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NeyWatch: Nevermind, Maybe PSG Can't Afford Neymar After All
Welcome to NeyWatch, a series in which we catch up with the daily, often contradictory updates on the hottest story of the summer....
USMNT Beats Terrible Team To Win Meaningless Trophy
The Gold Cup is a shitty tournament. It’s the championship of CONCACAF, a garbage confederation with two consistently pretty good teams mixed in with a bunch of flotsam of varying quality. It’s normally contested by the participating countries’ B or C teams, since no one cares all that much about wi...
Former USMNT Manager Bob Bradley Gets New Coaching Job At LAFC
After his brief and inglorious tenure as Swansea City manager came to an end last December, ex-USMNT coach Bob Bradley and his shiny head will once again be on the sideline where they belong, as he has been named manager of one of MLS’s newest expansion teams, LAFC....
Jordan Morris Is Your Unlikely Gold Cup Hero
“Idk why Jordan Morris is out there,” I typed to the Deadspin staff exactly two minutes before his game-winning goal. Morris was barely scoring in MLS with the Seattle Sounders this year, and even his two goals in this tournament came against the far inferior Martinique. He looked lost and mistake-p...
Clint Dempsey Is The Most Reliable Man In America
His face has never changed....
NeyWatch: Gerard Piqué Admits His Tweet Saying Neymar Will Stay Was Just A Guess
Welcome to NeyWatch, a series in which we catch up with the daily, often contradictory updates on the hottest story of the summer....
Daley Blind Is Okay Posting This Image On His Social Channels With The Following Copy
Manchester United player Daley Blind wants you to know that he’s ready for the next match, and also that he’s not very good at copying and pasting. ...
Chelsea Prospect Sent Home After Insulting China
Brazilian winger Kenedy has been a promising young player in Chelsea’s system for a few years now, but after a disappointing, limited 2016-17 campaign, he would have been hoping to make an impact during the club’s preseason tour of Asia....
NeyWatch: Neymar Finally Decides To Play For ... Whoever Brings In Coutinho
Welcome to NeyWatch, a series in which we catch up with the daily, often contradictory updates on the hottest story of the summer....
MLS Offered Gigantic Media Rights Bid, But Only If It Adopts Promotion And Relegation
Major League Soccer, the famously cowardly league so afraid of things like “competition” and “risk” and “good ideas that might hurt some obscenely rich guys a little in the short term but will reap immeasurable rewards in the future” that it concocted up some bullshit closed-league format to encase ...
Belgium Golazo Enters Orbit Before Descending Into The Net
I don’t think Tessa Wullaert was trying to do that....
My Bizarre Quest To Become A Jew And Play Pro Soccer In Israel<em></em>
In September of 2015, soon after the move to Hønefoss, I had spoken with Aaron about future options. I told him I wanted to get back to the United States. He thought that returning to MLS would be an option. Enough teams still knew me and I should be able to at least get a minimum salary offer to be...
There Is No End In Sight For The Wild And Ridiculous Neymar-To-PSG Saga
When last we updated you on the story of the summer, the great will-they-or-won’t-they of our time, the ever-changing decision by Neymar to either stay at Barcelona or leave for PSG, the rumor that began as an improbability had, almost overnight, appeared to become a near certainty. Since then, thin...
Jamaica Knock Mexico Out Of Gold Cup On 88th-Minute Free Kick Stunner
Kemar Lawrence’s free kick left Mexican keeper Jose Corona dumbfounded as the 88th-minute goal put the New York Red Bull and his Jamaica side past Mexico and into a Gold Cup final matchup with the United States....
Atlanta United Beats Orlando City On 86th-Minute Rocket Golazo
Hector Villalba blasted a long-range, 86th-minute goal that proved to be the winner as Atlanta United beat Orlando City in a match that saw the visitors place a taunting billboard in central Florida, only to see that billboard defaced by Orlando City supporters....
Chicharito Gives West Ham Both A Striker And A New Fanbase
Javier Hernández is abnormally famous for a man of his talents. He’s undoubtedly a very skilled and capable striker, especially in the latest period of his career, but Chicharito also benefits from an extraordinary fanbase in North America, one that’s unshared by any of his peers. He is by far the m...
SCANDALOUS! Brazilian Star Neymar ... SWITCHING SIDES ... To FRANCE?? (Ooh La La) It Could Happen ... Or Not Happen (I Thought He And Messi Were FRIENDS!)<em></em>
Just yesterday, we sought to assuage nervous Barcelona fans’ fears and inform neutrals of reality by explaining that while reports of questionable reliability trickled out this week asseting that Brazilian superstar Neymar was seriously considering leaving Barça in favor of Paris Saint-Germain, noth...
Álvaro Morata's Move To Chelsea Should Set Off A Run On Pricey Strikers
Soccer is a game of goals, so naturally almost every transfer window is defined by the movement of the players that score the goals. This summer has been unique in that front, though, as a clutch of mostly young, established and/or wildly promising strikers have all been seemingly available for the ...
USMNT Win 2-0 Despite El Salvador's Biting And Nipple-Tweaking
The USMNT cruised to a 2-0 victory in tonight’s CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinal despite the fact that El Salvador repeatedly treated players like you might have treated your little brother....
USMNT Takes Healthy Halftime Lead Thanks To Two Unlikely Heroes<em></em>
The USMNT leapt out to a 2-0 first-half lead over El Salvador thanks to goals from two unlikely players. Despite Jozy Altidore and Clint Dempsey lining up together as a striking partnership, the scoring came from defenders Omar Gonzalez and Eric Lichaj....