I’ve been watching too much soccer lately, partly because the Reds are awful and partly because it’s a nice way to kill time, but mostly because the U.S. men’s team is one of the most unintentionally exciting teams to watch. To be clear, the men’s team isn’t good. They aren’t bad either, they’re just sloppy. Watching them play is like watching a new born deer try to get to its feet — you know it’ll get itself upright eventually, but it’s a struggle the whole way there.
I mention this because the U.S. men’s national team resembles the current Reds, if not a couple steps ahead.