American Outlaws Declare War On USWNT

WASHINGTON - Members of the American Outlaws declared war on the US Women's National Team (USWNT) via a T.I.F.O display at the recent United States v New Zealand friendly.

THE MEN WILL NO LONGER BE SUBJUGATED BY THE FEMALE TEAM!

The display, which was planned over the course of 3 years, stated, "First In War, First In Peace, First In U.S. Soccer," which is, of course, a reference to the US Women, who are currently first in U.S. Soccer by virtue of winning 4 Olympic Championships and 3 World Cup Championships.

The Nutmeg News spoke to AO T.I.F.O director Samuel Pennence who stated, "NO LONGER WILL THE USMNT BE SECOND IN SOCCER. WE ARE FIRST IN U.S. SOCCER. WE WILL NOT BE SUBJUGATED BY THOSE WITH X CHROMOSOMES."

Reportedly, the American Outlaws mixed messaging has some questioning what the T.I.F.O actually meant with some stating that the phrase was actually not even referencing the team.

The Nutmeg News spoke to Professor of T.I.F.O for Wellesley College, Jane Goodinson, who stated, "making a T.I.F.O display for a sporting event that only references yourself is tantamount to extreme narcissism. What we can assume, however, is that with the stated goal of the men being first in soccer that someone else is second in soccer. If the members of this group were referencing themselves, this then would be seen as a poorly painted slam towards every other city and chapter of the American Outlaws in the United States which, of course, doesn't make sense either. So we can only extrapolate that the American Outlaws are declaring war on the USWNT."

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as the American Outlaws invade the training facilities of the USWNT to sabotage anything they can find in order to ensure that the USMNT will have a more successful 2017.

Rec League Roundup: Terrible Player Spends 2 Hours Waffling Over $299.00 Footwear Features

Des Moines, IA - Central Iowa Coed Soccer player Thomas Clark reportedly spent over two hours, on Wednesday, trying to decide whether the features on the Nike Mercurial Superfly V FG necessitated the purchase of the $299.99 cleats over the Nike Hypervenom Phantom II FG.

"Only posers are going to run the Mercurial Veloce III DF FG because that's just announcing to everyone that you only had $169.99 to spend on cleats."

According to friends and family, Clark is a terrible soccer player who really gains no benefit from wearing extremely expensive soccer specific cleats as teammates describe him as, "a complete subtraction, on the field."

Clark's current heatmap for the 2016 season is standing on the sidelines as he remains a massive liability both offensively and defensively to his team.  However, that hasn't stopped the aggressively lazy player from debating the minutia of two extremely expensive pieces of footwear.

"Which one of these is going to turn me into Lionel Messi," muttered Clark to himself as he scouted the gram differences in the weight between the two cleats. "It's likely the most expensive one, but you never know. I DO need the new chevron bladed studs so that I get better traction for straight line, explosive speed. However, I could also use a zig-zag pattern and the combo bladed and conical studs of the hypervenom. I mean, this could make the difference in the team's season."

The Nutmeg News will have more on this Clark abandons Nike to waffle over the adidas Messi 16+ PUREAGILITY FG. 

After Long International Break, Crew Fan Shocked To Find Season Still Ongoing

Columbus, OH - Columbus Crew fan Isabella Garces was shocked to find that the Columbus Crew's 2016 season was actually still going after the recent long international break. Given the Crew's position in the table and the lack of recent information about the team, Garces convinced herself that the season was finally over.

"Once more into the breach, dear fri.....wait.... what?

Oh... um

Thrice more into the breach, dear friends."

"We have a game on Thursday? And It's still the 2016 season?" asked a very confused Garces to her friends. "I thought we all agreed to move on from this one."

Reportedly, Garces was already mentally evaluating the players she hoped the team would sell and players that she hoped they would keep while making personal offseason plans after an excruciating 2016 season.

"I  am done, mentally," stated Garces to The Nutmeg News. "I'm going to go to a beach, relax, drink some cold drinks and not think about Higuain, Trapp, Kamara (either one). This season has been exhausting and entirely too long, at this point. It feels like an unending procession of doom from MLS Cup on. I'm just excited to decompress at this point and come back in 2017 excited for games again."

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as Garces rallies to watch three more MLS Games.

Soccer Fans Worried That 55 Year Old Man In Sports Bar Will Ask Them To Change Channel To Baseball

NEW YORK - Soccer fans gathered at Mr. Dennehy's in the West Village were reportedly suspicious when 55 year old James Murphy walked into the location that the man who was described as, "old as hell," would ask them to change the television station to Baseball.

