SJW Pundit

What do you think about the following: An open system with promotion/relegation through 8 "regional" pyramids with their own "first divisions" A top "champions league" competition every year for the top 4 finishers or qualifiers from the regional first divisions We can essentially create a Euro-style ecosystem here in the US

So, how many "leagues" should the U.S. have? Keep in mind that Spain fits inside Texas, and England is roughly the size of Oregon. How do you find a kid from Iowa while running at USSF program in Florida?

@jarvis_best Can cumfirm up the hearts is a gay soccer reference Portland Hearts of Pine

One of the weirdest legal "quirks" in Maine is that formal communications with the Secretary of State are not considered valid unless they contain "F*ck ICE. Free Palestine. Up the Hearts." No one knows what the last thing even means but the law has been on the books since 1804.

It's so much more insightful, way more ball knowledge... for example Portugal vs Spain the commentators were railing against the Portuguese subs vs the Spanish subs at the end of the game, in that Spain strengthened their midfield and Portugal weakened theirs, and that it gave Spain the advantage at the end of the game. Literally two minutes later Spain scores. Compare this to John Stone licking Berhalters nuts when he comes on, and trying to push MLS on us at the end of a 4-1 beatdown. Just unreal.

For the most part, I watched this World Cup on Telemundo instead of Fox. One of the best viewing decisions I ever made.

@ByDougMcIntyre @FOXSoccer

Landing Mauricio Pochettino to lead the #USMNT was a triumph. Rehiring the coach who oversaw the most humiliating World Cup loss in program history would be indefensible. ⁦@FOXSoccer⁩: foxsports.com/stories/soccer…

@tinnie31 @ClayTravis As you're retarded I'm not surprised context, sarcasm, and nuance are foreign concepts to you

@SJWPundit @ClayTravis Social justice warrior, what a fucking joke you are😂

1. It’s soccer. 2. If the US wins a World Cup before England, will England become a US colony? If so, can I hire you as my butler?

@tinnie31 @ClayTravis Lol, okay retard

@SJWPundit @ClayTravis No I said your tweet was irrelevant as the score was 4-2, my point still stands, again off you go back to mummies basement

@tinnie31 @ClayTravis You said the goal being controversial was "irrelevant" due to the score being 4-2, which I explained was bollocks. So now you shift to "oh but it did cross the line". Again, you are a retard.

@SJWPundit @ClayTravis My first argument was that the score was 4-2, which as back then still stands, so back to mummies basement

@tinnie31 @ClayTravis "My first argument was bollocks so now I'll move the goalposts and try to argue something else" - You, a retard

@SJWPundit @ClayTravis Since been proven that the ball did cross the line though bellend.

@dabbinduck91 @ClayTravis Yeah probably should've added "one of" to the OP

@SJWPundit @ClayTravis The hand of god was way more controversial.

@tinnie31 @ClayTravis Completely relevant as goals change games, the fourth was scored at the very end after Germany threw everyone forward to tie the game. This is obvious to anyone that's not an England homer

@SJWPundit @ClayTravis Score was 4-2 so maybe check your facts before posting irrelevant tweets.

@shipwreckedcrew Their game plan was genius on the ball as well, totally neutralized our press by playing long and winning literally every knock down and second ball in the midfield

The intensity of the Belgium press and the inability of the US to respond by breaking it is .... A reflection of the abilities of the players on both sides.

@ClayTravis It's also a terrible argument. Our current players are more "athletic" than the argentine and spanish squads.

Extremely lazy — and common — argument. We have the luxury of wealth and a huge population in a sports obsessed country. We can — and should — be great at every sport we play in decent numbers. And millions of kids now play soccer every year. Way more 14 year olds play soccer here than in Belgium.

@thechrisbuskirk @aakashgupta In your opinion, what is the correct conclusion?

