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@Beganovic2026 Dude wasn't wrong. Ask England. We just got lucky.

This is why this is unpaid analysis….getting a 11 on 10 advantage for 78 minutes is now a bad thing Jfc

Can we stop wishing @MLS top talent skip out to Europe every time an unproven kid is considered the "next best thing"? At some point, shouldn't we want a domestic league that: A- Solidifies local support B- Improves USMNT pool C- Isn't Europe's bit$h D- Avoids 9th inning talent ?

Knowing every name mentioned intimately, we've got takes. What say all of you?

@STLSoccerNews Thx for the share… again!!! 👊

A new podcast episode "Ep 287: PAY 2 PLAY - A deep dive with SLSG" just dropped from @SoccerDadPod! Give it a listen at ift.tt/K1OjM4m or wherever you get your podcasts. #STLSoccerPods

THE YOUTH SYSTEM IS NOT THE PROBLEM. Anyone telling you that either doesn’t know what they’re talking about or they’re protecting MLS. The USMNT will never become an elite national team as long as MLS continues spending millions on young foreign players instead of giving meaningful minutes to young Americans. Every MLS club has talented academy players who sign Homegrown deals. Fans get excited, then those players spend the next 3–4 years sitting on the bench or in MLS NEXT Pro. By the time they’re 21 or 22, the window to become truly world-class is gone. There’s a reason the only young Americans who consistently break through in MLS are outside backs and, occasionally, center backs. Those are the positions clubs typically don’t spend big money on. Meanwhile, they invest millions in midfielders and forwards, making it nearly impossible for a 17-, 18-, or 19-year-old American to play over a 20-year-old South American the club paid a $10 million transfer fee and a multi-million-dollar salary to. Until that changes, you can overhaul the youth system all you want it won’t matter. If young Americans aren’t actually playing meaningful first-team minutes during their most important development years, the pipeline will never consistently produce world-class players

@jarodbertrand @Colonel_Boggs I can’t unsee it

@Colonel_Boggs What a “genie in a bottle” @SoccerDadPod

@MattBakerSTL @stlCITYsc What parish is he from? Still struggling... ha.

@SoccerDadPod @stlCITYsc Europa Conference League hero this year.

HERE WE GO @stlCITYsc FANS! Tom Bogert reporting we have found our DP in Carlo Holse, a left footed attacking midfielder. A $6m fee would make him the most expensive signing in the club's 4 yr history. Holse is 27 yrs old & had 10g/8a in 47 all comp games last season for Samsunspor in Turkiye, including 2g/5a in 10 Europa Conference League appearances. Holse has a €7m valuation on Transfermarkt. #AllForCITY

@MattBakerSTL @stlCITYsc Yeah... not familiar.

@SoccerDadPod @stlCITYsc

O comentarista suíço David Lemos, encerrou a transmissão resumindo com precisão os problemas desta Copa do Mundo, ele foi perfeito. 🗣️"Não há dúvidas de que esta foi a Copa do Mundo mais comercial da história e também uma das mais politizadas." "Não esqueceremos os preços que pessoas sem grande poder aquisitivo tiveram de pagar para viver sua paixão pelo futebol." "Em alguns casos, sequer puderam entrar no país por causa de sua nacionalidade, fossem torcedores, jornalistas ou até árbitros, como o somali Omar Artan." "Também lembramos do tratamento inaceitável dado à seleção do Irã, que não pôde defender suas chances de forma adequada durante o torneio." "E há ainda o caso de Folarin Balogun. Vimos um presidente se vangloriar de ter ligado para o presidente da FIFA para conseguir retirar a suspensão de um jogador." "A política se infiltrou no coração do futebol, embora a FIFA afirme querer mantê-la acima de tudo. Fica claro que isso só vale até certo ponto." "Foi uma Copa do Mundo em que todas as partidas foram disputadas em quatro tempos, e cuja final teve um intervalo de quase 30 minutos." "A crise tem dois nomes: dinheiro e poder. Hoje existe uma crise de confiança entre muitos dos envolvidos no futebol e a FIFA." "Nas próximas semanas, muito dinheiro será distribuído a diversas federações e a muitos agentes do futebol, que serão educadamente convidados a permanecer em silêncio." "Esperamos que tudo isso seja levado em consideração e que não volte a acontecer."

@LucasNavarreteM Pathetic

Still can't get over Messi trying to get Cucurella sent off for this.

@LVHoosierGK I don’t! Hit up Dobbs… he has my info👊

@SoccerDadPod You have my cell phone correct? Text me and let’s do it.

If you are the parent of a left footed soccer player, make him/her a center back. That is the golden unicorn in this country. You can completely play a different t way if you have a naturally left footed center back on your starting 11. Top request besides a goal scorer that I get from teams and coaches.

A new podcast episode "Ep 286: The Recruits | 1 commit, 2 available, 3 aces!" just dropped from @SoccerDadPod! Give it a listen at ift.tt/6ipRS1M or wherever you get your podcasts. #STLSoccerPods

Friendly reminder that FIFA golden boy Messi received no punishment after this foul earlier in the tournament.

The 2026 Season's STL Best XI is out! This is an extremely tough list to make. Huge congratulations to all of these players who represented their schools to the fullest extent! These will all be players to keep an eye on in the future! #WhereLegendsAreMade

USMNT Captain Tim Ream refuses to acknowledge Trump phone call

@fulhamfc318 I’m aware of the private, not the public

@SoccerDadPod One more from a public school powerhouse.

I’m hearing some major changes on the high school coaching front. Be interesting to see at a couple perennial soccer powers. @SoccerDadPod

@IHateSoccerPod We’re in STL… where to start? Sorber, Ralston, Twellman, Klein, McBride, Santel, Ibisivic, Battelle, Davis, Bruin, Noonan, Sargent, Schulte, and Ream to name a few.

How many of you have grew up with, played with, played against, coached, coached against, or watched an MLS player from where you live or grew up? Odds are they were pretty damn good players right?