"Ok, so we are going to go back in there and tell that bartender to tell that bouncer to tell that guy, once and for all, that we AREN'T CHANGING THE CHANNEL."

"He looked like the type," stated 22 year old Dominic Hughes. "You know what I'm talking about.... he was old, I bet he likes Baseball."

Reportedly, fans immediately became suspicious of Murphy when they realized that he was at least 30 years older than most of them, that he still smoked cigarettes instead of vaping, and that he asked for a "black and tan" at the bar.

"Look, if he asks for the Yankee Game, we will just politely ask the bartender to ask him to be quiet," stated Hughes to his friends. "If he gets physical, then we can ask the staff to tell the bouncers to eject him. We were here first."

Reportedly, Murphy was just trying to get a pint and a place where he could watch a replay of the recent international game between Scotland and Lithuania. However, he was unable to finish his drink as a coalition of angst ridden youth approached him to tell him that in no uncertain terms they would NOT be changing the channel to Baseball and that they would be getting the staff involved, no matter what he says.

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as Murphy attempts to convince the youths that he actually has been watching soccer for longer than they have been alive.

 

Abby Wambach Takes Immigrant Interrogation Position With ICE

NEW YORK - Following up on comments she made earlier about not wanting immigrants to take United States jobs in soccer, a rapacious Abby Wambach announced that she would be taking a special Sports Immigrant Interrogation position with the United States Government Immigrant Customs Enforcement (ICE).

"Please tell me why you love this country, and be specific"

"I just wanted to talk to all immigrants to the greatest country in the world to ensure that they really love this country before we let them come in here and get jobs, healthcare and an overwhelming sense of freedom," stated Wambach to The Nutmeg News on Tuesday. "With my new position with ICE, I finally can call the shots on who is legally allowed to play for the United States (anybody with a surname of Wambach) or not (anybody with a surname of Diskerud). It's very simple."

Reportedly, ICE were all too ready to give Wambach a blank check to conduct personal interviews with every single immigrant that has entered the shores of the United States stating, "Go get em and deport them back to hell," before telling Wambach that she has the right, now, to revoke passports and green card status of any player she felt didn't love the United States enough.

"Do they have that killer instinct? I don't know. But I'm going to find out, and when I find out, they may have to do some horrible things in their own home country to prove that they will kill for the United States. I want sabotage against national teams and people swearing loyalty oaths to the United States before they go out on the field of battle," ranted Wambach. "This goes for all sports. We must bow before the flag and shed the blood of the infidels. You must understand that you will love this country or you will leave it. Those are the only two options. And they will bow before me, if they know what is good. Look if this is an ignorant opinion and I deport a few hundred people, It's no big deal. I'll just raise my hand in the end and say, 'my bad.' But we are definitely going to have that conversation and you better be able to prove that you love the United States."

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as Wambach starts with Yaseil Puig, Grant Balfour and anyone that fits the profile.

 

Wayne Rooney Admits He Is Considering Switching to USA After Being Dropped To England Bench

England captain Wayne Rooney says he is considering switching to the United States after he was dropped for Tuesday's World Cup qualifier against Slovenia.

"I wonder if I could get an endorsement deal with Red Robin."

The current Manchester United player and future NYCFC bench option admitted that he has reached out to Jurgen Klinsmann to see if the former Bayern Munich boss can re-ignite his international career by allowing the Stars and Stripes convert to lineup in the Red, White and Denim.

"Jurgen was very interested in the idea, but he insisted that I continue sitting on the bench at Manchester United so that he could have at least one player actually on a team in England," stated Rooney to The Nutmeg News on Monday evening. 

Reportedly, while FIFA does not allow capped players to switch international teams, they also really like money and Sunil Gulati has indicated he is not above bribing an official to get Rooney on Team USA.

"We can make this happen. I learned everything I need to know from Jack Warner. I'm just saying, don't count the USA out. We are in the Rooney sweepstakes."

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as Rooney states that he really is well and truly chuffed regarding the United States.

Che Wearing Jozy Altidore Talks About Seizing The Means Of Production

WASHINGTON - A "Che Guevara" t-shirt wearing Jozy Altidore called an impromptu press-conference in Washington DC before the United States takes on New Zealand to talk about seizing the means of production and the rise of the proletariat.

