Rob W

@dlbno Yea man. Even if that's true, this is (another) instance of him being asked something innocuous and completely unrelated and him bringing it up nevertheless. If I was annoyed about a topic being brought up, I don't think I'd just voluntarily bring that topic up out of context.

@rdwesq Yea man, I’m not going to convince. After Canada’s biggest wins and before their biggest games, American media continues to ask him questions about the US and USMNT and then tells themselves Marsch is always thinking about them. I’m sure it’s annoying and they get their reactions

Jesse Marsch:

@dlbno @Mike_Young85 @AnthonyDabbundo From what I understand, the interviewer is someone who has known him for a long time and the interview has been described as "lighthearted." Time is not a sports publication. There is nothing to suggest that this question is loaded at all

@dlbno @Mike_Young85 @AnthonyDabbundo What does this have to do with the USMNT? They're asking a legitimate question - what is going through your mind, as an American, as you coach a world cup game in the US while coaching another country? The question describes that experience as unique. It's a softball question

@FutureCanes Were the Canes even offering anything close to $8.5m AAV? I doubt that very much. It's almost like a player at the end of his career would prefer more money to less money, idk though call me crazy.

Yeah man, we are super fazed that 36-year old John Carlson — who never played a game for us — walked away. “You are losers”. Bait used to be believeable. These paid Blue check dorks are out of new material.

@dlbno @Mike_Young85 @AnthonyDabbundo That's a fair response from him, I'm not sure why he should care. But that also has nothing to do with him bringing up the topic unprompted (again) in a completely separate interview

@rdwesq @Mike_Young85 @AnthonyDabbundo Yea man. Keep telling yourself that

@dlbno @Mike_Young85 @AnthonyDabbundo This answer was not given in response to a question about the USMNT. He's the one who continually brings it up unprompted. He is Michael Ginsberg and the US soccer public is Don Draper

@Mike_Young85 @AnthonyDabbundo You can keep telling yourself that but after Canada wins American journos are coming in and asking him dumb questions about the USMNT. But your narrative is already set so…

@Jkson125 @scuffedpod I came here to post exactly this tweet. Thank you for your service

The question that garnered this response:

Croatian First Take is gonna do numbers Friday.

@davidjaca @shekobheary I had never seen that used before, it was certainly unfortunate for my hope of 30 more minutes of this game

@rdwesq @shekobheary Yeah I've seen it now, didn't come up initially

I mean nah, that's just a guess

@davidjaca @shekobheary Idk where you're watching from but on the US broadcast they showed a noise graphic similar to ultraedge that spiked when it passed the Croatia player. It looks correct to me

@shekobheary Someone just said about the chip, yeah. Must be it

@Thundering165 @JuanG_Arango Alright then, Aaronsen. But the premise is just false - without birthright citizenship Americans or foreign born Americans, there are no Americans.

@rdwesq @JuanG_Arango Berhalter wasn’t born in the USA

What would the USMNT do without the foreign born and birthright citizenship players?

@RyanRosenblatt I believe your interpretation is the rule in IIHF. That seems a lot less subjective than the NHL rule and easier to officiate and more predictable to apply. In the NHL, there is zero consistency with those calls and is very aggravating

@rdwesq ya the crease and how it works is just so different in terms of where the play is tho. fwiw i hate goalie interference as it exists and would full on flip it to any in-crease contact is not allowed, also goalies get no protection outside the blue. make it more strict there.

I think that goal should have counted because Cubarsí is genuinely playing the ball and not impeding the goalkeeper as a tactic, but I am in support of all meat wall discouragement. I do think that, had the referee not called a foul, VAR would have let the goal stand.

@RyanRosenblatt Yeah it would definitely have to be carefully applied, which based on how it works IRL in hockey, lol

@rdwesq i've thought about that and it'd definitely solve the meat wall issue but does it grant keepers a get out of jail free card, especially not on corners? like from open play can they throw themselves at an attacker?

@soccerboxr @LfcNuel Idk, call me crazy, but I think they might just be a bit different in the respect that Balogun is approached from behind be the defender while innocuously going to receive a pass. I don't know how he was meant to put his foot anywhere else - he is literally in the air.

@LfcNuel The 2 fouls were different in one significant aspect: when Messi cleated, he clearly retracted his leg on his follow through. Balo continued the play with his full weight on the ankle—no retraction. The first is a foul. The second a red card. Intent doesn’t enter in.

🚨🗣️ José Mourinho on the VAR double standard between Lionel Messi and Folarin Balogun: "When I speak about the system, people call me crazy. They say Mourinho is always complaining. But today, the whole world saw the script with their own eyes. Folarin Balogun makes an accidental step, a completely natural movement of a striker fighting for the ball, and VAR calls the referee like a crime has been committed. A straight red card. He misses the biggest game of his life. But when the poster boy of FIFA, Lionel Messi, puts his studs into the calf of an opponent, the VAR room suddenly loses their internet connection. The referee goes blind. It is a completely different rulebook. If Balogun's name was Folarin Messi, he would not have even received a warning. It is not about the severity of the foul anymore; it is entirely about the name printed on the back of the shirt. It is a disgrace."

@TaylorTwellman I can't believe you have the gall to have an opinion on this sport AS AN AMERICAN. Having such opinions is reserved for people who are from Europe or who speak Spanish or Portuguese. Or so I'm lead to believe right here on the good ole internet

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@JuanG_Arango I believe it is 20/26 players on this roster were born here, not even counting Balogun, and I think of those pretty much all 20 grew up here. Heck, we're even exporting talent to places like Mexico, Bosnia, and (via the military diaspora) Germany!

@JuanG_Arango I guess you swap the outside backs out for Scally and Trusty, Tillman would have to come out for I guess Berhalter, and then Wright or Pepi up front. But it's impossible to answer because there is no jus sanguinis here - what makes us "us" is that we're born here.

@richarddeitsch This is the matchup I was most looking forward to in this world cup not involving the US. It is going to be a lot of fun and the Azteca is going to be shaking

The Mexico-England game is going to be incredible and it's also an incredible sports media story: Mexico is the second-biggest draw on Fox (as they've said repeatedly) and that the numbers will be insane on Spanish-language television. England is a massively popular team in the States. That game is Sunday night at 8PM ET -- the most-watched night of content. The viewership is going to be out of this world for a non-USMNT game.

@kkfla737 "Clear and obvious" has been a farce from the beginning. We're just relitigating all of the on-field calls from a screen in slow motion at this stage.

Balogun sending off was not even a foul… then again neither was the penalty conceded by Senegal in extra time. That’s not even a foul letalone a pen in extra time stoppage time. Tah’s disallowed goal was perfectly legal. Etc etc . VAR Is for shite