Wait until this kid realizes that the entire sport is gate kept by the rich. Whether it’s the rich, wannabe somebody dad running the local travel team to the MLS putting the entire league, including this kids local team, behind a paywall.
US soccer isn’t for the working class.
I can’t speak for the entire country, but I can speak for my own backyard.
My baseball-obsessed 7 year old hasn’t ever so much as touched a soccer ball in his life and now he’s spending his evenings out here pretending he’s Flo Balogun.
I don’t think it’s possible to overstate the impact this World Cup will have on this sport’s popularity in America.
@SGSFOX There will a story come out after all of this that they were negotiated by FOX to sell more ad time.
Since win has FIFA actually cared about the game, the players or the fans. All about the money.
Mauricio Pochettino said that ‘American sports reward losers’ when asked about the style of play in top European nations vs. in the U.S. 😯🇺🇸
QUESTION: “We know how England, France, Spain play… Players from countries with a strong tradition have a recognizable style. What is the style of the US team? What kind of football do the Americans want to play?”
ANSWER: “Their culture is playful. They want to play. We told them, “Guys, playing soccer is one thing, competing is another.” They’re two completely different sports. They grow up in a culture of playing. Why? If you start in MLS and you haven’t won a game in three months and you’re at the bottom, what’s the consequence if there’s no promotion or relegation, no international competition? American sports reward losers! But soccer is different: if you reward those who don’t win… If you don’t have goals, you don’t fight. If I lose, what happens? Nothing. They just fire the coach. Also, the American player is disciplined. But with a sense of complacency that isn’t good in soccer. It took us a year and a half to change that mentality.”
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San Francisco Giants P Landen Roupp on why he wrote Genesis 9:12-16 on his Pride hat vs Chicago
“It’s about God’s covenant… It’s something that I believe in & I stand firm in that… As a believer, I would push [LGBTQ fans] to read the Bible”
Well said👏
Fernando Mendoza files an application for trademark protection of the term "Nandolorian," setting up a potential fight with Disney/Lucasfilm. https://t.co/YI4TBj7rhV