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…
Spanish clubs, esp. Barca and Real, are the biggest bunch of crybabies in world club football...hilarious to see Barca get routed and ran out of the CL. [Reply]
Absolute scenes in Dortmund after a lackluster domestic campaign. Great to see it.
"This is what the Champions League does to you!" 🥹@Carra23 reflects on the scenes in Germany as Borussia Dortmund secure their first #UCL semifinal in 11 years 💛 pic.twitter.com/BZFj4ZitoV
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) April 16, 2024
SKC blows another lead. At some point you have to realize it’s not just a “because Sporting” thing…it’s a fucking Peter Vermes tactical thing. No other fucking coach would have his CB basically playing as a CDM in the final minute of stoppage time up a goal. Vermes complete lack of ability to switch up his tactics in game is becoming a HUGE problem for this club. We’re well past due time for a change. [Reply]
Originally Posted by POND_OF_RED:
SKC blows another lead. At some point you have to realize it’s not just a “because Sporting” thing…it’s a fucking Peter Vermes tactical thing. No other fucking coach would have his CB basically playing as a CDM in the final minute of stoppage time up a goal. Vermes complete lack of ability to switch up his tactics in game is becoming a HUGE problem for this club. We’re well past due time for a change.
Agree, it might be time for SKC to tryout another head coach. [Reply]
It’s insane the level of job security that Vermes has. To coach for almost 2 decades with only 1 Championship appearance is absolutely unheard of. The only tournament he’s ever consistently had success in has been abandoned by pretty much every other team in the league. You’d think he’d at least have a Supporters Shield during his tenure or something, but he’s NEVER managed a 1st place team.
We’re treating the guy like he’s earned some sort of lifetime contract. He’s going to end up having a longer tenure than Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger with this dumbass ownership group. Which is an absolute joke. The world would all be laughing at us if we had any sort of relevancy over the last 10 years for them to even know who we are. [Reply]
Originally Posted by POND_OF_RED:
It’s insane the level of job security that Vermes has. To coach for almost 2 decades with only 1 Championship appearance is absolutely unheard of. The only tournament he’s ever consistently had success in has been abandoned by pretty much every other team in the league. You’d think he’d at least have a Supporters Shield during his tenure or something, but he’s NEVER managed a 1st place team.
We’re treating the guy like he’s earned some sort of lifetime contract. He’s going to end up having a longer tenure than Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger with this dumbass ownership group. Which is an absolute joke. The world would all be laughing at us if we had any sort of relevancy over the last 10 years for them to even know who we are.
Vermes should of been fired 5 years ago....
And being generous with the 5 years ago.... [Reply]
Champions League Final is today at 2 PM Central. Gonna be a great game.
Somehow Peter Vermes remains employed by Sporting KC. It’s really hard for him to use a roster overhaul excuse when we have one of the oldest rosters in the league. The offseason moves were absolutely brutal and the club is definitely seeing the results of keeping a dead fish around to run your club too long now. The fact that Daniel Salloi is one of our DP’s should be reason enough to fire the ****ing idiot. Would any other club in MLS even be starting Salloi on the wing? The guy has the pace of a snail. If his daddy wasn’t best friends with Vermes he’d be riding the bench somewhere in Hungary. **** this team so much. The ownership refuses to do shit and it’s definitely shown the last few seasons. [Reply]
Went into central London to soak up the atmosphere 3 hours ago. Pretty tame so heading back home now early. Mostly Real Madrid fans out and about. I think the Dortmund lot are all concentrated in one area well away from central so couldn't be arsed to try and find them. [Reply]
I think at this point we’re going to have to hope Peter Vermes dies suddenly because this ownership seems very stuck with him for some reason. They seem content in just riding out Vermes contract and burying this club in the dirt. Thankfully we don’t do relegation at this point or we might never see the MLS again. How ****ing embarrassing. KILL PETER VERMES! It looks as if it’s the only way to free us from this misery. [Reply]
Originally Posted by |Zach|:
Hey Oct come get your boy he not only got fired but the federation went out of their way to shit on him on the way out. Honestly not sure I have seen this in a while usually coaches are just wished the best.
Jurgen will always be beloved because he got the US to the Round of 16 at the 2014 World Cup after it was put in the same group with No. 2 Germany and No. 5 Portgual. Two top five FIFA clubs and got the Americans through. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Ocotillo:
Jurgen will always be beloved because he got the US to the Round of 16 at the 2014 World Cup after it was put in the same group with No. 2 Germany and No. 5 Portgual. Two top five FIFA clubs and got the Americans through.
I hate him. German guy coaching an AMERICAN national team. [Reply]