World Soccer XXX: We Have Men Too!

[Jimjamesak]

So the USMNT beat Uzbekistan and Oman in friendlies, Uzbekistan 3-0 and Oman 4-0.

People were unhappy about the Uzbekistan result (in fairness the US didn’t have a good game) but that same Uzbekistan team just drew Mexico 3-3.

[Jimjamesak]

The team with the steam train running through its stadium.

[Kepler]

Čierny Balog is 1 hour 48 minutes by car from the town my ancestors are from.

[SonofSouthie]

Nice win by Brighton @ Olde Trafford. FMU!

[Jimjamesak]

Seattle Sounders announce a new “branding”.

They’re not changing the name or anything, just an update for the 50th anniversary. It’s typical corporate stuff. The important bit is this sweet secondary logo:

[Jimjamesak]

US Open Cup Final between Miami and Houston is tonight. Looks like Messi will probably won’t play though. It’s on Paramount+ at 8:30p ET.

[mookie1995]

No quad cup season for city this year!!

[SonofSouthie]

Barcelona have been charged with suspected bribery for payments worth more than €7 million ($7.3m) made to companies linked to the former vice president of the refereeing committee, Jos? Mar?a Enr?quez Negreira, judicial sources have told Spanish news agency EFE.

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/...ef-case-report

[Slap Shot]

What's been the deal with ManU the past several years? It can't all be the departure of SAF.

[SonofSouthie]

What's been the deal with ManU the past several years? It can't all be the departure of SAF.

4 managers since 2021.
Ronaldo acting like a punk b*tch.
The Super League fiasco turned off prob all the fans.
I think the league caught up with them.
Granted there's def other issues.

[Jimjamesak]

US Open Cup Final between Miami and Houston is tonight. Looks like Messi will probably won’t play though. It’s on Paramount+ at 8:30p ET.

Houston won BTW. Messi did not play and likely won’t play this weekend either.

Inter Miami did, predictably, increase their ticket prices for next season. It includes the field level suites being priced at $45k. Predictably, the press is running “INTER MIAMI WILL HAVE THE MOST EXPENSIVE TICKETS IN ALL OF FOOTBALL!!!” headlines. The Europeans on r/soccer are going “OMG, the Americans are getting fleeced! Capitalism strikes again!” Meanwhile, the discussion on r/MLS is a more sane “Outside of the ridiculous field suites, most tickets are in line with other places in MLS.”

[Jimjamesak]

I don’t watch the PL much but it’s hilarious reading the news about the Liverpool-Tottenham match and the very obvious referee screw up. It’s been very obvious that England has been very flippant in their attitude about VAR and the protocols and whatnot so it’s not surprising to see it finally bite them.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

So 2030 World Cup hosted by Morocco, Spain and Portugal

with 3 matches in South America

[JF_Gophers]

So 2030 World Cup hosted by Morocco, Spain and Portugal

with 3 matches in South America

Wow, that sounds pointless.

[Jimjamesak]

Wow, that sounds pointless.

That's FIFA for you.