"Guys, what we are talking about here is the embattled working class."

"Look, I'm not calling for a complete overhaul of our government, I'm calling for a systemic revolution lead by the working class to seize the means of production and distribute the economic resources for the greater good," stated Altidore to the assembled reporters.

Reportedly, Altidore's fervent commitment to the ideals of Communism came after the United States Men's National Team trip to Cuba where he was exposed to socialist and communist theories while on a guided tour of Havana. 

"I listened to a LOT of Rage Against The Machine on the way down and I realized that we really are just marching endlessly to the drum beat of capitalism which defines our principles on a daily basis. All of us... ALL of us are bulls of Capitalism on parade. We must rage against THAT machine in our own way and I feel that I can do so by taking the principles of Karl Marx, Che Guevara and Fidel Castro to a wider audience in The United States."

Reportedly, Altidore has signed up to teach a learning annex course on socialist theories and manifesto creation at the Hudson County Community College during the Toronto FC offseason as he states, "we must teach the working class and middle class to rise against the bourgeois elite. We can tear down the walls of filthy capitalism and create a new utopia. Viva Cuba!"

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as teammates attempt to move Altidore on to nu-metal and his moshing phase by implementing more Limp Bizkit into his Spotify playlist.

NWSL Announce Helsinki As Next Location For Championship Game

The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), today, announced Kartanon (tekonurmi) field in Helsinki, Finland as the next location for the 2017 NWSL Championship game.

Better amenities than Yurcak Field.

The NWSL and Commissioner Jeff Plush stated that after the overwhelming success of the neutral field venue, over the past two years, that they wanted to export the best women's league in the world to Finland to increase the international exposure.

"It's important for us to connect our league with the Finnish demographic," stated a half naked Jeff Plush from the relaxing Herrankukkaro sauna in the town of Naantali. "We are working with Finland on a regional broadcast package which would allow us to get a game of the week in the northern half of the town of Tampere."

Reportedly, the NWSL is receiving a half-ton of Juustoleipä (Finnish squeaky cheese) in compensation for the broadcasting package and is attempting to use their new Scandinavian connections to work on a broadcasting package for the people of Lysebotn, Norway.

"We can really interconnect Norway, Sweden and Finland to build a coalition of Nordic countries," stated Plush as he asked for more hot stones be brought into the sauna. "We think the NWSL fans will travel just fine, I mean look at the nearly sold out crowd that we got in Houston. It was amazing there. You should have been there. The stadium was WAY more full in person. Trust me, Helsinki is going to go off. PLUSH OUT."

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as the NWSL negotiates with Qatar for the 2018 Championship game.

Fans Encouraged To Ask For Other Player Signatures At NYCFC Event

Aguascalientes, MX - During a recent signing event with NYCFC during a bye-week friendly tour of Mexico, local fans were, reportedly, encouraged to have other people sign things at the table as the crowd of fans surged forward to collect autographs from Andrea Pirlo and David Villa.

Son éstos a su entorno?

"ESTOS HOMBRES TAMBIÉN SON JUGARDORES (these men are also players)," stated Jose Calderon, the director of the signing event hosted by Club Necaxa as he gesticulated wildly at the other members of NYCFC sitting at the autograph table.

Reportedly, fans were utilizing the other players at the signing table as a way to take pictures with Villa and Pirlo, as well as other tasks.

"I handed someone my Barcelona kit so I could take a picture with Villa and it came back with a signature for Mehdi Ballouchy. Is this good?" asked Ramon Torres from Calvillo. "I was just hoping to get a signature from my favorite player, but I guess this will work as an addition."

"I GOT Andoni Iraola... I GOT... wait...que es Andoni Iraola," asked María del Carmen Hernandez.

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as thousands of Necaxa fans are converted to the church of Ballouchy.

D.C. United Executives Shocked That Fans Still Want To Talk About Team Online

WASHINGTON - D.C. United executives were reportedly shell shocked by the recent kerfuffle over the language in their season ticket renewal contract that caused shockwaves through the D.C. soccer community.

"Look, Bill, no one is going to make a peep about this.... trust me... it'll all be water under the bridge when we get that new stadium opened."

"Frankly, we are surprised that anyone wants to talk about this team in the first place," stated Tom Hunt, president of business operations. "We have done our best over the past few years to put a middling product in a cavernous stadium with aggressive anti-fan policing both inside and outside the stadium, so we were completely shocked that fans still wanted to talk about the team at all."

