Soccer

[Hogfan58]

Man Utd defeated EPL Champions Man City 2-1 in the FA Cup Final today in a huge upset.

Glory Glory Man Utd!

Utd reportedly are going to fire their manager in the couple of days.

[pigtacular]

USA Men looked pretty bad against Columbia.

[Thin Red Swine]

USA Men looked pretty bad against Columbia.

They played against a city in South Carolina and couldn't win?

[Barton Fink]

They played against a city in South Carolina and couldn't win?

Even worse, Missouri.

[Thin Red Swine]

Jeez. What a shit performance by USMNT.

And the officiating is worse.

[HOGSRUNWILD]

Jeez. What a shit performance by USMNT.

And the officiating is worse.

Again, or panama?

[Thin Red Swine]

Again, or panama?

Again.

No life tonight. It's embarrassing.

[pigtacular]

We don't move the ball with the same quality other teams do.  Alexi is ripping the team and coach post game.

[HOGSRUNWILD]

Coach has got to go.

[Hizog]

Tonight's loss was bad. Not because it was a bad opponent, but it was a must win game with our best available players, and we couldn't win. And we don't advance out of a joke of a group on our home soil.

I don't know what else needs to be said. Berhalter needs to be out tomorrow.

[DrMongoose]

Honestly they fire the coach for this type performance but then rehire him and expect something different, that is stupid.

https://x.com/devilwvu/status/1807977740886245784?s=61&t=yqgft3mqzhJjVNQN1flX9A

[Guardrail]

Mens and womens teams are shit.

[Cornhogio]

I think it goes a little higher than Berhalter, but that's a good place to start. 

[Thin Red Swine]

Adios, Ronaldo.

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha.

[pigtacular]

Adios, Ronaldo.

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha.

That was an intense match.

[Cornhogio]

Berhalter gone.  Go get Klopp who just left Liverpool.  At least make him say no.

[pigtacular]

Berhalter gone.  Go get Klopp who just left Liverpool.  At least make him say no.

Are we willing to spend that kind of money?

[One Quarter]

Anything could happen, but when Klopp retired from Liverpool, he pretty clearly indicated it was for a break from football, for an unspecified amount of time.  I cannot imagine he would ever take the US job, much less a couple months after that.

[Cornhogio]

The guy in charge of USA Soccer said it would be a world wide search, for a habitual winner, and that money would not be an object.  I'd make him say no.  At least that lets everyone know we're not messing around. 

Another thing I wondered about was the difference between club management and national team management.  Granted I don't have a full understanding, but club management seems like a lot more of a grind.  National team is tough in spurts, but it's not the week in, week out matches, Europe, FA Cup, League Cup, loan management, etc. 

[One Quarter]

No question, managing a national team is far less demanding.  I'm just relaying that Klopp said he wanted to take time off to, among other things, travel with his family.  I take that to mean a complete hiatus of at least a year rather than a couple months.

The media also named him a potential successor for both the England and Germany positions, both of which seem likelier to me than the US.  But for sure, I could be wrong.

He's a world-class manager and would be a statement hire for the US, but I also think our problem can't be fixed by a manager alone.