***Official Soccer Thread***

[POND_OF_RED]

Creating a new thread for soccer discussion since the Euro’s are done.

Most leagues are in preseason and Sporting KC are currently in a battle for the best record in the league to win the shield. We just sent Busio who’s a young Sporting youth academy player and possible future American star to Venezia to compete in the top division in Italy for a 6.5 million dollar transfer fee with up to $11 million with incentives and a 20% future sell-on rate if they sell him to another team. Not to mention another past youth academy player from Lee’s Summit and another possible World Cup starter Erik Palmer-Brown looks to be joining him at Venezia soon as well. If you’re looking for an Italian team to start rooting for with your new Paramount+ subscription they would be a good candidate with some local flavor.

The U.S has built a little power shift in the CONCACAF region with their wins over Mexico lately in Nations and Gold Cup finals and look to be in really good shape heading into the World Cup qualifiers next month.

Messi looks to be on the move as well. Let’s hope it’s not a worthless one to PSG for everyone’s sake.

Ok, CP feel free to remind me how gay soccer is now. Don’t care. Sporting is kicking ass and so is the USA. It’s a good time to be following along. Discuss…

Spoiler!

[|Zach|]

Originally Posted by penguinz

St Louis has one of if not the best soccer cultures in the US. They will always be a centerpiece for the MLS.

They will always be a center piece for MLS….except for the literal decades they were not and were relegated to jerking off to players from STL who had success for other cities.

[penguinz]

Originally Posted by |Zach|

They will always be a center piece for MLS….except for the literal decades they were not and were relegated to jerking off to players from STL who had success for other cities.

The only reason KC got a team from the start of the MLS and St Louis didn't was all because of Lamar Hunt.

[Dunerdr]

Mods can we close this turd? It's steering traffic away from the DeAndre Hopkins thread.

[|Zach|]

Originally Posted by penguinz

The only reason KC got a team from the start of the MLS and St Louis didn't was all because of Lamar Hunt.

And the reason a bunch of other teams don’t have more wins is because of Patrick Mahomes.

Those teams don’t get to sit around calling themselves a centerpiece of the NFL.

St Louis was doing **** all while other communities were actually in reality building the domestic league. And good for them for getting to parachute in after more than 25 years and be a part of something that others built.

[penguinz]

Originally Posted by |Zach|

And the reason a bunch of other teams don’t have more wins is because of Patrick Mahomes.

Those teams don’t get to sit around calling themselves a centerpiece of the NFL.

St Louis was doing **** all while other communities were actually in reality building the domestic league. And good for them for getting to parachute in after more than 25 years and be a part of something that others built.

Show your soccer ignorance.

[|Zach|]

Originally Posted by penguinz

Show your soccer ignorance.

Not in the least.

STL was relegated to convincing people how important they were while other people were actually doing the work.

Like having Scott Gallagher around is equal to having domestic club and building the league.

You can bitch that Lamar benched the city but you can’t pretend the city wasn’t on the bench while others did the work. Talking up US Open Cup wins they were not alive for.

[Fansy the Famous Bard]

Originally Posted by penguinz

The only reason KC got a team from the start of the MLS and St Louis didn't was all because of Lamar Hunt.

And the city of St. Louis sucks.

[Hammock Parties]

wait til they steal more taxpayer money to pay for soccer

a drain on the city, all we need is the royals and chiefs

[|Zach|]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

all we need is the royals and chiefs

Request denied.

And as an added **** you we are going to shove the World Cup up your ass. It is basically all you are going to see and hear about in 2026.

[Hark Clunt]

Originally Posted by |Zach|

Talking up US Open Cup wins they were not alive for.

yeah this is my main gripe with their fanbase so far. the history of soccer in STL is kinda cool, but you cannot take credit for things your brand new team had nothing to do with.

congratulations on that catholic boys school beating a team from the northeast in the 1890s or whenever the ****. they probably won it by having the fewest players with polio. everyone else really wishes they had accomplishments like this, and totally thinks it reflects on your current team that's 4 months old.

[POND_OF_RED]

Living in the past is pretty typical for St Louis sports fans. They still love to claim all of those World Series titles from the segregation era when they weren’t even the best baseball team in their own state.

[|Zach|]

[|Zach|]

Survived quite a scare from Canada. Busio had a really good game was worried the story was going to be the chances he did not capitalize on until he got the equalizer in stoppage time and had a perfect strike in PKs. Quite a day for him.

[TambaBerry]

That was an absolutely awful game until the 88th minute

[bdj23]

Originally Posted by POND_OF_RED

Living in the past is pretty typical for St Louis sports fans. They still love to claim all of those World Series titles from the segregation era when they weren’t even the best baseball team in their own state.

Flags fly forever