By Opta's global soccer rankings Arsenal is the #1 team in the world. Fleetwood town is ranked 1753. There is no analogy using American sports to accurately describe the magnitude of the upset.

I keep watching this goal back, brilliant in its simplicity but perfect in execution. One of the best Crew goals this year.

Crew's mixed season has Taha flying under the radar, but he has been a bright spot all year, and seems to get better every single game. I'm feeling confident that he is the best player the Crew's Academy has ever produced...and two academy guys are bringing Boro to the Prem.

Brias Mendez is quite a signing my word

Every single goal in this game was Mexico just cartoonishly slipping on a banana peel.

Crew are in 25th place, no excuse not to find some first team opportunities for him

Pretty much impossible to justify this decision. You cannot be both bad, and also have no opportunities for young players. Crew have a lot of talent in academy + 2nd team, but seem to be unwilling to integrate them. I have no idea what this team's direction or vision is.

Signing players based on international tournaments is like the textbook transfer market folly. I understand this desire from a marketing standpoint, but it isn’t really how you build good rosters.

My annual tradition of making plans during the Crew away game at Charlotte is undefeated

There is no way Dayne St. Clair is worse than this guy right?

Iger gonna be shocked when he learns he can’t just buy his competitors and merge them into a super team

The Crew’s sudden set piece dominance needs to be studied

Arfsten's labeled as a Defender on Boro's site. He was used as a pretty classic LB against Wrexham...but I'm skeptical that this is a good use of his skillset. Hellberg and Pochettino have both seen Max as LB rather than winger. But he will need to grow into the role!

Is MLS actually a retirement league? I mean...sort of. My thoughts: #mls #soccer #usmnt

The problem I have with the Retirement League moniker is that it assumes a single identity/roster building strategy for a 30 team league. "Sell tickets & win games with recognizable aging stars" is certainly the strategy of some teams, but many do not

Are soccer fans still invested in the US vs Mexico soccer rivalry at the club level? My thoughts on Leagues Cup:

I think metrics like xG are very valuable in soccer. But seeing 0.07 xGoT for this Suarez shot gives me pause. Schulte gets a huge negative on goals prevented based on this, but it really wasn’t a goalkeeping error. The model seems to be missing some factors.

The world cup just ended but somehow FIFA can't leave the headlines thanks to the latest scheme cooked up by Gianni Infantino. My explanation of what is being proposed, and why Europe is threatening to boycott the world cup! #soccer #fifa

Solid time to bring this back up. Makes it very easy for me to follow all the former Crew players when they are all going to the same team!