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  1. Titans Bastard

    MLS Cup 2023 (Columbus Crew vs. Los Angeles FC): Game Thread

    It's today, at 4pm (KO is at 4:10pm, I believe) on Fox, Fox Deportes, and non-paywalled on Apple TV. It should be a good one. Columbus, I think, will be the favorites on the basis of home-field advantage. The East was stronger than the West this year, so pretty much any actual contender from...
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    Major League Soccer 2023: Now With League-On-League Violence

    The USMNT lost its round of 16 match to the Netherlands on Saturday. Among other things, this obviously means there is no more soccer worth paying attention to until the MLS season begins in late February. Folks, it’s the 28th season of MLS, which is a hell of a long time. It's wild to think...
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    USMNT: Soccer's Coming Home

    THE LAST CYCLE The cycle ended this morning with an unfortunate 3-1 loss to the Netherlands in the World Cup Round of 16. It was a very long cycle for the USMNT. The winter World Cup extended the cycle by six months at the tail end, but the qualifying failure at Couva in October 2017 meant...
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    Americans Abroad 2022-23

    The season is underway in Europe so it's time for an overdue refresh of this thread. Keeping track of American players is getting harder than ever. Not only does MLS now have 28 clubs, but there has been an increased flow of sales to European clubs which means the American soccer player...
  5. Titans Bastard

    MLS 2022: Our Weird, Fun, Chaotic, Dumb Domestic League

    MLS Cup may have been yesterday, but the offseason starts immediately, especially in a winter preceding a league expansion season. And for the sixth consecutive year, there will be a new team in MLS next year: Charlotte FC. Their owner, David Tepper, is rich even by MLS owner standards, so...
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    Americans Abroad 2021-22: The Hype Train Is Leaving The Station

    It's a new era for the US men's program. We have big club stars. We have more players who can command eight figure transfer fees than ever before. A few of them are even fetching that kind of money coming from MLS. Local academies are producing more talent, local teams are playing and selling...
  7. Titans Bastard

    2021 Copa América

    The Copa América is scheduled to start in two weeks and as of tonight there are no longer any host countries. Colombia and Argentina had been scheduled to co-host, but Colombia dropped out ten days ago due to civil unrest there. Tonight, CONMEBOL announced that due to rising COVID cases...
  8. Titans Bastard

    Sons of El Pescadito: A Thread for Pure & Uncut CONCACAF-ery.

    We have a problem here at Breakfast with Gazza. We lack a repository for the bottomless well of insanity, chicanery, shithousing, and general nonsense that CONCACAF routinely provides. There is a lot of CONCACAF this year: CONCACAF Men's Olympic qualifying tournament (ongoing) WCQ CONCACAF...
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    MLS Offseason 2020-21: TAM, GAM, Thank You Ma'am.

    MLS somehow made it through the 2020 season, which turned out to be fairly entertaining if often bizarre and quirky even by MLS standards. Theoretically, the delayed playoff structure for the 2020 season will make for the shortest offseason we've had in a while, but that's dependent on the 2021...
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    Americans Abroad, 2020-21: The Kids Are Alright

    The new season is underway, so it’s time for a new thread! I think it’s increasingly clear that we are on the cusp of an exciting era for the USMNT. The cohort of players born from 1998-2002 seems like the strongest generation we’ve had since at least the 1979-83 cohort (Donovan, Dempsey...
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    MLS 2020: A Quarter Century of Soccer

    Believe it or not, the 25th season of MLS begins tomorrow. My earliest memories of watching soccer are from the 1994 World Cup and it's mind-boggling that that was 26 years ago now. MLS has once again expanded in 2020, taking membership to 26 teams: Inter Miami and Nashville SC have joined the...
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    Major League Soccer Offseason 2019-20: Zlexit

    With Seattle's triumph over Toronto in MLS Cup, the 2019 season is officially in the books. The league now hunkers down for a long offseason, as a result of the schedule changes for 2019. It's nice that the playoffs weren't interrupted by the November FIFA dates as has been the case for years...
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    Americans Abroad 2019-20: A New Hope

    New season, new thread. As the Weak Generation ages into its late 20s, there are few veterans of USMNT note plying their trade in the top European leagues. On the bright side, there is a burgeoning group of youngsters who are breaking through at respectable clubs and starting to make a name...
  14. Titans Bastard

    Americans Abroad: Summer Window 2019

    With the transfer window about to officially open and the 2018-19 season having officially ended a while ago, it's time to start a new thread. There's no use in posting a mega-list right now with so many players' futures up in the air. Here's what's happened so far: Player Pos / Yr Old Lg /...
  15. Titans Bastard

    Small Countries Still Allowed...For Now. 2019-20 UEFA Champions League Qualifying

    Qualifying starts tomorrow. There are two one-legged preliminary rounds in which the champions of the four lowest-ranked countries play for one place in the first qualifying round. All three games will take place in Pristina, Kosovo. Feronikeli (KOS) vs. Lincoln Red Imps (GIB) Tre Penne (SMR)...
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    Are the USWNT being unfairly criticized for their sportsmanship? Is it sexist?

    I mean, it's entirely possible that goal difference will come into play if the US ties Sweden, but they probably don't need to celebrate their goals anymore.
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    Curb Your Enthusiasm: US Youth National Teams, Prospect Hype, and Youth Development Thread [The DA is DEAD updates]

    In the same spirit as breaking out Revs discussion from the MLS thread, I thought it would be worthwhile to create a dedicated space for some topics that have heretofore been dumped mostly into the USMNT thread, as well as a few other places. I have to say, I'm feeling bullish about the US...
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    Poor New England! So Far From Boston, So Close to the Kraft Family: The Revolution 2019

    Based on some chatter in the MLS thread, there seems to be interest in a dedicated Revs thread. It's the hometown team for this Boston-based baseball message board, so here goes. Despite being a huge MLS guy, I have a long track record of being fairly negative about the Revs so if somebody...
  19. Titans Bastard

    Major League Soccer 2019: Your Humble Local League (and a little USOC too)

    The 24th season of America's very own domestic league kicks off on Saturday. Warts and all, MLS has long become my favorite league. For me, there's nothing like having a local league with local teams and local players. A few league-wide previews: SI (plus power rankings) Charles Boehm Matt...
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    MLS Offseason 2018-19: #SavedTheCrew

    The offseason tends to ramp up immediately after MLS Cup, so it's time for a new thread! Big-Picture Changes Against all odds, #SaveTheCrew has continued to progress. Haslam hasn't officially bought the team yet; there are new stadium plans being bandied about first. Nonetheless, nobody...