@SJWPundit @aakashgupta Understood - and it’s a demonstrably false conclusion based on the results in the Big 4 sports in which youth sports have largely the same structure and incentives

In Germany, a talented 14-year-old earns his club money. In America, his parents pay the club $15,000 a year. That single inversion explains why "we will not" is the most accurate line ever written about US soccer. FIFA built a global system for this. Training compensation and solidarity payments send a cut of every transfer fee back to the clubs that developed the player, from age 12 onward. Develop one future pro and your academy gets paid for a decade. Barcelona's La Masia, Ajax, every Bundesliga academy runs on this logic. The kid is the asset. US Soccer refuses to enforce those rules. When Seattle's Crossfire Premier claimed its $60,000 share of DeAndre Yedlin's transfer to Tottenham, it got nothing. Claims on the Dempsey and Bradley transfers died partly because the federation couldn't even produce the youth training records. So American clubs earn zero dollars when a kid turns pro. They earn when a kid enrolls. Which makes the parent the customer, and the product is whatever keeps the parent writing checks: travel tournaments, hotel weekends, $500 showcase events, private training at $100 an hour. Elite pathways run $8,000 to $20,000 a year. A comparable academy spot in Italy costs about 120 euros. Follow the incentive one level deeper and it gets darker. A club dependent on fees can't cut its weakest paying players, so rosters optimize for retention over development. The scouting pool shrinks to families who can afford the cliff, which appears around age 11, exactly when development matters most. The country runs a talent filter sorted by household income instead of ability. Every four years someone proposes fixing this. The proposal always requires the people profiting from the $15,000 model to vote themselves out of business. They will not.

He's not arguing for "transfer payments" in the sense of subsidies... in the soccer world transfer payments are the fees paid to clubs for the right to sign a player. The business model in Europe and South America is different; clubs develop players to then try to sell them for millions of dollars, which is then what funds their operations. The incentive structure in the US is flipped on its head; clubs in the US are incentivized to collect pay to play fees from parents instead of being incentivized to produce the highest quality (and thus most valuable $) players.

This analysis could not be more wrong. Youth football, baseball, basketball, and hockey all operate the same way and those sports are quite obviously extremely successful. Arguing that youth soccer uniquely requires subsidies and transfer payments says a lot about soccer culture.

Trump pressuring FIFA is such a depressing sign of how far we've fallen. I'm so sick of the right pretending to care about American culture. What is more pure American culture than the sanctity of fairness in sports? Our suspensions get revoked because we're more powerful now. A backwards, third world country would be proud of winning like this. Americans shouldn't be. MAGAs are destroying our culture.

@TheBosnian11 Now say it without crying 😢

Looks like Trump's connection with Infantino did the job. What an absolute disgrace. That was a blatant red card. No debate, no controversy, just the correct decision. So what does it take for a player to be sent off now? Does someone actually have to leave with a broken ankle? Belgium, please knock them out. The entire football world is behind you. FIFA isn't even pretending to be neutral anymore. They'll do whatever it takes to keep the USA alive in this tournament. It's embarrassing, it's shameless, and everyone can see it.

I know this will rub #USMNT fans wrong way, but this reported decision is bullshit. If you receive a red — controversial or not — you’re suspended for next game. Suspending the suspension is laughable and automatically puts into question integrity of competition. #FIFAWorldCup

@chriswithans I visit great clips all over the country and "the great clips index" gives you a very good idea of the overall cost of living for a certain area. The stylists get a kick out of it too when you tell them about it.

Great Clips in Houston, Texas. $19 for a haircut. Man or woman. You can leave a $10 tip and it's $29. And no upper-crust salon was charging $20 out the door for a haircut in the past 10 years. That's silly.

This from one of the most expensive areas in California, which is one of the most expensive states. Great Clips charges $27 for a haircut. Yeah, you have to tip. So you tip $10 and it's $37. It's NOT $50, not even at one of the most expensive areas in America. And whatever additional services you were expecting for that money were always additional charges at Great Clips in the past.

@vihaaneaswar Then he should have declined all USYNT callups and not used us to further his career.

bajraktarevic’s parents survived srebrenica and he wanted to honor their legacy of survival. he’s never talked shit about the US. we don’t need to do this.