Randy Finch

@ScottTheGeo @FIFABrit @BrknBallsSports You do understand this is the same thing as a late hit in football, flagrant foul in basketball, and high sticking/interference in hockey.

@FIFABrit @BrknBallsSports This is why Americans don’t care for soccer. We like contact sports, not princesses that flop after a little contact.

Can you imagine leaning into a pitch and being rewarded a home run

@ussoccerfeed You can call it whatever you want, but the mental edge was gone. From Tuesday nights-Friday it was “we have to win this for balo, that can’t be his last game.” 24 hours before the game, it’s announced he gets to play. Now that mental edge is gone, and Belgium feels slighted.

I fundamentally disagree that in a World Cup round of 16 match there’s anything that is going to provide the opposition with bulletin board material. And again, if it affected out mentally that’s PATHETIC.

@riverofcustard @Aquarius_fr @lamoucheduc0ach Wrong, you can pass with your thigh, however this should probably be a yellow. Similar to juggling the ball up and heading it back is a yellow because it’s a trick to circumvent the back pass.

@Aquarius_fr @lamoucheduc0ach Es incorrecto, no podés dar pases con la rodilla tampoco

En vrai pk la VAR est pas intervenue ? C'est totalement interdit de récupérer le ballon à la main là

@CalcioMoneyball @burner0703 The whole Belgium gameplan was make Dest and Pulisic play defense, they were hunting them because they knew it was an easy goal scoring opportunity. Can you show me their MLS ties?

@burner0703 Now you forget about McKennie and Adams’ MLS ties - convenient

USMNT was in the game against Belgium, playing much better after Gio subbed on, score 1-2, when our best player broke his leg trying to shoot - then an MLS player fucked up worse than we’ve ever seen, and the game / dream was over (done). #facts

@Fwances78 @MadridPreeti Can you show me your complaint when the Cabo verde player jumped into the bleachers to hug his wife, but didn’t get a yellow?

@MadridPreeti Referee whenever it is against Argentina 🇦🇷

🚨 Lautaro Martinez was already on a yellow card when he scored the goal. Despite that he crossed the Barrier and went up to the stands to celebrate This is a Yellow Card offence which would've ruled him out against England. So the Ref and VAR decided to forget about the Rule😤

@MadridPreeti Can you show me your complaint when the Cabo verde player jumped into the bleachers to hug his wife, but didn’t get a yellow?

@ManagerTactical Yes, came through halfway through the cycle with 10 total competitive games, majority were the Gold Cup games without an option to bring in the first choice guys.

Would you keep Mauricio Pochettino as the USMNT 🇺🇸 head coach? If yes, why? If no, also why?

@water_tre He said it was just another tournament, he’s played in a bunch of big tournaments. Those were his words.

This whole article is another example of why Zlatan, Beckham, and Pochettino have called out the culture of American sports. Our star Christian Pulisic was actively trying to engage in “Load Management” last year during the training camp. This type of stuff just shows where we are as a culture. The lead up to the biggest tournament of your life, you are load managing? Load management will be the death of all sports in America. Especially, Basketball and American Football.

@ProspectsUsmnt You find me a World Cup game when he made 11 subs and this can continue..

@rfinch03 By Poch’s own words there are no friendlies.

Right conclusion, wrong reasoning. Don’t be reactionary. We don’t need to appease casuals. The performance was a joke, but it’s just one game. The rational for not extending him is that essentially his entire tenure has been mediocre. There’s not a lot of “good” to go off of.

@ProspectsUsmnt “Senegal barely qualified for the KO stage,” out of a group with France and Norway. Not all teams can be gifted groups by please placed on Pot 1 as a Pot 2 team. “We beat Senegal before the World Cup,” in a friendly with Senegal missing 4 starters who were just arriving….

We didn’t try to cheat. You just don’t understand how to read rules. Get lost crybaby!

@Mike220870 @FrankCastl74925 @CJohnCC @ldock93 And they took the lead shortly after. It’s a mindset at that point, hold this lead and let’s get out of here. Colombia picked up a red going into halftime against Uruguay and managed to hold on.

@rfinch03 @FrankCastl74925 @CJohnCC @ldock93 Completely different situation. Weah punched another player which got VAR'ed and sent off early in the game youtube.com/watch?v=CmsP6F…

Things Christian Pulisic has done for US Soccer since his 2016 debut 2016 Copa America: ❌️ 2017 Gold Cup: DNP 2018 World Cup: DNQ 2019 Gold Cup: ❌️ 2021 Gold Cup: DNP 2022 World Cup: ❌️ 2023 Gold Cup: DNP 2024 Copa America: ❌️ 2025 Gold Cup: DNP 2026 World Cup: ❌️

@Mike220870 @FrankCastl74925 @CJohnCC @ldock93 Balogun got a red card against Bosnia…..