The new language in the DC United season ticket contract is vague enough that theoretically it could be utilized to squelch any kind of information, pictures, or talking about the game on social media from any fan that is a D.C. United season ticket holder. However, the front office, reportedly, didn't expect that anyone in the United fanbase, that currently had season tickets, still cared enough to complain about the overreaching language.

"Imagine our surprise when we found out that we still had fans that read the fine print," stated Hunt to The Nutmeg News. "We just thought that when we moved to a new stadium that we could get a new season ticket contract signed, stop any fan dissent and hopefully replace all of our current fans with new soccer fans that are more interested in taking a selfie with a scarf and paying good money for a limited beer selection than the language that we will use to eventually prosecute them for complaining about... well... myself."

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as D.C. United continue their plan to overhaul their fanbase via season ticket attrition.

FIFA Reconsiders 48 Team World Cup After Realizing It Would Let In More CONCACAF Teams

Zürich, CH - "We've made a huge mistake," stated Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, after the realization that his proposed 48 team FIFA World Cup would actually let more CONCACAF teams into the tournament.

"What are all these countries?!"

"While I'm all for more money, and I think money is great.... do we REALLY want to see Trinidad and Tobago in the World Cup?" posited Infantino in an exclusive interview with The Nutmeg News. "There's only so much that the game of soccer can take, and it's entirely possible that a World Cup match between Aruba and Guyana would end the sport of soccer for the foreseeable future."

Insider sources indicated that FIFA did not entirely think out their proposal of expanding the World Cup as they incorrectly assumed there were more teams like Germany or France out there. Instead, when informed of Montserrat, Belize and Saint Kitts and Nevis, Infantino blanched at his own proposal and suddenly demanded a new meeting to retract his previous 48 team World Cup statement.

"Hell would be 110 degrees in Qatar with 5,000 people watching Suriname v Barbados," stated FIFA Senior Vice-President of trundle beds, money laundering and match fixing, Issa Hayatou. "We must prevent this with all of our vast resources and connections that we have. We cannot let CONCACAF destroy the FIFA World Cup."

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as FIFA executives schedule a viewing of an earlier Saint Kitts and Nevis - Turks and Caicos Islands game to see if the 12-4 aggregate score line was actually entertaining.

Brilliant Fan's Original Idea To Rebrand RBNY For New Jersey Taken To THE INTERNET!

Dallas, TX - Travis Tarkington, a casual soccer fan, took his brilliant and original idea to re-brand the New York Red Bulls to be the New Jersey Red Bulls to the internet on Wednesday as he peppered the various websites and social media constructs that he visits with his wholly original plan to save the team and spur attendance.

"See! HERE IS A MAP THAT PROVES MY POINT" - Travis Tarkington

"They play IN New Jersey, so they should be FROM New Jersey," ranted Tarkington online to a collection of passionate Red Bull fans who have heard every single stupid re-branding idea foisted upon them by individual know-it-alls since the team was purchased and re-branded from the Metrostars over 10 years ago.

"See, they play in New Jersey, so they should be FROM New Jersey," stated the man who has never traveled outside the Dallas/Fort Worth area and whose experience with the area of New York comes from sneak watching episodes of Sex In The City for the occasional nudity.

While fans of the New York Red Bulls attempted to explain the problematic idea of New Jersey branding based on the season tickets of the team combined with the idea of land value, where you can build a stadium on an island, the New York Giants,  and transportation in the area, Tarkington forged ahead stating, "Think of all the players from New Jersey! They could be from New Jersey and represent New Jersey!"

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as Tarkington explains that he refuses to drive 90 minutes, in traffic, to watch FC Dallas games because the stadium is in Frisco.

35 Year Old Manchild Hailed As Paragon Of Perfect Soccer Journalism

LOS ANGELES - Derryk Talari, a 35 year old manchild, was recently hailed as a paragon of perfect soccer journalism by his peers online after another of his hard hitting but truthful pieces about the state of soccer in the United States was published on his blog, SeriousSoccer.com

"I KNOW Seattle - Vancouver is starting.... Mom.... I'm RAIDING"

Talari, who lives with his parents and spent the last 40 hours playing the World Of Warcraft: Legion expansion online while hammer fisting Mountain Dew, eating pizza rolls and asking his mom to not mix his underwear up with the bright colors, is often included in the discussion of the best soccer journalists in the United States for his unflinching and independent discussion brought to the game.

