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2 hours ago, Wiler77 said:

I am a certified ref, although I only ref about 15-20 games a year. The handball rule is one of the most subjective rules of the game. I ref lots of 7v7 games because I spend many hours as a volunteer and coach at that age group so I tend to migrate there as a ref, and the number of parents that go apoplectic anytime a handball isn't called makes me laugh. One time I stopped the game when parents were going apeshit and asked if any of them could tell me what the handball rules were, and if the answer was "the ball hits their hand", they were wrong.  Crickets.

I actually agreed the Mexico handball wasn't a penalty. You are allowed to brace yourself when you fall.

You are allowed to use one hand to stop the ball as long as you commit to falling while you do.

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On 7/8/2025 at 11:31 PM, tokamak said:

Here's The Athletic's guess at the 26-man WC roster as of today. They didn't do a starting lineup or put them in order.

  • GK: Turner, Steffen, Schulte
  • DF: Dest, Jedi, Richards, Ream, McKenzie, Freeman, Scally, Zimmerman
  • MF: Adams, McKennie, Musah, Tillman, Cardoso, Berhalter, LDLT, Tessman
  • FW: Puli, Weah, Balogun, Wright, Luna, Pepi, Sargent

Not a ton to argue with. GK suuuuuucks. No depth at FB and no 2nd CB you feel good about. I think LDLT is a waste of space, but it's not like he'll be playing a lot so whatever.

freese is going to be on the roster as the #2 or #3 doesn't matter but this is a tournament where kicks happen and he is obviously a pk ninja

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On 6/9/2025 at 7:02 PM, Ted Lange said:

 

 


Lyon is trying to get out of this deal. Their agreement to avoid relegation forced them to be on a financial review. As such paying this fee for Turner (who they see as a #2) doesn’t work.

https://prosoccerwire.usatoday.com/story/sports/usmnt/2025/07/23/turner-transfer-lyon-trying-to-cancel-usmnt-goalkeeper-deal/85340539007/#

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6 minutes ago, LurkingHorn said:

Why the hell would Turner agree to go anywhere he isn’t going to get playing time? Is this dude serious about making the World Cup? 

I actually really like the guy. I’ve listened to him on a lot of podcasts and stuff and he seems like a genuinely good guy. Great story. 

But, #1) he’s not very good, and #2) every career choice he makes is baffling. It’s a tough indictment of the rest of our pool that the guy is anywhere near the #1 spot. 

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36 minutes ago, tokamak said:

I actually really like the guy. I’ve listened to him on a lot of podcasts and stuff and he seems like a genuinely good guy. Great story. 

But, #1) he’s not very good, and #2) every career choice he makes is baffling. It’s a tough indictment of the rest of our pool that the guy is anywhere near the #1 spot. 

I mean, he took his shot at the premier league and at a massive club. I don’t fault him for that. But everything after that has not worked out and it never seemed like it was going to workout. 

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7 hours ago, LurkingHorn said:

Why the hell would Turner agree to go anywhere he isn’t going to get playing time? Is this dude serious about making the World Cup? 

He really doesn’t have much bargaining power. Teams want to move him, he kind of has to take the terms and the move. His situations aren’t great and he has to get out.

6 hours ago, LurkingHorn said:

I mean, he took his shot at the premier league and at a massive club. I don’t fault him for that. But everything after that has not worked out and it never seemed like it was going to workout. 

i think the Arsenal move was more the Revs taking a good deal. But I think it was @Hagbard Celine that said sometimes the big club transfer money isn’t the best move for the player, the club or the league. Sure you get money and a big club. But if it doesn’t work out, the player is stunted. And both the club and league look like not great farm systems churning out duds.

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