Peter Green

δοῦλος, husband, father, business owner, nomad, lover of tacos al pastor and Belgian beer. Often sarcastic, usually misunderstood. Restless. NOT REALLY HERE.

[Peter Green @pcg]

@awstar11 When the dominoes fall, they fall fast. Every claim of fascism of the past four years has been projection, and Big Tech, the media, and politicians are wasting no time, now that they have all of the power, to make their dreams, reality.

[Peter Green @pcg]

@3four3 > Nor does every city in the US have to have one.

I live in a city that definitely would not have a high-level club off the bat. But MAN, I would sure love the chance to have a club that we get to try to build into competing at the highest levels!

[Peter Green @pcg]

@SpencerKlavan That sounds like socialist Europoor speech to me, friend-o.

[Peter Green @pcg]

@ScottyWegs9 Many such examples.

[Peter Green @pcg]

@deepmrbroderick @IHateSoccerPod After spending the most in League 2, Wrexham was only #7 out of 24 in League 1 in 24-25, and their wage bill was about ONE THIRD of Birmingham City. Dead in the middle of the Championship last year as well. Not "dwarfing" anyone in the past few years, at least.

[Peter Green @pcg]

@redsteeze @amandalitman

[Peter Green @pcg]

@tobyasky They sky it because they don't let it bounce, then swing too early, striking too low on the ball. Messi lets it bounce first so he can engage the ball nice and low but off the ground, and puts his laces through it. But how? Literally striking 10,000 exactly like it in practice.

[Peter Green @pcg]

@AdmiralBear01 Or maybe (re: comeuppance) 2023 was a fluke and they'll go back out there and crush the world again. We'll see next year. 😁

[Peter Green @pcg]

@AdmiralBear01 The USWNT was born on third base and thought they hit a triple (if you'll forgive the mixed sports metaphor). They're currently receiving the comeuppance that results from complacency and focusing on social causes instead of developing their game.

[Peter Green @pcg]

@shipwreckedcrew I tend to agree re: what's lacking in US soccer. Since we have that in bushels, are the best basketball players in the world still coming from the US, or has the world caught up (or surpassed us) in that area?

[Peter Green @pcg]

@ProspectsUsmnt For a look at a country managing their GK situation well, just look to the south. Mexico could have kept trotting out Memo, but instead they found minutes all the time for their younger keepers. As a result they're in a good spot, while the US is starting over from zero.

[Peter Green @pcg]

@StanUsmnt This is an infection that must be cut out for the good of the whole. https://t.co/VoLO4tZNCv

[Sidelines - USMNT 🇺🇸 @SSN_USMNT]

“Now I’ll have time to rest so it’ll be okay”

Charmin Ultra Soft. Loser mentality. I’m not sure Pulisic was ever meant to be the face of the nation.

[Peter Green @pcg]

@StanUsmnt Leave Pulisic out entirely. The only reason to keep a player like that is if they can catch lightning in a bottle (he cannot) or if he's a good leader (he is not). Compare w/ Raúl who IMO should absolutely continue to be part of the MexMNT (but not the part you build around obvs)

[Peter Green @pcg]

@PhillyPMC Winning academy cups is like winning the Olympics: no one cares because it does not matter one bit.

[Peter Green @pcg]

@BelkReport At least until we build PROPER academies and youth systems here, yes.

[Peter Green @pcg]

@FavianRenkel So while we curbstomp lesser countries or win big youth tournaments internally (populated with the same suburban weak quality on both sides), we are utterly exposed when the light of the world's quality is shined upon us.

But it generally only happens every four years.

[Peter Green @pcg]

@FavianRenkel The reason many fans "only show up every 4 years to criticize" is that the USMNT can live in an under performing bubble until the WC. Our players never see domestic or international competition at a high enough level to breed excellence and resilience. 2/3

[Peter Green @pcg]

@DaMidgetZimbo Simple (though not easy) and absolutely correct. Soccer is wonderful precisely BECAUSE you don't have to be a hulking figure to encounter success. For every Haaland there are 100's of Iniestas. (I mean, there was ever only ONE Iniesta; I mean purely comparing build. 😂)

[Peter Green @pcg]

@IshmaelRJohnson All of this. When someone says "if our best athletes" they're comparing OUR football players to OUR soccer players. Rather they should be comparing our soccer players to the world's soccer players; ours are "better athletes" every single time...and get cooked every single time.