Keith Zinyemba
260 posts
FIFA should just have America host every World Cup. Where else in the world do you have this many elite stadiums in cities capable of handling such an influx of foreign visitors? And it lines up with the American football offseason for easy conversion to soccer for the venues.
@water_tre I think people now are aware of the root of these problems. I think it will be wise now to start educating people how to solve this issue. Is soccer a Congress thing or how can people vote to make the changes.i haven't seen these videos yet.
🇺🇸 From the inside read of the USMNT World Cup campaign... which really started when Mauricio Pochettino took over and found some culture shock: “The situation was worse than we really believed,” Pochettino said last month. Ahead of their first training camp in Austin, Texas, that October, he and his staff expected to meet players who “would be so desperate to help (and) come to the national team.” Instead, “we received a big punch,” he recalled. They felt they were the only ones excited for the World Cup to start. Christian Pulisic, the team’s star, left that camp early to return to AC Milan, a decision that was described as “load management” and roundly criticized by U.S. national team veterans, including Tim Howard and Alexi Lalas. Pochettino went along with that plan publicly, but it was symptomatic of dynamics that had to be fixed. He encountered players who had too much power, who dictated time off, and who sometimes used it for golf outings or meals with friends. Pochettino felt he had to strip away that power. The teardown was, at times, tumultuous. A March 2025 window, which culminated with losses to Panama and Canada, “was painful,” he’d later say. “But it was necessary … for the players to realize that (doing things) this way, it is impossible to arrive in a good condition for the World Cup.” A big read, with @PaulTenorio and @HenryBushnell nytimes.com/athletic/74291…
@StanCollymore Out of interest, what is the equivalent position for American sports? Presumably not as financially prohibitive because they are played in schools? (Btw - been enjoying your WC coverage last few weeks 👍)
@AlexiLalas So many soccer experts on the internet now 😂
@AlexiLalas Alright Cranbrook. This is what I'm yelling about. If not publicly subsidized youth soccer, where are you on pro/rel in America? You played in Serie A, you know shit hits different when the stakes get raised
Every four years we take the best 11 athletes in every other country and put them up against the 4000th best athletes in America, and see if we can win. It's a crazy exercise.
Christian Pulisic provides an update on the injury he faced @JennyTaft
@AlexiLalas Yes, the point of coaching youth soccer should not be for a coach to make as much money as possible. If you want to make money coaching soccer, coach at higher levels and not youths.
