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…
1. Last night's performance may have been the overall best I've seen out of a US soccer team - period
2. the script has completely flipped between Mex/US.....we controlled the ball....we pressured them......their only scoring chances were on random counters (all things we used to be about)
3. Never seen a game versus mexico where we had so much room with the ball. Tells me they respect our players and ability much more than ever
I’m stunned with the depth we have. Reyna isn’t even playing and neither was Dest. We have so many young talented players. I think we can make some noise next year and 2026 is shaping up to be lightening in a bottle. Home turf World Cup with majority of the team in their prime. Good times [Reply]
Busio in the starting lineup today. Let’s build off the momentum of Friday and not do what we typically do and play to the level of competition. [Reply]
