The Soccer Thread (Version 8)

They are a revelation. I think that Spurs look like the best team this calendar year and will win. Arsenal look very good as well and are probably my third choice after Spurs and Leicester. My Red Devils are a dumpster fire and Man City firing Pellegrini ruined their title hopes.

 

Rooney reportedly out for two months with a knee injury.

 

Memphis needs to step up. I assume that Martial moves to the center forward spot and Memphis takes his place on the flank.

United needs to stop playing with two slower DMs

 

The week of Marcus Rashford has been very cool. Massive loss for Arsenal -- they had to dominate a team with a bunch of kids and Carrick playing center back.

 

Tim Howard officially moves to Colorado Rapids after the EPL season. With Brad Guzan's Aston Villa almost certainly relegated, it looks like there will be no American goalkeeper in the EPL since around 2000.

 

Who's next in goal for the USMNT?

 

If he's healthy, Bill Hamid is likely their heir apparent. There are a couple of younger keepers, Ethan Horvath and Zack Steffen, who are well regarded. My guess is that by 2022, Hamid and Steffans will be the keepers.

Timmy has not looked great the past couple of years (I'd argue that his saves against Belgium in 2014 were more volume than quality, but that's an argument for another day) and spending major DP money for an ancient keeper is crazy.

 

Fucking hell, USMNT down 1-0 in the 7th to Guatemala. Howard looks weak. And those black kits are shit.

 

A toothless, pathetic performance. They need to win the next 3, at worst take 7 points.

 

Great win by England today in a very entertaining friendly against Germany in Berlin. Down 2-0 in the second half, they score three straight, with the winner on a header off a corner in stoppage time. First win by England in Germany since the 2001 World Cup qualifier when Michael Owen scored a hat trick (I think that's what the TV guys said).

Lots of new, young faces on England's side as the old guard goes away, maybe like when then-young Beckham, Owen, etc. re-energized England in the late 1990s. Much more fun team to watch.

 

Kane, Vardy and Dier with the goals. A symbol of how English soccer has changed this season.

 

Vardy's goal was so, so cheeky.