"I have a lot of time to watch the game," stated Talari to The Nutmeg News. "Between my Raids online and my repeat listening to YYZ for an essay that I'm emailing over to Pitchfork, I tend to watch soccer games at home for analysis. I also try to keep up with all the information on social media, which helps color my opinion."

Talari's peers judge him solely on his twitter persona and his blog which they view as an excellent watchdog on the state of soccer in North America as they hail his ability to flush out even the most microscopic of details from the minuscule information out there.

"Talari is a god," stated soccer fan David Henderson. "I don't know how he does it. Between my job and the kids and the commitments I have on the weekend, I have just enough time to squeeze in one game. Then, bam, here comes Talari with an in depth discussion on the tactical alignment and reinvention of the Puerto Rico Islanders. It's amazing."

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as Talari utilizes his internet fame to run a vague soccer kickstarter that funds his ability to purchase an Oculus Rift.

 

 

Yukon Police To Offer "Buy One TASER One" Tickets To Rayo OKC Games

Yukon, OK - The Yukon Oklahoma Police Department, today, announced a new Buy One TASER One promotion as a fundraiser to buy more armored vehicles for the rural law enforcement office.

LETS GET PHYSICAL ON THESE SOCCER FANS! MURICA!

Having previously kicked out a soccer fan for not standing during the national anthem and applying a TASER to him when he tried to re-enter the stadium, the Yukon Police showed their solidarity by offering to TASER any other Rayo OKC or Energy FC soccer fans in the area.

"Soccer is a godless communist sport full of anti-American dissidents," stated the Yukon Police Department announcement. "As such, it is our pleasure to sell tickets for a game and a TASER in order to raise funds to continue buying our armored vehicles and M-15's for the department. Long Live Canadian County and Long Live the Yukon Police Department! TASER for everyone who isn't a white home owning native Oklahoman....... well, not entirely native if-you-know-what-we-mean."

Despite not being utilized as security for Rayo OKC games anymore after the ejection and TASER incident, the Yukon PD indicated that they would be more than willing to stand in the parking lot and TASER anyone else that looked like they deserved it stating, "TASER today, Patriot tomorrow."

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as the Yukon Police Department decides to increase the number of tanks they own.

Fan Re-Enrolls In College To Master Theoretical MLS Playoff Computations

Minneapolis, MN - Minnesota United fan Hannah Thone, today, announced her decision to re-enroll in college at Normandale Community College in Bloomington in order to master theoretical playoff computations for the end of the 2016 Major League Soccer (MLS) season and upcoming inaugural Minnesota United MLS season.

"I felt it was in my best interest to try to understand how a team in 6th or 7th or 8th place can make it into the MLS Playoffs and trying to understand all this from a layperson perspective is exhausting," stated Thone to The Nutmeg News.

With the difference between teams being games played, tiebreakers, point totals, points per game and theoretical run ups featuring weaker teams but played away, the computations for making the playoffs this season are nearly absurd sending many people back to the class room to learn a new way of computing their teams playoff chances.

"I just wanted to expand my knowledge on the subject and already the class is paying off," stated Thone. "I'm already starting to see that based upon games played and statistical playoff odds that a person who is a fan of Sporting Kansas City or Real Salt Lake would need to know some advanced math in order to compute the requisite tiebreakers that show how they end up in the playoffs or how high they can climb in order to avoid a first round play-in game. It's exhausting work, but it's beneficial to my knowledge of the game of soccer."

According to Thone, some of her early class homework includes writing an essay on points per game and games in hand as it pertains to modern expressionism and Reaganomics.

"If we look at the MLS playoffs as an example of cutting taxes on corporations, how does it show points per game and win tiebreakers in terms of voodoo economics. It's very intense, but it still makes more sense than how 6th and 5th place are playing out in the Western Conference."

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as Thone constructs a flowboard of all playoff chances in the MLS Western Conference with string and clipped pieces of news in her living room.

 

New Soccer Fan Continues To Inadvertently Work Britishisms Into Vocabulary

NEW YORK - New soccer fan Dale Koblens, reportedly, continued to inadvertently work select Britishisms into his day to day vocabulary after picking a team in England's Premier League to follow for 2016/2017.

What most people think Koblens house now looks like.

"The first time I noticed the change was when Dale said Nil," stated friend Jerry Burrows.

