Jonathan Harrison

I drive truck, break arms, and arm wrestle. It's what I love to do and what I do best. Jedi. Big in Australia.

[Jonathan Harrison @JonHarrison90]

Robin Lod scored a stunning goal last night that helped the Loons get a point and qualify for the playoffs.

Here is what it sounded like on the radio call.

[Jonathan Harrison @JonHarrison90]

Clint Dempsey played college soccer…

[JaguarGator9 @JaguarGator9NFL]

If you’re playing college soccer, it’s too late

If we have a single player on the USMNT who played college soccer, we failed

[Jonathan Harrison @JonHarrison90]

@MatthewColler @RealDCunningham Crunchwrap supreme

[Chad Johnson @ochocinco]

Absolutely not, it takes more than athletic ability to dominate, you take our best athletes & put them in the favelas or European infrastructure from 4 years old we would be able to compete & look like we belong, dominate is a bit far fetched.

[ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk]

The NFL's 2025 divisional round of the playoffs? 39.2 million viewers.
U.S. vs. Belgium in the World Cup Round of 16? 42 million viewers.
https://t.co/sneEyv38jR

[Jonathan Harrison @JonHarrison90]

RT @richarddeitsch: Viewership for Mexico vs. England is in:

Telemundo: 23.1 million preliminary Total Audience Delivery.

Fox: 21.742 mi…

[Kevin Van Valkenburg @KVanValkenburg]

This comes up every four years and I have some actual insight to this very phenomenon. In 2016, I profiled Josh Norman for ESPN the Mag. He was — at the time — inarguably one of the best corners in the NFL. He got invited by Zlatan to come watch a PSG game, so I tagged along as he went to Paris. We got to watch training a few days before the game, and at the end of training (practice for you Americans) the PSG guys invited Josh to jump in and play a bit.

Josh was an elite NFL corner and a huge soccer fan. He’d played some soccer as a kid too so he wasn’t just a novice.

It was comical how much the PSG guys had to slow things down to make it fun for him. It was like the scene in Friday Night Lights (the TV show) where the Panthers goof around and pretend to tackle little kids. That’s how elementary they had to make it. The tried to feed Josh to “score” a goal and it was almost condescending how much they had to pretend it was real soccer.

Afterwards, someone handed us an American football. In one of the most surreal experiences of my life, I spent 15 mins throwing passes to PSG players. It was equally comical. Honestly I’ve seen something as ridiculous as David Luiz trying to catch an American Football. It didn’t just bounce off his hands, it *exploded* off his hands.

At some point, the skills do not translate. You would need to live it from a young age. Americans love to tell themselves they could be good at soccer if they only cared.

Maybe they’d be better if they started young enough, but I’m not convinced it would be 6-3 WRs and there is no chance it would be LeBron or Kobe or anyone 6-8; there is a reason the best soccer players world wide are mostly under 6 feet.

Either way, plugging “athletes” in and arrogantly assuming they’d thrive at soccer would never ever work.

[Kevin Clark @bykevinclark]

A lot of people who watch soccer five or six times every four years seem to know a great deal about how to improve the national team. Good stuff.

[Jonathan Harrison @JonHarrison90]

@seemsallbad @BaseballNorm RBNY have some promising players that are still very young (Julian Hall, Adrian Mehmeti). There's a kid that's currently in the Dortmund system (I know, we've heard that before) that is drawing a lot of attention. Cavan Sullivan at Philadelphia Union, soon to be at Man City.

[Jonathan Harrison @JonHarrison90]

That being said.. a lot to be excited about this team and sport in this country.

There seems to be real momentum for the sport after this tournament.

Tillman and Freeman shined and will play huge roles for the next several years.

[Jonathan Harrison @JonHarrison90]

What a disappointing all around performance from the US tonight. Poor, sloppy, lacking confidence.

Was a great tournament but we said the expectation was the quarters. Was a fun run but we came up short of expectations. Left a lot to be desired with the way it ended tonight.

[Sam Stejskal @samstejskal]

There needs to be better players.

Tonight wasn't on Poch. Wouldn't have been on Berhalter or Jurgen or Bob or Bruce or anybody else. The players just didn't have it at all. At all.

Then we brought on Reyna and Berhalter. They brought on Doku and Lukaku. Everything is so tiring.

[Max Rushden 💛🖤 @maxrushden]

what a shame for genuine US football fans who saw their side get to this stage on merit, whose team until now had impressed the world, who were pissed at Trump's intervention - and who are so desperate for this sport to grow. They deserved better.

[God @TheTweetOfGod]

Everything, everything, EVERYTHING he touches dies. #USABEL #USMNT

[Matthew Doyle @MattDoyle76]

Armchair Analyst: With 24 hours to go, it's time to talk tactics, a chance to make history, and the chance to get a little bit of revenge.

USMNT vs. Belgium. Again. With history on the line, and that big orange bastard overshadowing everything.

https://t.co/VhFpxhJdjT

[Jonathan Harrison @JonHarrison90]

What a disappointing all around performance from the US tonight. Poor, sloppy, lacking confidence.

Was a great tournament but we said the expectation was the quarters. Was a fun run but we came up short of expectations. Left a lot to be desired with the way it ended tonight.

[Jonathan Harrison @JonHarrison90]

Good start to the second half completely ruined by the dumbest of GK mistakes.

[Jonathan Harrison @JonHarrison90]

That was as poor of a half as we’ve seen from this US team at this tournament. Too sloppy, too many mental errors.

Silver lining… Belgium didn’t completely take advantage of the number of chances they had. Could possibly be 3 or 4 to 1.

Need a fast start in the second half.

[Jonathan Harrison @JonHarrison90]

TILLMAN!!!!!

[Jonathan Harrison @JonHarrison90]

Just too nervous all over the field for the US. Too many simple mistakes this squad hasn’t made in this tournament.

[Austin Karp @AustinKarp]

Another batsh*t crazy number for the U.S. at the World Cup

Round of 32 game against Bosnia/Herzegovina finished with 26.4 million viewers on Fox. Best English-language soccer match ever

Combined with around 10 million on Telemundo, we're talking NFL Divisional Playoff audience

[Matthew Doyle @MattDoyle76]

I can't believe England stole Wonderwall from Minnesota United! Get your own culture, you knobs.