]

my news feed is rife with Balo to Monaco tidbits, with Monaco reportedly upping their offer. I'd prefer Inter as a homer.

also pointed out (true or not) that he's not been included in Arsenal's media material, which suggests he's gone.

I was hoping for non France since he already proved he could score there but I guess doing it two season in a row to show it was no one season fluke would also be helpful.

Jonathan David doing it year in, year out... afaik, still in france.

 

[NewlyRetired]

my news feed is rife with Balo to Monaco tidbits, with Monaco reportedly upping their offer. I'd prefer Inter as a homer.

also pointed out (true or not) that he's not been included in Arsenal's media material, which suggests he's gone.

I was hoping for non France since he already proved he could score there but I guess doing it two season in a row to show it was no one season fluke would also be helpful.

Jonathan David doing it year in, year out... afaik, still in france.

He is still in France but appears to the replacement for Kane should he go to Bayern.

 

[McBokonon]

Haji starting for Coventry in the EFL Carabao League ThunderDick Cup

 

[McBokonon]

 

[Charlie Steiner]

Where almost all of us first saw Tyler Adams

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

www.youtube.com

Didn't see him until his first call-up after wet 'n bumpy. Had a breakaway, drew a penalty IIRC.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Can someone explain to me the MLS and the various cups/tournaments involved with it? And how free agency/transfers work?