World Soccer XXX: We Have Men Too!

[French Rage]

Haiti beat Chile, which kinda says something about the Women’s game in CONCACAF.

Haiti players get good toughness from playing with skulls back home.

[Jimjamesak]

Panama beats Paraguay for the final Women’s World Cup spot.

CONCACAF officially with six teams.

[Spartanforlife4]

US got Portugal into their group from the playoff.

So it’ll be the US (1), Netherlands (8), Portugal (22), and Vietnam (34).

Portugal got a very late penalty (90+4) to beat Cameroon 2-1. The US was very close to getting the 58th ranked team in their group.

[Jimjamesak]

US got Portugal into their group from the playoff.

So it’ll be the US (1), Netherlands (8), Portugal (22), and Vietnam (34).

Portugal got a very late penalty (90+4) to beat Cameroon 2-1. The US was very close to getting the 58th ranked team in their group.

Until someone actually beats the USWNT at the World Cup, I just assume they’re going to win.

I thought 2019 was going to be the reckoning then they went through what is likely one of the toughest knockout stages ever in Spain, France, England, and the Netherlands and still won.

[Kepler]

I'd be lying if I didn't say I was rooting for Vietnam to carpet bomb the US, but I hope we win the other two games.

[Jimjamesak]

MLS season starts this weekend.

And they’ve already had to postpone two games. Portland v SKC to Monday due to inclement weather in Portland and the big El Trafico game at the Rose Bowl has been postponed indefinitely.

[Drew S.]

I finally signed up for ESPN+ last summer where hockey east moved there and it was nice being able to watch Revolution games again after not being able to for a couple years so pretty disappointed the games have now moved to apple. It’s a good deal for mls hardos but for casual fans like me not really sure it’s worth the money especially where we pay hundreds a month for cable. Sports really is killing itself with all the separate things you need to buy.

[JF_Gophers]

I finally signed up for ESPN+ last summer where hockey east moved there and it was nice being able to watch Revolution games again after not being able to for a couple years so pretty disappointed the games have now moved to apple. It’s a good deal for mls hardos but for casual fans like me not really sure it’s worth the money especially where we pay hundreds a month for cable. Sports really is killing itself with all the separate things you need to buy.

Get rid of cable. Unless there is something you watch that is nowhere else. Or you are getting the internet bundled with it for a discount still.

Even if you pay $100 just for internet. Its only another $50 and you can have 10 different streaming services.

[Kepler]

If I get rid of cable how will I keep my internet?, says this Fios customer.

I'm not even kidding, I am that uneducated.

[JF_Gophers]

If I get rid of cable how will I keep my internet?, says this Fios customer.

I'm not even kidding, I am that uneducated.

You still need to buy internet from fios or someone else. Just not the cable tv part. Most sell it separately at a higher cost to entice you to keep cable.

[unofan]

If I get rid of cable how will I keep my internet?, says this Fios customer.

I'm not even kidding, I am that uneducated.

You just pay for the internet. You lose the bundled price but you save on not paying for the cable tv part. You should be able to get reasonable internet in most metro areas for between $60-$100/month, possibly cheaper if you bundle a phone with it (which I would assume you would if you're verizon customers). I pay $75/month plus taxes and fees for 500 mb internet service with no bundling. It'd be about $60/month for 100 mb speeds.

If you're going to be streaming video regularly, especially if you and the dr. mrs. do so simultaneously, you'll want a speed of 100 mb minimum.

[Drew S.]

Get rid of cable. Unless there is something you watch that is nowhere else. Or you are getting the internet bundled with it for a discount still.

Even if you pay $100 just for internet. Its only another $50 and you can have 10 different streaming services.

We’ve thought of it but my wife doesn’t think it would move the needle enough and I tend to agree. I do like cable and there’s no good way to get the local sports teams by streaming only.

[Jimjamesak]

The MLS Season Pass is absolutely worth it on picture quality alone. 1080p with a high bit rate, it absolutely destroys anything ESPN or Fox ever did. Plus there’s a bunch of other content available as well. The most notable being the Redzone style whip around show MLS 360.

That said, Apple does offer at least one game a week for free and there’s supposed others available if you’re an AppleTV+ subscriber.

AFAIK all the games are free this weekend if you want to check them out but it’s absolutely worth the $79 IMO.

[Jimjamesak]

Watching the first game and it's funny watching the contrast between the two broadcasts:

The AppleTV broadcast right now is a pregame show from a shiny new studio in New York with a full crew hosted by Liam McHugh.

The Fox broadcast is John Strong and Stu Holden from what looks to be a broom closet.

[Spartanforlife4]

As someone without an MLS team I probably won't be subscribing, but checking out the free weekend I gotta say this is a very clean graphics package and the presentation is great. For now I'll still be sticking with the Premier League mornings and late night Liga MX.

This is an innovative choice by MLS, but I wonder what it'll do for growth of the league. They're now just showing one a game a week outside of Apple. This certainly isn't something new in the world, as stuff like F1 is subscriber only in some European countries, and ESPN is holding basically every other soccer league in the world behind the ESPN+ paywall, but if there's one thing that all of America gripes about it's paywalls for sports content. On the other hand, with Bally going into bankruptcy and now AT&T wanting out, MLS may just be ahead of the game here on the non-NFL leagues.