“Sweep the leg!” – John Kreese, 1984 All-Valley Karate Championship One of many “almosts” for NSC on the night“Sweep the leg!” – John Kreese, 1984 All-Valley Karate Championship Happy boizGOOOOL.(own) GOOOOOLAfter a nice counter-attack, Matt LaGrassa treats you like a dummy.Seems unnecessary, IMO.“Half an inch the other way, and you would have missed completely.”Almost.Come for the foul, stay for the Academy Award-winning performances from many sides, many sides.You know that thing where you get beaten oh the dribble, so you shoulder-block the player who beat you and grab the ball in your hands, and don’t even get a talking-to, much less a yellow card? (Obviously in this case it worked out for Nashville SC because he also put the ball in his own damn net later in the game).This would have been a very fun goal.Punching up is a term for deploying powerful techniques of criticism and rhetoric to critique and dismantle power structures, rather than to harm people disempowered relative to yourself.Opinion: “Ow.”Ref plays advantage, Birmingham player knocks it over his own endline… goal kick. Neat.I talk a lot about how the ball just comes off Daniel Ríos’s foot differently than it does other USL players. Ropapa’s got it, too. Just up that stamina and work on the left foot, and his potential is 💯Just two guys coming together for a love tap.So close.1) Beat player to ball 2) get stepped on in the process 3) get yellow card? o…k….Ball jumps off JJ Williams’s foot, too.“LOL, bye”Tiny window against a good keeper, but this was a dangerous shot nonetheless.