Creating a new thread for soccer discussion since the Euro’s are done.
Most leagues are in preseason and Sporting KC are currently in a battle for the best record in the league to win the shield. We just sent Busio who’s a young Sporting youth academy player and possible future American star to Venezia to compete in the top division in Italy for a 6.5 million dollar transfer fee with up to $11 million with incentives and a 20% future sell-on rate if they sell him to another team. Not to mention another past youth academy player from Lee’s Summit and another possible World Cup starter Erik Palmer-Brown looks to be joining him at Venezia soon as well. If you’re looking for an Italian team to start rooting for with your new Paramount+ subscription they would be a good candidate with some local flavor.
The U.S has built a little power shift in the CONCACAF region with their wins over Mexico lately in Nations and Gold Cup finals and look to be in really good shape heading into the World Cup qualifiers next month.
Messi looks to be on the move as well. Let’s hope it’s not a worthless one to PSG for everyone’s sake.
Ok, CP feel free to remind me how gay soccer is now. Don’t care. Sporting is kicking ass and so is the USA. It’s a good time to be following along. Discuss…
Disappointing result. They looked like the better team for most of the match, but just couldn’t break through. Penalty losses are always tough, but when it’s by less than an inch like that too it’s even tougher to swallow. Morgan, Rapinoe, and Ertz had amazing careers and accomplishments. I think this World Cup and watching how much some of the other countries have closed the gap in play and equality has a lot to do with their accomplishments off the field as well. An Arab nation just had a bunch of women essentially send the German women home by knocking them out of group play. That would have never even been a dream 10 years ago. It’s great how much these players have accomplished and how many young girls they’ve inspired to do great things. Thanks for the trophies ladies! [Reply]
