Napoleon

I’m worried that the luck is just about to run out.

https://store.ussoccer.com/products/usasmt2269-mens-homage-usa-character-white-tee?_pos=191&_fid=52ff9aef3&_ss=c “Hey! Hey! Hey!” I’m getting a major “Fat Albert & The Cosby Kids” vibe from this animator.

1) Diego Luna absolutely should be on the US Olympic Team. 2) D.L. should absolutely switch to Mexico. I thought that he would have trouble breaking into the Men’s team, but would be perfect change of pace for the Olympic squad and then U.S. Soccer said/ “We don’t want your kind around here.” Sure he looks like a sneaky hitman for a Mexican drug cartel, but he’s OUR hit man for a Mexican drug cartel and he should be in Paris.

“Welcome to the SEC!”

European aggies might say… ”Moors are gonna kick this class into overdrive.” But that’s just how they rolll.

FOX !🦊! That’s why FS1 purchased a game from Apple TV+ and are showing it at night, because they know that some people are jonesing for a soccer fix.

When your shitty ass coach’s Bolivian 🇧🇴 reliance becomes the butt of USL meme jokes, it fucking had better be over!

A few scores with breakdowns of two matches.

95% of Americans think that the Olympic men’s team is the same of the 1st selection men’s team. They will see a different manager and ask if Gregg has been fired. They will wonder where Christian Pulisic is. They will hear positive comments about the revamped women’s team and their new manager making an impact. They will think that the women would have been better if Alex Morgan were still on the team. I present to you Soccer Fandom in the USA 🇺🇸!!

A little more… John Harkes was the team captain. Perhaps you could say that they were having leadership issues.

I thought that the U.S. needed to have lost to Jamaica’s B-team when they got that ~95’ own goal to push it to O.T. AND then get grouped in the Copa America. But things have changed… 1) Before the Copa started, but after getting embarrassed 5 - 1 by Colombia, talking heads started questioning whether Berhalter should be retained if he does not make the Semifinals. **This felt like Eric Dickerson being kicked off of the LA Rams sidelines by Jeff Fisher.** 2) Then we got grouped. **This felt like people starting to look at Jeff Fisher’s career record and starting to realize that : -Fisher was a .500 coach after 20+ seasons in the NFL. -Fisher was about to become tied for THE LOSINGEST COACH IN NFL HISTORY and the Rams would be forever attached to that record. ** The Soccer Media, Soccer Fanatics, Soccer Enthusiasts, and Soccer Casuals are all focusing on the regression and speaking out. This would have seemed impossible just a month ago. After drawing with Wales in game one of the World Cup, I wouldn’t have minded seeing that end of game roller by Iran cross the goal line, because it was already very obvious that Berhalter was a shit coach and we were never going anywhere with him in charge. Then the Reyna-Berhalter Affair seemed to provide US Soccer a lifeline to “Go a different direction.”, but after Christian, Tyler, & Weston (my guess) rejected Jesse for the comfort of Gregg, it was like a poorly written sequel. US Soccer knew that Gregg’s return would be unpopular, so they held him out of managing the Gold Cup, but had BJ runout Gregg’s losing plan for the B-team and we sucked. But FINALLY, I think that US Soccer is more likely than not to make a change… but they are holding off to see how long the uproar lasts.

Vondrousova winning last year didn’t make any sense. And now she’s out in the first round… …makes last year seem even more unbelievable. Before last year’s Wimbledon she had like 4 or 5 career wins on grass. And 2 of those came last year. I don’t know if she played any grass tournaments before Wimbledon, but the defending champ losing in straight sets in the first round is loco.

Wilfried Nancy, Steve Cherundolo, or the guy in Philly are the most likely candidates if they move on from Berhalter, in my opinion. They want someone who they know and can control. The three are MLS managers and won’t go off script. That Matt Crocker guy is a worthless bitch who probably jumped to US Soccer because he was about to get fired as the club he was with was being relegated. No one who would demand $3M or more will be hired. Also, US Soccer is only getting about $10 to $15 million from this Copa America after getting about $47 million from Copa America Centenario 2016.

Favelas are only in Brazil. Slums in Spanish speaking countries have different names for them. UEFA was asleep while the confederations were being embarrassed on TV.

For everyone pulling for the USMNT tonight in hopes of saving Berhalter’s job…

2007 Copa America:

I made an error due to not looking at when Bolivia’s loss to Chile in the Group Stage was. Their loss to Chile was the last match of the Group Stage, so it adds to the streak. (They may have been resting starters.) CORRECT SUMMARY: Bolivia 🇧🇴 has LOST 12 Group Stage matches in a row and 13 Copa America matches of any kind in a row.

2024: 0 Wins & 2 Losses 0 GF & 7 GA 2021: 0 Wins & 3 Losses 1 GF & 6 GA 2019: 0 Wins & 3 Losses 2 GF & 9 GA 2016: 0 Wins & 3 Losses 2 GF & 7 GA 2015: 1 Win 1 Draw 1 Loss 3 GF & 7 GA 3 - 2 vs Ecuador 🇪🇨 0 - 0 vs Mexico 🇲🇽 0 - 5 vs Chile 🇨🇱 Then Bolivia lost to Peru 🇵🇪 1 - 3 in the quarterfinals. SUMMARY: Bolivia 🇧🇴 has LOST 11 Group Stage matches in a row and 12 Copa America matches of any kind in a row… But maybe Panama being without tons of first team players will be enough to get Bolivia a result.

Bolivia has a GD of -7. I don’t think that they’ve won a Copa America match in over a decade. I think that they have score one goal in that time, but not positive. Here I go down Bolivia’s Copa America rabbit hole. See you guys in a bit.

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In fairness it was in overtime. Lautaro Martinez would have chipped the keeper. 🇦🇷

In the Battle of Eastern Bloc 17 year-olds… Brenda Fruhvirtova 🇨🇿 beat Mirra Andreeva (24 seed)🇷🇺 in 3 sets.

“Lulu Sun” Sounds like a line of bikinis that enhances an endowed woman’s curves.

Damn it!! 😂 Et tu Apple! (or maybe it was my fault, but was in a rush to make a joke… 😏)