"I started to wonder if he was a soccer fan because I hadn't heard him use the word at all before this year. The next word I heard was Kit and Pitch. At that point, I knew that he was watching English soccer, so it was only a matter of time before I found out which team he was supporting."

Reportedly, Koblens started peppering his speech with a variety of words and phrases that he never used before including the words, "bollocks, bellend, whinge, shag, bloody, mate, lad and chuffed." Koblens, as well, realized that within the last two weeks he made a joke about Asda, developed a strange desire to drink tea, was caught complaining about Nigel Farage and developed a strong opinion about Non League football and what it means to the working class in Staffordshire to have Tamworth win the FA Vase.

"We won't see a problem like Pompey pop up in Tamworth," stated Koblens to The Nutmeg News. "My lads and I know a right proper punch-up like we seen on the terraces, and I won't venture a guess it'll happen soon enough," mumbled Koblens as he took a complete gamble on the veracity of his words by hoping that our interviewer had no idea what he just stated as he dipped a french fry into a small dollop of HP sauce that he recently purchased at Myers of Keswick.

The Nutmeg News will have more on Koblens as he begins to interchange the terms football and soccer without thinking about it, until he starts thinking about it, and then he realizes it now seems more affectatious to think about it then it does to just use the term he wants to use when referring to the game to different groups of people.

Woman Spends Last 15 Minutes Of NWSL Playoff Game Licking Virtual Tears Of Thorns Fans

Orlando, FL - Orlando Pride fan Angelica Browning admitted that she spent the last 15 minutes of Extra Time during the Portland Thorns - Western New York Flash NWSL playoff game licking the virtual tears of Thorns fans as the Thorns lost in the first round of the NWSL playoffs.

Later: The Nutmeg News will investigate if Animal/Human hybrids are taking over the Orlando Pride fan groups, and YOU WONT BELIEVE what these Furries do that cause cancer!

"HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT!" repeatedly yelled Browning at the television while girlfriend Monica Dawes calmly read a book in the corner with ear plugs in.  "Get out... GET OUT! I drink your tears!"

According to Ms. Dawes, Browning is frequently exuberant during soccer games, but especially during Pride games or when the Thorns lose.

"There's just something about that team, and about that fanbase that rubs her the wrong way," stated Ms Dawes. "She really seems to enjoy watching them lose. Not as much as she likes to watch the Pride win, but sometimes I wonder if those things are reversed. I had to draw the line, though, when she tried to lick the television screen. That was a bridge too far."

Reportedly, while Browning has a full grasp of the need for strong fan groups in women's soccer, the over reliance of the NWSL on the Portland Thorns drives her crazy.

"I just want a strong league, so I can hate all the teams equally. But Portland.... well, they make it easy. And I'm glad they lost... really, really glad."

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as Browning takes Ms. Dawes out for a nice dinner as a method of apologizing to her for making her sit through the, "longest soccer game ever".

 

Former Fulham Fan Realizes That He Really Was Always A Swansea Fan

Indianapolis, IN - Former Fulham fan Randy Balweg admitted that he woke up this morning with the crystal clear realization that he really was always a Swansea fan before opening up the kit order page and liking the Swans Facebook and Twitter accounts.

"It's been two years since I had a team, after Fulham were relegated," stated Balweg to The Nutmeg News. "But with big old Bob Bradley coming to the helm, I feel like it's my patriotic duty to completely abandon the team that I swore allegiance to and jump full feet into supporting a team in a country that I couldn't even point out on a map. UP the Swans and more importantly, Up the USA.... USA.... USA... USA... USA... USA... USA... USA ... USA... USa!"

Reportedly, Balweg was a Bradley hater during his time with the USMNT but that was because, according to him, he didn't know that he had Premier League quality at that time.

"I hated Bradley, but now my time with Klinsmann has convinced me that I love Bradley. If only we could get a real, true, Premier League manager like Bob Bradley to coach the USMNT. He would make America great again internationally. I mean, if you think about the USMNT and you think about the USA, AND... you think about Bob Bradley, he will be able to bring all these American kids straight into Swansea and get them playing time. Finally the criminal overlook of all these talented kids by the greedy corporate Premier League will be at an end! Bradley was an inside job! As a long suffering Swans fan of 2 hours, I can't wait for the team to be lifted by this new acquisition!"

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as Balweg realizes there isn't a pre-made kit with Bradley's name on the back that he can purchase, so he has to actually research players on the team.