World Soccer XXX: We Have Men Too!

[Jimjamesak]

Wonderwall? F that.

[Slap Shot]

Hell of an accomplishment to get to the Western Conference Final without their best defender and having to replace the MLS Goaltender of the Year, but what a kick in the nads that loss was.

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

Hell of an accomplishment to get to the Western Conference Final without their best defender and having to replace the MLS Goaltender of the Year, but what a kick in the nads that loss was.

I'm not much of a soccer watcher, but next time we'll see it coming...and completely fall for it again.

They are now officially a Minnesota men's pro sports team.

[Kepler]

Congrats to the Sounders for going to what seems like their 5th MLS final in the last 7 years.

[dxmnkd316]

****

[Jimjamesak]

Congrats to the Sounders for going to what seems like their 5th MLS final in the last 7 years.

4 out of the last 5.

Though this is the first not against Toronto.

Edit: Are we the baddies?

[Jimjamesak]

Hell of an accomplishment to get to the Western Conference Final without their best defender and having to replace the MLS Goaltender of the Year, but what a kick in the nads that loss was.

The only thing I would say is that Heath probably should have put on some fresh legs. Short rest and he ran back the same lineup made what? Two subs? While Seattle put on an extra forward, two outside backs that have been starters, and a center mid that setup two goals (Svensson assisted on Ruidiaz’s goal).

But dam do I love the Loons. What an accomplishment. I still miss Ozzie.

[Jimjamesak]

Someone pointed out on Reddit that Jordan Morris is just a winning machine since 2015:

2015: Wins College Cup with Stanford (leading scorer in NCAA Tournament).
2016: Wins MLS Cup with Seattle.
2017: Wins Gold Cup with USMNT, makes MLS Cup Final with Seattle.
2018: Tears ACL, misses season (Seattle eliminated in Conference Semis).
2019: Wins MLS Cup with Seattle.
2020: Makes MLS Cup Final.

[Jimjamesak]

Yeah, we’re the baddies.

[Jimjamesak]

They are now officially a Minnesota men's pro sports team.

It’s weird to me how this has been the universal reaction from Minnesotans. Like that is a level of pain I can not comprehend.

[dxmnkd316]

It’s weird to me how this has been the universal reaction from Minnesotans. Like that is a level of pain I can not comprehend.

Bill Simmons on the Vikings:

Additional Thoughts: As Geoff said on my podcast, "If there's any upside [from Sunday's loss], it's that no city will be willing to lure the Vikings away." I bumped them ahead of Buffalo only because of their unparalleled streak: Every 10 years or so, they rip the intestines out of their fans. Happened in 1975 (the Hail Mary), 1988 (Darren Nelson), 1998 (Gary Anderson) and 2009 (12 men). ... By the way, none of those were the four lost Super Bowls. Not even the Red Sox annihilated their fans at such a consistently efficient pace.

Also, 55-doughnut. Blair Walsh. The Metrodome Roof.

The Twins:
The losing streak in the playoffs is now a record IIRC. They tried to contract us, not move us, contract us.

North Stars:
Literally left

The Wild:
Useless

The Lakers:
Literally left

The Wolves:
Just so thoroughly inept. THey had Kevin Garnet in his prime. And he could only drag them to the conference finals. have we even made the playoffs without KG?

The Gophers:
Only Final Four vacated for academic fraud
Haven't been to the Rose Bowl since my Dad was in high school. There's the Wisconsin punt block in the end zone. The epic collapse vs. michigan in the 4th that killed glen mason.
Lou Boltz. Wacker. Tim. ****ing. Brewster.
Our greatest wrestling coach was fired because his program was running a drug cartel.


Only the Lynx, Gopher women's hockey, Gopher dance line, and men's hockey have been bright spots in my lifetime. I guess the Twins won two WS titles too, but see above.

[Jimjamesak]

Bill Simmons on the Vikings:


Also, 55-doughnut. Blair Walsh. The Metrodome Roof.

The Twins:
The losing streak in the playoffs is now a record IIRC. They tried to contract us, not move us, contract us.

North Stars:
Literally left

The Wild:
Useless

The Lakers:
Literally left

The Wolves:
Just so thoroughly inept. THey had Kevin Garnet in his prime. And he could only drag them to the conference finals. have we even made the playoffs without KG?

The Gophers:
Only Final Four vacated for academic fraud
Haven't been to the Rose Bowl since my Dad was in high school. There's the Wisconsin punt block in the end zone. The epic collapse vs. michigan in the 4th that killed glen mason.
Lou Boltz. Wacker. Tim. ****ing. Brewster.
Our greatest wrestling coach was fired because his program was running a drug cartel.


Only the Lynx, Gopher women's hockey, Gopher dance line, and men's hockey have been bright spots in my lifetime. I guess the Twins won two WS titles too, but see above.

Like I said, a level of pain I cannot comprehend. I don’t know how you folks do it.

Sadly, I don’t know if the Loons will back or not. The Western Conference is seemingly loaded. Seattle, Portland, and LAFC aren’t going anywhere, Dallas and SKC seem resurgent, there’s the unknown quantity of Austin’s expansion, and the looming specter of the LA Galaxy.

Of course, a couple of key additions and the Loons could be favorites.

[French Rage]

Only the Lynx, Gopher women's hockey, Gopher dance line, and men's hockey have been bright spots in my lifetime. I guess the Twins won two WS titles too, but see above.

Some teams have had good moments and some have had bad moments! How do you survive?!

[Slap Shot]

The golf team win a title!!

=p

But yeah its been a bad run for most of my life. Vikings alone my goodness

[Jimjamesak]

RIP the early money put on Columbus.

A second Crew player has been confirmed positive for COVID-19, and midfielders Darlington Nagbe and Pedro Santos will miss MLS Cup on Saturday against the Seattle Sounders.
...
Nagbe and Santos were listed as "medically not cleared to play" on the injury report released Thursday night. They have no known injuries.

Edit: I should add that this is Columbus' tenth positive case in the playoffs.