Keeping It Real
Going straight from the pitch to the television studio, Tim Howard is smoothly making the transition from world class goalkeeper to astute analyst.
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Feb 3, 2021
Going straight from the pitch to the television studio, Tim Howard is smoothly making the transition from world class goalkeeper to astute analyst.
Fate can be a very funny thing.
Whether or not you even believe in fate or destiny, it’s undeniable that there are millions of little instances that must happen in an exact manner to get a person to where they end up. Even the slightest alteration in one’s path can determine entire decades of the future. It can be as banal as taking a left instead of a right, taking drama instead of band in high school or, in the case of Tim Howard, experiencing his first overdose of youthful exuberance in fall, not spring.
Vlatko Andonovski made his 23 picks for the 2021 SheBelieves Tournament taking place in Argentina, Brazil, & Canada. Tobin Heath is out with an ankle injury. Alex Morgan & Christen Press are back after illnesses. But there are a few interesting decisions here.
FC Barcelona right back Sergiño Dest is fit and available for the Copa del Rey tie with Granada today.
USA vs. Trinidad and Tobago, 2021 friendly: Man of the Match
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The United States Men’s National Team entered 2021 with a bang, dispatching Trinidad and Tobago 7-0 Sunday night in Orlando. When you have a match with 7 goals, a penalty save, and 73% possession, that means you had several wonderful performances.
The vast majority of the SSFC community thought that most players that saw the field for the USMNT Sunday night performed great. However, there was one who was a full horse length ahead of the rest of the pack: Jesús Ferreira. His 2 goals and 3 assists was enough to earn him U.S. Soccer’s Insiders Man of the Match, and you all voted him the SSFC Man of the Match.