Dave Portnoy lashes out against pathetic USMNT after dominant Belgium victory

Dave Portnoy railed against the “pathetic” USMNT in a curse-filled social media rant for the “embarrassing effort” in their blowout loss to Belgium Monday night.“Embarrassing effort from the United States.Lights were way too bright for US soccer team.

Stage way too big,” Portnoy wrote on X after Belgium’s dominant 4-1 victory in Seattle.The Barstool Sports founder recorded himself ripping off his USA soccer hat and jersey as he lashed out against several players, moments after the final whistle.“We’re a f–king joke.That game was a f–king joke.

If you’re gonna have us root for our team, how about having a goalie who f–king doesn’t give up a goal, just kicking the ground and giving it to the other team,” Portnoy said about goalkeeper Matt Freese.The American starter attempted to clear a ball outside the box but missed, handing it to Belgium, who put it in the back of the net to go up 3-1 12 minutes into the second half.“If we’re gonna create international incidents, we gotta stop having goalies who don’t know what they’re doing and a defense getting thrown around like f–king Christmas trees.The heated Portnoy called for a draft for soccer to get better players if America was gonna keep getting into “international incidents,” after US officials got involved with the World Cup officiating to have Folarin Balogun’s one-game ban overturned.“Listen if we are gonna keep making an international incident in FIFA and Trump’s gonna bully them and s–t and everyone’s gonna be like the angry Americans, then we’re gonna have to start instituting a draft in soccer,” Portnoy said.

“Hey LeBron, no offense, you’re going to play f–king soccer and all these other great athletes that we got, you got to go play soccer.”Portnoy called for better players to make up the American squad, which has four years to train before the next World Cup.“These are country club D-tier athletes we got out here,” he said.

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