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Could be worse, could have been Barca again ... I think Arsenal has a decent chance against Bayern, if they can catch them full strength and on one of their good days. Can't have important players injured. (Btw, bummer they are without Mustafi for 3 weeks. He has been a rock.) Yep, I...

Lol. Well, I don't know. I should clarify that it's not that I don't WANT to play FIFA any more. It's that I just always feel like I should be doing something more productive. I'm not sure if that's better or worse.

I agree. FIFA has definitely been instrumental, and the booming EPL TV ratings show that the growth in popularity of soccer fandom is happening for real now. Your old men are not wrong though; people have been saying for 40 years that soccer is the next big thing, as the kids who played...

Totally agree, that was exactly my point. Yeah, I am sure you are probably right that, at this point, he won't alienate established dual nats. I just hope he continues to seek out and take an interest in young Europe-based dual nats, who might be more likely to fly under the U.S. soccer radar...

Yeah, this is really my main concern. I think what Klinsmann has done in terms of expanding the player pool to include players based in Europe is great, and I want that broad reach to continue. Over the years, Arena has talked about the importance of building U.S. soccer by strengthening the...

Totally. It's not unlike what happened when he was with Germany. He wasn't the right long-term manager but he was a big part of getting the house in order.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Jurgen Klinsmann has been fired as USMNT coach and Technical Director for U.S. Soccer. <a href="https://t.co/1Z1zfzOCBC">pic.twitter.com/1Z1zfzOCBC</a></p>— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="ro" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/honigstein">@honigstein</a> accidental prognosticator or fortune teller? Come clean Rafa. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USMNT?src=hash">#USMNT</a> <a...

There were huge gaps all over the field, the players generally looked like they had no idea where they were supposed to be, the selection and substitutions were head-scratchers in many cases ... it was just bad. I think, broadly and generally speaking, we have better players than at any time...

What a debacle. And worse than the result is the manner in which it is happening. This team has looked totally disorganized and lackadaisical all night. Klinsmann has got to go, huh?

Yeah, Stevie needs to hang 'em up. I'll be a huge fan for life, but he's got to recognize that he just can't hack it as a professional footballer at this point. The game has passed him by. The skills may be there, but the legs just aren't anymore.

Ha, he did get you there with the "hipster" line, ACamp. "Even though more people seem to be into it, Huge Thing A is WAY less cool than Other Thing B, which is what I'm into!" That is totally hipster talk. Just own it. But it got me curious about the overall record of English clubs...

I think the angst for Spurs fans has more to do with the poor performance than the result. Spurs have been really poor going forward not just against Leverkusen but for a few weeks now, and they looked like legit title contenders before that. So while I don't disagree that there's a lot of EPL...

I just don't think anyone (including me) realized how important Harry Kane is to Spurs from a creative standpoint. He works so hard to track back and bring midfielders into the attack, which I'll admit I always thought was something he actually shouldn't be doing because it ruins the team's...

That Ozil winner was magnificent. Messi-esque how the ball was absolutely glued to his foot.

That front 5 is just beautiful to watch. I still want to see better, more consistent finishing though. But really that's nitpicking. He seems to cost us a goal every game he plays. What was he doing not closing Zaha down on the cross to McArthur that resulted in the goal? I guess he...

MLS breaks regular-season attendance records for third straight season | MLSsoccer.com Strong year for MLS. Amazing that MLS average attendance is above Serie A. Two leagues on opposite trajectories right now, sadly for Serie A. It's almost hard to believe that that league had a legitimate...

True. The great Stevie G is Catholic, IIRC.

Hard to make that argument these days. I don't think there is any doubt that La Liga has been the dominant league in European competition lately. EPL isn't necessarily the best league but it's the best league that is easy to follow. There is no language barrier, so you can read good...

Exactly. Boro are pretty stout defensively, but they have been struggling and Arsenal should have been able to put one in. It's classic Arsenal inconsistency. (And I mean that sympathetically.) The top 4 race is fascinating at this point. Based on what I've seen this season, it seems...