Everything posted by Napoleon
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2025 ALDS - Tigers vs Mariners
Pitch #2 was definitely a strike.
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2025 ATP/WTA thread
Adoro Jasmine Paolini. 1 , 3 , 4 , 2
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USMNT 2025 - Easy English, hard ones Spanish
Weston apparently is finally taking his fitness seriously. It would be nice if players could take their fitness seriously from a young age, but so many don’t.
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USMNT 2025 - Easy English, hard ones Spanish
I was wondering why Pochettino almost made out with the Ecuadorean manager, but it’s because they have probably kissed many times before. The grossest part of playing 6 v 6 fútbol with a group of Argies from 2008-2009 was that after kissing everyone on the cheek before we played… …before we left, when we were all sweaty and gross, we had to go through and cheek-to-cheek with the kiss sound to every one of the other 11 guys who played. Besos are just part of the culture there. Show up for my dentist appointment and Dr. Pettiti has me give her a beso before I go sit in the patient’s chair and then she instructs me with a “Dame un beso.” as she hurries me out of the room so she can take her next patient.
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USMNT 2025 - Easy English, hard ones Spanish
Why has Pochettino been playing video games all match? He should be paying attention to the team!
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USMNT 2025 - Easy English, hard ones Spanish
They are without their best player (Chelsea’s Caicedo) and another 1 or 2 of their starters. Maybe they are adjusting to their personnel. The USMNT score started with winning a ball on the offensive side of midfield and then sending the ball to an offsides Tillman on the right wing. Tillman then crossed the ball into Balogun, who was making a run toward the near post from the edge of the box with a defender on his back. Balogun kind of bundles (bungles?) the ball into off the near post. Replay showed that Tillman may have been onside by a blade of grass, but they definitely didn’t show the technology that shows how much of the defender was keeping Tillman onsides.
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USMNT 2025 - Easy English, hard ones Spanish
McKenzie in mid-qualifying form! Has McKenzie ever played well for the USA? Tillman was off. 😁
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USMNT 2025 - Easy English, hard ones Spanish
How was that not offsides on Tillman? Balo!
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USMNT 2025 - Easy English, hard ones Spanish
ECU’s Valencia looks like the stocky younger half-brother of DaMarcus Beasley.
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USMNT 2025 - Easy English, hard ones Spanish
There should have been a body slam foul called on ECU just outside the box, but the foul against the USA that stopped play was NOT a foul.
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USMNT 2025 - Easy English, hard ones Spanish
So you’re saying… WE ARE THE STANDARD!
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USMNT 2025 - Easy English, hard ones Spanish
We have been close several times. I much rather see us play like this than how we have most of the last 20 months.
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USMNT 2025 - Easy English, hard ones Spanish
Well, we cleared the initial defenders. 🙄
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USMNT 2025 - Easy English, hard ones Spanish
I’m happy with Tessmann’s play so far. He could still be more of a presence on corner kicks… OH SO CLOSE! CORNER: … Could we clear the defenders on corner kicks? This isn’t even Pulisic sending them in!
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USMNT 2025 - Easy English, hard ones Spanish
Miles is lucky to just get a yellow.
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USMNT 2025 - Easy English, hard ones Spanish
Arfsten with the header dummy on their keeper’s clearance. Furk! I thought that Richards had hit the post, didn’t realize that their keeper had made a great save.
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USMNT 2025 - Easy English, hard ones Spanish
That guy was faster than Richards. We have been playing pretty well, but we’re down 0-1.
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USMNT 2025 - Easy English, hard ones Spanish
Stadium looks to be about 70% full. Lower level looks more respectable than the upper level. Nearly gave up a scoring opportunity off the kickoff. We appear to be in full Scrambling To Put Out Fires mode.
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USMNT 2025 - Easy English, hard ones Spanish
Tonight’s USMNT Starting XI vs. Ecuador: 24-Matt Freese, 3-Chris Richards, 4-Tanner Tessmann, 8-Weston McKennie, 12-Miles Robinson, 13-Tim Ream (Capt.), 17-Malik Tillman, 18-Max Arfsten, 20-Folarin Balogun, 21-Tim Weah, 23-Aidan Morris It’s about time that Asian[sic] Morris starts over Christian Pulisic!
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Skatteboo
“Being a 5’6” dude…” FIFY (slim possibility that he is 5’6.5” to 5’7”) PS- His combine height was 5’9.5”, but he must have been on the same traction machine that Kyler Murray used, because… ”AIN’T NO WAY THAT THAT BOY IS 5’9.5”!”
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Skatteboo
🤘 He is really fun to watch and will the first player to show signs of CTE from his draft class. But he will be a prince of NYC for the next season or two.
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2025 ATP/WTA thread
Siegemund has had a strong second half of the year. Lots of upsets.
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USMNT 2025 - Easy English, hard ones Spanish
The gave up zero goals vs France 🇫🇷 in group play and vs Italy 🇮🇹 in a knockout match. So they apparently have first teamers who can play D.
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USMNT 2025 - Easy English, hard ones Spanish
You are 💩ing on “Project 2034”! These guys look like they have skill and know what they are doing.
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USMNT 2025 - Easy English, hard ones Spanish
Do we have a U20 World Cup thread? Or have we been posting here? Spanish speaking Italian scored a brace for the USA vs the original motherland. ESPN’s report: https://www.espn.com/soccer/report/_/gameId/759738