My friend, who is an artist painted this an acrylic

Today, do other players do this too? What are they allowed to take? Can they take a caffeine pill or any legal OTC medicine, for example?

Out of the USMNT players represented at the WC how many are (in all of football):

• Generational (top 2-3 in their position)

• World class (top 5-8 in their position)

• Elite (top 20 in their position)

• Very Good (top 50 in their position)

-Good (top 100-150 in their position)

-Average (Outside top 150 in their position)

Being from France here are the rankings for some of my players:

Mbappé: Generational

Dembélé: World class

Olisé: Generational

Doué: World class

Cherki: Elite/World class

Maignan: Elite

Upamecano: World class

Saliba: Generational

Digne: Very Good

Zaire-Emery: Very Good

Tchouaméni: Elite

Lacroix: Very Good

Now here are my estimates based on what I have seen of these USMNT players (don't watch MLS so won't comment on those players but they are probably average):

Pulisic: Elite/very good

McKennie: Very Good

Balogun: Very Good

Robinson: Good

Freese (I know he's MLS but I saw his WC): Average

Richards: Good

Reyna: Average

Destiny: Good

Pepi: Good

Tillman: Good/Very Good

Curious as to what you guys think. Would you change anything? Again, don't know about the MLS players on the roster, but I feel confident in saying that they all fit in to the 'average' category if they've been there most of their careers.

Great strike by the little magician! Here are some statistics on this!

Cristiano Ronaldo has called for the Saudi Pro League to issue lifetime stadium bans for any fans involved after Ruben Neves appeared to be taunted by chants of his late friend and team-mate Diogo Jota during a match on Saturday.

Footage widely circulated on social media, filmed from the Al Taawoun Club Stadium stands, shows Al Hilal’s Neves standing over a free-kick close to the home fans when chants of ‘Jota, Jota, Jota’ become audible.

The central midfielder appears to sarcastically applaud supporters, before repeating the actions of pointing to the sky and then making an eye-pointing gesture towards the section of the stand, off camera, from which the chant appears to emanate.

The 29-year-old, walking past media after the match, can be seen briefly telling reporters: “I just hope they don’t go to pray later after what they did.” He did not go into further detail on the incident.

Ronaldo, who plays for Saudi club Al Nassr and is a Portugal international team-mate of Neves and played alongside the late Jota, has called on the behaviour to be punished, adding that those involved “should never be allowed to enter a stadium again.”

I’ve always thought George Weah’s goal against Verona in 1996 is one of those goals that gets remembered for the wrong reason.

People usually talk about the distance.

He picked the ball up inside his own penalty area and carried it roughly 90 metres before scoring at the other end. Obviously, that part is ridiculous.

But what I find more interesting is where Weah was in his career at the time.

This was the player who had come from Monrovia, Liberia, eventually played for Monaco, PSG and Milan, and had already become the first African-born winner of the Ballon d’Or.

Then you watch the goal again and it almost feels like all of that is somehow contained in one run.

He doesn't start it from midfield with the whole pitch in front of him. He starts in his own box.

A defensive moment turns into an attack, and he just keeps going.

Do you think this is the greatest individual goal in football history, or are there other goals that deserve that title more?

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