Diana was a
3 time champ,
6 time gold medalist,
11 time all star,
2 time finals MVP
League MVP
ROY
5 time scoring champ
6 time euro league champ
7 time Russian league champ
A Turkish cup winner
3 time ncaa champ
4 time college player of the year
4 time USA basketball player of the year
You can be an asshole in the court sometimes when you actually win things. You can’t be an asshole, uncoachable, bad on defense, underachieving AND haven’t won shit. That’s not how this works
🚨 BREAKING: After FIVE hours of debate, Paraguay’s Senate passed a majority vote motion condemning senator Celeste Amarilla’s racist remarks about Kylian Mbappé and rejecting all forms of racism & discrimination.
The Senate also said that Amarilla’s comments do NOT represent the position of the Paraguay National Chamber.
Landon Donovan says America is missing soccer talent because kids can’t afford to play.
“Only 2% of kids playing organized soccer in America came from households that made less than $50,000.”
“If you don’t make $50,000, your kid cannot play organized soccer.”
“Think about how many kids you’re missing out on in this country because they can’t afford to play the game.”
“There is zero chance I could have played club soccer.”
“My mom made $34,000 a year, single mom raising three kids.”
“She couldn’t pay $4,000 for me to play club. Are you kidding? She couldn’t pay $400.”
“That’s not a good system to create good players.”
Thierry and Zlatan saying they wouldn't have become soccer players because of the costs of the American youth system, then seeing Lalas say it's a great system because it makes a lot of money for some people really sums it all up nicely
The criticism of Pulisic is not due to one interviews. It's a series of things.
1. Skipping the Gold Cup to "rest"
2. Being arrogant when criticized about it. "I'll just score a goal and everything will be fine"
3. Underperforming for the last 2 years
4. Playing hero ball too much & too often
5. Disappearing in big, high-pressure moments
AC Milan are furious Mattia Liberali has slipped to Como.
The club feels a youth-system talent should've been nurtured, not lost this way.
Liberali's camp were surprised and appreciative of how hard Cardinale and Amorim fought to keep him — but his mind was set on Como.
Big reminder to when he ends up being a top player at Como or elsewhere: Liberali did not want to return to Milan because if one man:
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
🚨 AC Milan have opened discussions with Sporting CP to explore a deal for Gonçalo Inácio.
The Portugal international is prepared to leave Sporting and has already made it known that he is open to joining the Rossoneri.
Milan are now considering a formal move as they look to fulfil Ruben Amorim's request to bring the centre-back to the club.
(Source: @NicoSchira)
UEFA complained about the amount of African teams in the WC only for the motherland to smoke everybody boots.
uncomfortable convos will be held when the diaspora starts having to make some hard choices about who to play for.