Jason Davis

@davisjason

Soccer guy with other interests, including Puerto Rico, history, and the fate of our democracy. Find me on SiriusXM and YouTube. If you want to make American soccer things, REACH OUT.

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Jason Davis@davisjason· Jul 11

The comments are a cur-sed place

Screenshot of a comment suggesting David Beckham should be involved in improving American youth soccer

Jason Davis@davisjason· Jul 10

Jump scare, every time.

screenshot of an email from linkedin asking "Do you know Bruce" and the "Bruce" is Bruce Arena

Jason Davis@davisjason· Jul 9

Weird sign spotted in Landmark here in NoVa. Can't find anything about a candidate by this name online.

Jason Davis@davisjason· Jul 7

James es un pasajero.

Jason Davis@davisjason· Jul 7

Whatever this brain is, I don't want it

Jason Davis@davisjason· Jul 6

Because of the typo (an entire missing word...sheesh).

Jason Davis@davisjason· Jul 6

I know the sports fan in me is going to dominate my feelings tonight, but I'm not going to be able to let the way this happened go.

I'll cut to the chase and just blurt out that all of this is making it difficult to know how to thread the needle of my feelings about tonight's game. As a fan of the USMNT who also despises FIFA and the current presidential administration and sees the influence of latter upon the former as a there's a war happening in my head.

Chalking the whole episode up to standard FIFA corruption and therefore unremarkable as a example of the genre feels like a dodge of the ethical implications. Letting ourselves off the hook of facing up to what it means that our corrupt president acted corruptly in the interest of our soccer team might be the simplest thing to do, but it's also the most poisonous.

Jason Davis@davisjason· Jul 6

The amount of shit he packed into a few paragraphs here out does any performance we've seen at this World Cup. Truly stunning.

Jason Davis@davisjason· Jul 5

This sucks.

Jason Davis@davisjason· Jul 4

Allow me to introduce you to Victor Rivas. It doesn't get saucier.

Jason Davis@davisjason· Jul 3

Jason Davis@davisjason· Jul 2

Norway gets a little viking boat on the Fotmob World Cup bracket!

Jason Davis@davisjason· Jul 2

Incredible

Screen shot of Fox World Cup postgame with a sign in the background that says "Sun's Out Baloguns Out"

Jason Davis@davisjason· Jun 30

when the quebecois speak "french"

Jason Davis@davisjason· Jun 30

I'm sorry. Will feel like what?

weather forecast for Washington DC indicated insanely high temperatures, including a "will feel like" number of 115 degrees fahrenheit on Friday

Jason Davis@davisjason· Jun 30

My Day 20 World Cup newsletter. Thoughts on narrow margins, penalties, and our search for answers when there aren't many. jason-davis-soccer-eagle.ghost.io/world-cup-da...

Jason Davis@davisjason· Jun 30

same energy

Jason Davis@davisjason· Jun 30

I'm late getting it out, there's a game already on, and it's a weird day to engage in relatively trivial things like opinion on soccer, but here's my new newsletter on yesterday's World Cup drama. jason-davis-soccer-eagle.ghost.io/world-cup-da...

Text: Today the world is celebrating Paraguay (and tearing down Germany) because Orlando Gill made the extra save and Germany's winning goal was taken off the board because of a World Cup-specific emphasis on limiting physical play in the box on corner kicks. That's it. The South American triumph over the famous European side (again, not saying it was not deserved) probably doesn't happen without the reaction to set piece meatwallery across the Premier League and other competitions this last season. If that's not the definition of "fine margins", I don't know what is.

Jason Davis@davisjason· Jun 30

Here's the video of Kimmich looking for German players willing to take penalties. Just wow.

Jason Davis@davisjason· Jun 30

This barely helps

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Jason Davis@davisjason· Jun 26

Better late than never

Jason Davis@davisjason· Jun 26

While we're talking about what Argentinians mean when they communicate, I locked in on some body language from Pochettino's post-game press conference last night. jason-davis-soccer-eagle.ghost.io/world-cup-da...

Jason Davis@davisjason· Jun 26

Last night was a late one and we did an episode of Morning Kickaround this morning, so here's your later-than-usual edition of the Soccer Eagle World Cup Day 16 newsletter. I wrote about Pochettino's testy press conference after last night's loss. jason-davis-soccer-eagle.ghost.io/world-cup-da...

Text snippet: I've had to work through my own reactions to this version of Pochettino because it can feel like he's talking down to American soccer. He certainly has a negative view of a lot of elements of American soccer and sports culture and hasn't been shy about expressing those views in foreign outlets.
And yet, Pochettino also presents as a man enraptured by some parts of what makes America America and can be found waxing poetic about Herb Brooks and the 1980 US hockey team as portrayed in the movie Miracle or invoking the wisdom of Kevin Costner's character Crash Davis from Bull Durham when deciding what to wear on the sidelines during USMNT World Cup matches.

Jason Davis@davisjason· Jun 26

Yeah that tracks. britmonkey.com/2020s-politi...

Jason Davis@davisjason· Jun 26

Mauricio Pochettino speedrunning the American sports filmography was not something I saw coming. Also: Gotta burn the fit now

Jason Davis@davisjason· Jun 25

If you like words about the World Cup, subscribe!

Jason Davis@davisjason· Jun 24

Not since Louis Gossett, Jr. helped a precocious military brat steal a USAF fighter jet to rescue his dad from behind enemy lines has the military brat had such a moment. We are legion. www.theguardian.com/football/202...