Alex Young

I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

@stoolpresidente This is what the Premier League has turned into. It’s a chess game, the best team specialized in scoring corners. 😴

If that was the only soccer game Id ever seen Id never watch again What a snoozer

@frenchjraff My question is if USL fails with a pro/rel system, then what can we learn from that?

I don't want to watch MLS because they don't have promotion and relegation, which makes them a subpar league. Get pro rel. Stop being so afraid of competition 🤷 #ProRelForUSA

MLS discourses that make no sense: Pro/Rel - USL already doing it Apple TV - Watching any sport costs $ Salary Cap - Most US sports have, MLB fans beg for one, parity>super teams Wont watch lower quality - only valid if you solely watch PL and root for best team Any others?

@TouchlineX If true, Spain gonna lose for sure now lol

🚨📲 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Lamine Yamal on Instagram, 3 hours before kick off.

@golz_tv This cup I had seen them play the best I've ever seen, and also the worst I've ever seen. I agree though, missed opportunity.

“They [the masses] are saying, ‘I'm out on American soccer. I'm out on the USMNT. I will never believe again. I will never have an expectation of this team again.’” 😳 Sebastian Salazar says most casual fans are turned off by USMNT after the Belgian loss. He was talking to Hérculez Gómez for Duel Nats on YouTube, where they both agreed this was a failure and a missed opportunity after 50.1 million Americans watched across FOX, Telemundo, and Peacock. “Whatever international world kind of thinks of American soccer. It might hurt us every four years, but it doesn't really matter,“ Salazar said. “What matters is what the casuals think. It's what that 30 million that tuned in in English language [on FOX] think. We know it is probably 25 to 28 million casuals, people who almost never watch soccer. “And I'm telling you, you know I'm a big sports talk radio guy. And I've been impressed with the television coverage around the U.S. men's national team. “But TV's a little bit different than sports talk radio. You know, sports talk radio is almost 99% NFL. “And it is remarkable to me, before the failure against Belgium, how much they were kind of cutting through. And even since, how much they have cut through. They're still talking about this on sports talk radio. “But Herc, to your point, it's all negative. And what I hear from people who are talking to the masses right now, is basically what you said. “They're saying, ‘I'm out on American soccer. I'm out on the USMNT. I will never believe again. Sure, every four years, I'll pay attention and I'll follow, but I will never have an expectation of this team again.’ “And that, to me, is not just the missed opportunity, but a result of how badly the missed opportunity was missed. “It wasn't a 3-2 against England, almost getting it like Mexico had. It was a disastrous, humiliating, and not just humiliating like, you got played off the pitch. The boys just didn't show up. “And I think Americans, you always say it, they love a winner. But you know what else? They hate a loser. “And the team looked like losers on the day. The program looked like losers. I'll be honest, I kind of felt like a loser! “Somebody who's been championing American soccer for 20, 30 years, telling people that there's been progress and growth. You know what? I felt like a fool! “I felt like a fool. And I still feel like that four or five days after the game.”

@piersmorgan You guys keep talking like this, it will for sure be a loss.

All this fearful talk of ‘how will England stop Messi’ is ludicrous. The much more pertinent question is how will Argentina stop Bellingham? He’s the real superstar of this World Cup.

Thanks world, we’ll take it from here. 🌎 MLS returns July 16 on @AppleTV.

@MissKG86 @petercrouch 1000 percent the most likable Englishman of all time.

I think @petercrouch may just be my favourite ever #England fan

@cappske @stuholden Yes, fine everyone for simulation. Make it a red even.

@youngalex @stuholden Naw. You can't pick and choose. Fine everyone then. Not just here. This was a bad flop. But intentionally deceiving on small contact is also poor sportmanship. This is a deeper issue than 1 player.

I have no problem with this outcome. Embolo embellished with the intent of getting another player booked. It’s a yellow card for simulation — not sure what the controversy is here? Don’t dive

@ManagerTactical They’re taking a note out of the nfl’s playbook, the more you get the refs and replays involved, the more you can influence outcomes.

Have you all noticed that the “ref mistakes” or “VAR mistakes” are never in favor of the “less popular nations”?

@MrBellinghamUS @DschlopesIsBack Those fat boys are really vital to the sport as well. It’s essential they’re as fat as possible. Also yes, get those pads and helmets on. This is a tough guy’s game, so we need those.

@DschlopesIsBack American football is a sport that literally accommodates obese men. It also accommodates men that discovered their preference for wearing pads when they realized Rugby was too tough for them.

Soccer is a sport that rewards you for being the smaller, weaker and softer man.

@JonnyRoot_ Two handed shove on a defender is a foul unfortunately. The issue is refs call these inconsistently in the box so we don’t know when it’s going to be called back or not.

This is another thing that sucks BIG TIME in soccer... There’s too much flopping from weak men & referees that reward acting.

@kev_in_draft @theoldzealand Yeah obvious simulation should be a red, honestly. It’s fucking annoying

@theoldzealand Spirit of the game? Wtf is the spirit of the game? My guy did the most obvious egregious dive. Thank goodness he got sent off. If anything Spirit of the game should have this happen more often. Send off all the diving players then maybe football's watchable again

The official referee consultant just said on the US broadcast: “It’s legally correct but it’s against the spirit of the game and it’s not what the rule was written with in mind” What are we even doing

@DaxMcCarty11 They gotta get diving out of the game any means necessary. Fine him too.

I want diving out of the game, I’m perfectly fine with a yellow for punishing it. Looked to me like a play you just wave “play on” to and keep it moving. But Embolo conned the ref with his action which is kinda the thing we are trying to eliminate 🤷🏼‍♂️ I get it

@BarstoolBigCat It’s the right call, total flop. Simulation is always a yellow. Fuck flopping. Fine him too.

I just don’t know how you can hate flopping (everyone should) while also saying this was a bad call. Such a clear and egregious flop #JustMyThoughtsFromAMessiFanRegardlessOfWhoMyGOATIs

@jasonrmcintyre I’m fine with a second yellow, get diving out. Fine him too.

This is why people say it’s rigged for Argentina On what planet is that a red card

@Tesla7771 @DiscussingFilm This was the best movie post Endgame I think, definitely worth a watch on D+ if you haven’t seen it.

@DiscussingFilm Who the hell are those people

Lamine Yamal’s little brother Keyne is a living meme

@anglorious_ @victimsofcomics Damn this will be a cool matchup, I now hope Burn starts to test this theory!

England are obsessed with football, have a strong youth system now, and a top tier domestic league. They haven’t won a modern World Cup. They haven’t been to a final for 60 years.