@FrankCastl74925 @CJohnCC @ldock93 Yep bc Weah got an early red card for stupid unsportsmanlike conduct vs Panama and screwed the team & they lost the game they needed to win. I watched it. USA are never streetwise enough and always play ‘naively’.

@JuanG_Arango I’m so confused what club career has to do with the national team?

No comparison. Landon avoided Europe and wanted to be considered elite despite playing in MLS. He's the ONLY player to have earned a 1 rating in a Champions League match. At least Pulisic has been a constant player in the top leagues.

@nagaeboko1 @1067theFan But it’s not, he was missing games towards the end of AC Milan’s season with “injuries,” when the Milan medical staff said there was no injury. They were claiming he was trying to rest for the World Cup.

@1067theFan No. He’s a wuss. He’s weak. His pro career is more important to him than playing for his country. He played barely half the time that the team did.

Are people being too harsh on Christian Pulisic for his comments after the U.S. was embarassed in the World Cup?

@KelvinLoyola Much more involved and played better? He played 75 minutes in the group stage….

To compare Pulisic’s World Cup to Donovan’s 06 cup is so apples to oranges. 1. Pulisic was much more involved and simply played better except for the Belgium game. 2. Donovan was horrible for two of the three games in 2006, with the game against Italy being a good one.

@yannnnie2473444 @tmcfar @ProspectsUsmnt 2 MLS players started, 3 received meaningful minutes at the World Cup. How is that “influence over the national team?”

@tmcfar @ProspectsUsmnt No, mls clearly had influenced over the national team. Those guys are given more call ups generally without performing well than guys in Europe. Young guys who stay regress. It’s not the pipeline. They should be going to Europe as soon as possible

This is always the response from the MLS shills. They refuse to admit their players hurt the NT and/or didn’t properly earn their spots. Of course any honest person can admit Pulisic and Dest played poorly (I have tweets individually about both doing so).

@DHC1_1991 @DarbyFreeman2 @tmcfar @ProspectsUsmnt You didn’t answer the question. We made 2 of 11 world cups before the MLS existed, how is that “fine?”

@DarbyFreeman2 @tmcfar @ProspectsUsmnt Look at the 1998/2002/2006 teams - who developed at MLS academies again?

@Barkley333 @ProspectsUsmnt Also more context, they tied Italy in 2006 with 9 men, and had to play Ghana without mastroeni and Eddie pope.

@ProspectsUsmnt @rfinch03 2006 team was not better than 2002. Man, you are just wrong on so much.

I keep seeing people bring up how we got to the QF’s in 2002 and haven’t been there since. It’s a misunderstanding of our place in the ecosystem. We lucked into the QF’s in 2002 based off what our level was. Everything went right to get there. We weren’t a top 8 team in the world at that point. Not even close. Along the way we probably faced some bad luck that balanced it out such as a very good group in 2006 and some underperformance, losing to a very beatable Ghana team in 2010 Round of 16 or not even qualifying in 2018 despite clearly being a WC level team (even if we were down that cycle). In that span we’ve lost to 3 teams in the Round of 16 that were better footballing nations (twice Belgium and once Netherlands). In 2014 Belgium was significantly better than us player for player and dominated us. Yes, you can say we played a good game for what we were and kept it close and had moments to win, but it ignores how dominant they were. In 2022 we played Netherlands close and just weren’t as good or experienced. In 2026 we had a terrible performance at the wrong time, but the game was on even terms and essentially everything went Belgium’s way in that game and nothing ours. We were not sharp and those games are part of football, but were able to be competitive in dictating the tempo and I think you can say we legitimately were very close to having the better players on the field than Belgium. It’s a process to improve our finishes in the WC. You can lament how we haven’t gotten to the QF’s since 2002, but we got lucky in 2002 and people have overshot the steps it takes to get there consistently. We didn’t play well when it mattered in 2026, but the main benchmarks that help you win those games we have significantly improved over time. There’s room for legitimate criticism, but it’s towards those who had an active role this cycle and the results of the current group. The larger “American soccer sucks and hasn’t tangibly improved” takes are naive IMO.

@AJD_20 This part. Running a camp in southern Maryland, the better kids have no interest in putting in effort. Just walking around doing their own thing.

I’ve asked several international coaches now working in the U.S. what the biggest difference is compared to back home. “A lot of my players look like they’re being forced to be here.” That doesn’t describe every player, but it raises an important question about culture.

There are a lot of us who couldn’t afford to play growing up. Others quietly covered my costs. But it’s deeper than just making soccer free. My parents still sacrificed by driving over an hour each way, multiple times a week. Access is about much more than registration fees.