At some point CONCACAF and FIFA have to take real legit action right? Shoot, take all of the matches scheduled in Mexico for the WC 2026 away. There are more than enough stadiums in the US to take on the extra game load and I'm sure there would be cities bidding for more games. My solution is strip the WC 2026 games away from them, ban all fans from all Liga MX matches for a period of a year. The club owners and Mexican Futbol Federation will absolutely have to address the issue aggressively and start removing fans 1 by 1 when this crap happens. Again, ruin it for all fans and they will start policing themselves on it. (And it might also eliminate the bottle and can and battery tossing too....I swear Reyna got hit with something after he scored his goal last night...which was also a freaking great first time strike).
I agree with the 1st statement, but this is a FIFA initiative and CONCACAF is working to enforce it. Problem is there is no weight with any of the actions taken. I saw someone suggest where you stop the game the 1st time and warn the crowd the next instance it occurs a player from the offending team will be shown a red card. That's when the players and manager and federation will take it seriously. I know it doesn't matter for the next WC but if you started docking WC qualifying points or not allowing them any home games for WC qualifying, the Federation and players will absolutely do something about it. Yes, most of the fans for Mexico last night live in the US but you know they were fans of Mexico so it really doesn't matter if they live here or there.
I am still shocked he took that shot from that distance. I think this is like 7 or 8 straight games vs Mexico that we haven't lost.
I agree this is not about American values. Most of the problems are unrelated to the US.
Basically the FIFA stance is one of anti-discrimination and they've deemed the "PUTA" (means calling someone a pu33y, it's the same in Portuguese) chant when the GK punts deep or takes a long goal kick instead of playing out of the back, can be construed or interpreted as a homophobic slur. They're trying to get rid of all of that nonsense.
If you go to a game in Azteca, the players enter the pitch through a 25 yard inflatable tube to shield them from projectiles. Urine, feces, coins, batteries, belt buckles. Banning the sale of beer in a cup will do little to stop what you are talking about, especially on corner kicks. Though it couldn’t hurt anything except the bottom line.
They are yelling ¡Puto! which has the literal meaning of male prostitute and the idiomatic meaning of a gay slur similar to F$g!
Yes, that is the literal definition of the word. But the slang meaning is "pu$$y". I grew up in a largely Portuguese community and this word was thrown around between kids all the time. Don't want to go pool hopping with us, you're a puta. Don't want to jump off the bridge with us, you're a puta.
I think it kills him to include Reyna on he squad and then play him still because the thing that drives Gregg Berhalter most is his ego. But I also think he's extremely susceptible to outside opinions and the talking heads because Berhalter wants to be liked. I think he hates it when Alexei Lalas questions his sanity for not playing Reyna, I think it kills him when Cobi Jones and Taylor Twellman and Stu Holden all question whether or not he's the right coach for this group of players.
Well if u are right then let's hope the peer pressure wears him down, into making a few more proper decisions. We have players good enough to play around him if he gets out of their way a little more.
Who is in his head is Jesse Marsch. He ain’t getting fired because of Lalas. Jesse going on TV and saying “If he does this, he will lose and I would have done this” WILL get him fired and he knows it after such things happen regularly, and apparently it’s happened twice. Thats why he is answering questions in press conferences and back handily referring to Jesse.
I don't care how it gets accomplished. Bullying, job threatening, peer pressure, or all of the above, is fine by me. This is an opportunity of which we can't afford to not take advantage of it.
There are people who would suggest that there are folks inside and outside of USSF that despite outwardly spoken platitudes are absolutely determined not to see the men’s game grow from the event. They want to collect every dollar possible but divert it to other things like youth programs.
I’ll never understand the folks that think the best striker gets on the field if six others are putting pressure on him, but somehow the same shouldn’t be true of the coach. The Bruce Arena routine of, I’m the coach and coach knows best and if you are against me, you are against not just US soccer, but soccer and America, got really old between 2004-06. JK did a similar version at the end too. If Berhalter gets a pass it’s that every coach before him was the best available. He and everyone else knows he isnt the best available, only the person willing to do it under the terms set that is acceptable to a narrow cadre of soccer elites. By definition he’s begun his second stint on the defensive and it will stay that way until we reach a semi final.
He was called in for Nations League but withdrew because he left Norwich City's last game before the int'l break with a tweak of the ankle injury, but after he scored and he played 82' before being subbed off. I think it was more precautionary than anything. Haji Wright was the guy who replaced him on the roster. I think Pepi's days are numbered as are Ferreira's. The question will be is what Brandon Vazquez is doing in Liga MX enough to warrant him getting a chance?
No. He doesn’t have the physical metrics and has basically admitted as such in interviews. Much more so than club performance, the international game is about speed, quickness and recognition. He’s supposedly deficient in those departments in team workouts, which may explain why he is in Mexico and not Spain.
It’s not just what you are doing with your club, it’s how you play off and play with your teammates. Do you complement their game? Do they trust you? Do you have an understanding of each other in critical moments. Wright has been playing with CP and Weston since they were 15. Weah has his own talents and creates space. The only way Sargent sees the field I would think would be if Balogun falters. But even then, he can’t play back to goal which is critical to the GB system. If CP gets hurt, you would think JS would be the first called in but a substantial reorg of the offense would be necessary.
Sarge is 6'1" 195 and certainly could if Wagner required it, but does not. As far as Burr?halter requiring it, I haven't seen it lately with Pepe, Balogun, or Haji Wright. Do you really want Sargent on the left wing in place of CP if something happens? Might work, but as a player who has virtually single handed brought his club team back into EPL promo contention since returning from a 4-month injury by roaming the box and scoring in different ways, I'd still want him doing just that.
I’d put Weah on the right and Wright on the left. Red Dead would give us all redemption as a super sub.
