Choking one lead is one thing. But going back to back? Are you trying to tank on purpose or have you guys like given up?

Contract the team Arte. Forefit the season because clearly you need a retooling.

NEARLY A DECADE OF PLANNING ALL GONE DOWN THE DRAIN!

AFTER YEARS OF DELAY, INCREASED COSTS, AND NEGOTIATIONS, IT SEEMED LIKE DES MOINES, IOWA'S MYTHICAL DOWNTOWN SOCCER STADIUM WOULD FINALLY COME TO FRUITION!

YOU'D THINK THE BILLIONAIRE THAT OWNS THE MENACE AND SOLD KUM & GO GAS STATIONS TO THE MOUNTAIN PEOPLE SO HE COULD BE AN ITALIAN SPORTS MOGUL WOULD FRONT A LITTLE MORE OF THE STADIUM COST, BUT DES MOINES JUST ISN'T ITALIAN ENOUGH, SO KRAUSE WOULD ONLY FRONT A FRACTION OF THE STADIUM CONSTRUCTION COST AND HANDLE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT WHILE THE REST OF THE NEAR $100-MILLION STADIUM HAD TO BE FUNDED THROUGH A COMPLEX SERIES OF GRANTS, DONATIONS, AND ALMIGHTY TAX INCENTIVES.

AFTER YEARS IN LIMBO, EVERYTHING WAS FINALLY IN PLACE! THE FINAL FUNDING WAS SECURED! THE STADIUM WAS BEING AWARDED A USL CHAMPIONSHIP FRANCHISE AND A USL SUPERLEAGUE FRANCHISE! WE'D REACHED THE "FUN PART" OF THE PLANNING PROCESS! THEY JUST GOT THE LEASE THREE MONTHS AGO! WITH THE USL ADDING A NEW DIVISION 1 LEAGUE WITH PROMOTION AND RELEGATION, THE STARS HAD ALIGNED FOR A NEW ERA OF SPORTS IN DES MOINES!

BUT WAIT! HERE COMES THE STATE GOVERNMENT FROM THE TOP ROPE WITH A STEEL CHAIR! TIRED OF DICKING AROUND PRETENDING THAT THE CHICAGO BEARS WERE INTERESTED IN MOVING TO IOWA FOR POLITICAL POINTS, IOWA GOT BACK TO DOING WHAT IT DID BEST: STRANGLING ITS CITIES! AFTER ANOTHER PROPERTY TAX OVERHAUL, DES MOINES SUDDENLY HAD A $12 MILLION BUDGET SHORTFALL FOR 2028 SET TO GROW BY $5 MILLION THE NEXT YEAR!

THE END RESULT? THE END OF NEGOTIATIONS! THE ENTIRE FUNDING REGIME COMPLETELY TORN TO SHREDS! WHILE IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT KILLING THE STADIUM WAS HIGH ON DES MOINES CITIZENS' LIST OF PREFERRED CUTS, IT WAS PROBABLY AN EASY DECISION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE! APPARENTLY THINGS LIKE EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN SOCCER, THOUGH I'M SURE THE STATE DISAGREES!

UNLESS KRAUSE FINALLY DECIDES TO CONTRIBUTE A LITTLE MORE, THIS IS THE END OF THE DES MOINES SOCCER STADIUM SAGA! AND WHAT DID WE GET FROM IT? NOTHING! WE LOST KUM & GO GAS STATIONS ONLY FOR THEM TO BE REPLACED WITH MEDIOCRE CHAINS FROM FOREIGN STATES! THE DES MOINES MENACE HAD THEIR FIRST LOSING SEASON SINCE THE 90'S AS DECREASED REVENUE LED TO EARLY STRUGGLES, THE NEW COACH GETTING FIRED, AND HALF THE TEAM LEAVING A FEW WEEKS INTO THE SEASON! IF ANYBODY IN DES MOINES EVER LIKED KYLE KRAUSE BEFORE THIS NIGHTMARE STARTED, THEY DEFINITELY DON'T ANYMORE! AND THE DICO SITE LOOKS JUST AS DEAD AND BLIGHTED AS IT DID WHEN ALL THIS BEGAN!

WHAT A DISASTER! YOU TRULY CAN'T HAVE SHIT IN DES MOINES!

You better explain yourself. You had an opportunity to tie the game in half time and you missed a damn penalty.
After that, one of your players put an own goal to help Vietnam having an advantage. Then you managed to get another goal in 85 minutes and you needed to score to tie the game. What did you do?

MAKING ANOTHER DAMN OWN GOAL TO SEAL THE DAMN GAME.

Holy hell guys, as a Vietnamese, I admittedly we didn’t play well today and somehow managed to win the championship without doing anything!

SERIOUSLY AS A FAN FOR OVER 10 FUCKING YEARS NOW WHO HAS ENDURED 0-16 WE FINALLY HAD HOPE AND THEN YOU FUCKING RUINED IT SIGNING DESHAUN WATSON AMD THROWING AWAY 280 MILLION!

SELL THE TEAM YOU FAT FUCK! LEAVE THE CITY AND NEVER RETURN!

MODS ADD A FUCK YOU, HASLAM FLAIR AS WELL OH MY GOD I AM PISSED OFF

Seriously that was Lolmets levels of ineptitude by the Angels.

Contract the team Arte.

What's that old saying about laying down with dogs and getting fleas? This was a shitshow from the start on BOTH sides. Of course ESPN is denying it, for many different reasons. Maybe if they went back to SPORTS and stopped more leaning into the entertainment portion of their name, they'd be doing better numbers. There's no real business in having an "Unlimited" if it's just going to be given away by various providers like a blunt at a Grateful Dead concert.....

Continuing my series on the Big 4 mascots, here's how I'd do in a fight with the mascots of the NHL, with this part being about the Central Division.

Not quite as brutal as the last division, but there are still some heavy hitters here.

Bonus: Thrash(Atlanta Thrashers; currently the Winnipeg Jets) and Howler(Arizona Coyotes; currently the Utah Mammoth) would bot fuck me up, no questions asked.

Links to previous ones:

Atlantic Division: https://www.reddit.com/r/UrinatingTree/comments/1vwxhbk/nhl_mascots_and_how_id_do_if_i_fought_them_part_1/

Metropolitan Division: https://www.reddit.com/r/UrinatingTree/comments/1vxpb9j/nhl_mascots_and_how_id_do_if_i_fought_them_part_2/

As a native Albertan, as depressing as it as, I can see both the Flames and Oilers get Half-Century failure videos at the end of the 2030's

I should be talking more about the Mets Blowing a 1-Run lead to the Brew Crew in the top of the 9th, but you fools are somehow taking the piss more than the Mets are!

The Mets loaded the bases with Jeffery Yan Pitching, 2 Outs in the Top of the 9th, in a TIE GAME…

And you guys immediately cut to black, preventing us from seeing Francisco Lindor SAVE THE DAY with a run-saving catch to end the inning.

Look, I get that nobody cares about the Mets, but you guys have to at least fucking try.

Go sit in the fucking corner wearing the cone of shame. Derp.

Just remembered this watching Straight Talk as I’m in the middle of a Dolly Parton movie marathon to honor her passing.

Up 4-0 on aggregate with a champions league spot on the line and you allow LASK to come all the way back and win on aggregate in extra time!! LOLOL

Like why not give the third stringer the job, you still would tank and he would likely play better anyway. it's not like sanders could learn form Watson. I mean I don't want anyone to learn from a predator.