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[I Am @RedDevilTrader]

@utd_Eman Welcome
Been a long 12 months

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Looked at my Cdm and smiled 😭❤️

[Josh Chambers @JoshChambers]

Derrick Henry explains how when he got his starting job, he didn’t prepare like a starter, got benched, and thought he was going to be cut

“That whole offseason my approach wasn’t what it needed to be. I was thinking everything was just going to fall in my hands.”

“I didn't do what I need to do to prepare like a starter and take my job serious like I need to. When that season came, it showed. I was struggling. I wasn’t running hard. I wasn’t really having no impact. Then I ended up getting benched.”

“I was like, ‘Shit, they going to cut me.’ I ain’t even playing. When the writing on the wall, the writing on the wall... It was a good reminder that I need to learn the lesson. Football gonna be there but get the lesson. It opened my eyes to realize I'm tripping, I gotta get to it.”

“When I got benched, I got quiet but I was still working, and I was just thinking, If I get another opportunity, no matter if I’m second, third string, I’m going to go in there and go run it, just stop thinking and go play like myself. If I get the opportunity… I’m going to go crazy.”

“After that... Something changed. Something just clicked. I would probably say that was the pivot moment for me. Without that happening in my life, ain’t no telling where my career would have went.”

[Steve Wiltfong @SWiltfong_]

Cam Newton is probably the best college football player in my lifetime. A Heisman and National Title playing in a loaded SEC. With the exception of Newton, the rest of the offense went on to start a combined one game in the NFL. He carried that team to a championship.

[Sam Block @theblockspot]

Wake up.
Open presents.
Spurs vs Knicks at 12.
Packers vs Bears at 1.
Heat vs Celtics at 2:30.
Bills vs Broncos at 4:30.
Sixers vs Lakers at 5.
Thunder vs Wolves at 8.
Rams vs Seahawks at 8:15.
Nuggets vs Warriors at 10:30.

Santa came through.
Christmas Day is absolutely insane.

[S.Ø @0lupee]

Being good at FIFA in your 30s is crazy.

[49ersMuse @9ersmuse]

Happy Birthday to “Prime Time” Deion Sanders.

Deion in his ONE season with the 49ers:

6 INT
303 INT return yards
3 pick-sixes
50.5 yards per INT return
2 INT returns of 90+ yards
AP Defensive Player of the Year
First-Team All-Pro
Pro Bowler
Super Bowl XXIX Champion

#49ers #9ersmuse #NFL #deionsanders

[Walker Boh @OneArmedBoh]

Lmfao

[I Am @RedDevilTrader]

@VANDERESCH_ @thegeorgiafan He’s not good, just fast

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@JacobEWestberry @chxnluh Most people soft and just complain man 😂😂
Ignore it

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@MisterCiv Green catching was dumb
People are cheating

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@efe_loi @AmTheBomb_ @thrtysvnth Facts

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@maxplayscfb Great work, I have been watching you since 25. Keep going.

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@bordeauxyoutube @EASPORTSCollege Nah they need to fix this
This is ridiculous, NCAA is a child hood game being ruined because EA wants more money. It’s sad.

[Sam Mahmood @TheSammahmood_]

The U.S. soccer federation is a poor return on invested capital.

I played soccer for 20+ years.

Grassroots.
Academy.
D1 college.
Pursued professionally after.

And I’ll say the quiet part out loud:

The US soccer infrastructure is broken.

In America, we treat playing D1 soccer like it is the peak achievement.

For most families, clubs, coaches, and players, the entire youth soccer machine is built around one goal:

Get recruited.
Get a scholarship.
Play college soccer.

But if the objective is to produce world-class players, D1 soccer is a terrible development path.

From 18-22, some of the most important technical development years of your career, you are preparing for a 3-4 month season built largely around athleticism, direct play, set pieces, fitness, and survival.

Now compare that to an 18-year-old in Spain, Argentina, Morocco, Italy, England, or France.

That player has likely been in a professional environment for years.

Training daily.
Playing meaningful matches year-round.
Competing against grown professionals.
Getting thousands more touches.
Learning how to solve the game under pressure.

The gap is massive.

And it shows.

American players are usually athletic.
They are usually fit.
They usually compete hard.

But at the highest levels, that is not enough.

The biggest difference is technical comfort.

We do not move the ball like Spain.
We do not combine like Argentina.
We do not play with the same fluidity, rhythm, and confidence you see from countries where the game is embedded into the culture from childhood.

That comes down to volume.

Volume of touches.
Volume of street soccer.
Volume of futsal.
Volume of unstructured play.
Volume of high-level training environments.
Volume of meaningful games.

In the US, youth soccer is expensive, overly organized, overly coached, tournament-driven, and too often built around winning games at 13 instead of developing players for 23.

Parents spend thousands.
Clubs charge thousands.
Travel teams fly all over the country.
Showcases become the product.
Recruiting becomes the scoreboard.

But the return on invested capital is poor.

We probably spend more money on youth soccer than almost any country in the world, yet the technical output does not match the investment.

That is a broken operating model.

And like any business, if the output is weak, you do not blame the customer.

You inspect the system.

The US has talent.
The US has athletes.
The US has money.
The US has facilities.

But the foundation is wrong.

We built a pay-to-play, college-recruiting machine and confused it for a world-class player development system.

Those are not the same thing.

Until we fix the grassroots layer, increase meaningful touches, make development less dependent on family income, and stop treating college soccer as the top of the mountain, the US will keep underperforming relative to its resources.

I’m not saying this to trash US Soccer.

I’m saying it because I lived it.

And if we actually want to become a powerhouse, we have to be honest about the infrastructure first.

[Chino @ChinoUTD]

🚨 Drogba on Cape Verde after Argentina’s win:

🗣️ Reporter:
“Argentina are through, but what did you make of Cape Verde?”

🗣️ Drogba:

“I don’t remember watching a team play Argentina with so little fear. Argentina scored. Cape Verde answered. Argentina scored again. Cape Verde answered with probably the best goal of the tournament.

At no point did they play like a team that believed they were supposed to lose. That’s what impressed me.

Before this tournament people asked me who the surprise package would be. Some said Croatia. Some said Japan. I don’t think anyone expected Cape Verde.

They played Uruguay. They played Spain. They played Argentina. And somehow every game felt like the other team had to earn it. They may be going home.…but they’ve made the whole football world remember their name.”

[I Am @RedDevilTrader]

Ugarte tearing his acl is crazy
He should be getting sold this summer. #MUFC