BLACK FRIDAY COMC PICKUPS - PART 59 - SHINY UNITED

ATLANTA UNITED SOCCER IS WAY DOWN ON MY INTERESTS LIST AT THE MOMENT AS MY BANDWIDTH FOR FOLLOWING SPORTS HAS SHRUNK DRAMATICALLY IN MY OLD AGE AND THE TEAM IS SHIT. I STILL ENJOY FINDING NIFTY UNITED CARDS FOR CHEAP THOUGH AND THAT IS WAY EASIER TO DO ONLINE. I SNAGGED A NICE JOSEF CARD IN 2021. HE'S NO LONGER ON THE TEAM. THEN I SNAGGED A NICE MILES ROBINSON CARD IN 2022. NOW THERE ARE RUMORS OF HIM MOVING TO EUROPE SOON. I THINK I'M PICKING UP A NICE MIGUEL ALMIRON CARD THIS FALL, HE'S ALREADY LONG GONE

2021 TOPPS CHROME MILES ROBINSON 1975-76 DESIGN

TOPPS RE-USED THEIR 1975 BASEBALL DESIGN FOR THEIR 1975-76 SOCCER CARDS AND IT LOOKED GREAT. TOPPS OFTEN RECYCLED DESIGNS BETWEEN SPORTS AND 75 WAS A REWORKING OF 1971 FOOTBALL ANYWAY. OF COURSE TOPPS REUSES ALL THOSE VINTAGE DESIGNS IN EVERY SET AND IN 2021 WE GOT THIS THIS ONE. THE DESIGN ITSELF ALREADY LOOKS GREAT BUT THIS ONE IS ALSO A SHINY REFRACTOR

MILES IS MY FAVORITE UNITED PLAYER NOW THAT MY OTHER FAVORITE PLAYERS WERE DUMPED LIKE OLD GARBAGE. HE'S THE FIRST PICK IN FRANCHISE HISTORY AND A USMNT MEMBER. I WAS SUPER BUMMED WHEN HE GOT HURT RIGHT BEFORE THE WORLD CUP, I REALLY WANTED A PANINI STICKER OF MILES. I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT ATLANTA UNITED ANYMORE I THINK SELLING MIGUEL ALMIRON PUT A CURSE ON THEM. OR MAYBE TATA MARTINO WAS A MUCH BETTER MANAGER THAN WE GAVE HIM CREDIT. AT LEAST ARSENAL ARE DECENT AGAIN

BLACK FRIDAY COMC PICKUPS - PART 15: JOSEF

HAVING KIND OF A SAD TYPING THIS OUT BECAUSE WHEN I BOUGHT THE CARD JOSEF MARTINEZ WAS A LIFE-LONG ATLANTA UNITED PLAYER WHO WOULD NEVER EVER LEAVE AND THEY WERE ALREADY BUILDING THE STATUE AND NOW HE'LL PROBABLY BE WITH ANOTHER TEAM BY THE TIME THIS GETS POSTED

2020 TOPPS MLS JOSEF MARTINEZ 1990 ALL STAR

ATLANTA UNITED IS OSTENSIBLY MY SOCCER TEAM ALTHOUGH THEY KINDA FLIP BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THEM AND ARSENAL FOR MY FAVORITE. I CURRENTLY HAVE TWO UNITED SHIRTS AND NO ARSENAL GEAR AT ALL SO TAKE THAT INFORMATION HOW YOU WILL. UNITED WILL ALWAYS BE AT LEAST A 1a TEAM IN MY HEART SINCE THEY ACTUALLY WON A CUP BACK WHEN ATLANTA DID NOT WIN THINGS EVER. THEY SOMEHOW BROKE THE WITCH'S CURSE ON OUR SPORTS TEAMS AND EVER SINCE EVERYONE'S WINNING ALL OVER THE PLACE*. HOWEVER, AFTER THEY WON, THE COACH LEFT FOR MEXICO AND THEIR BEST PLAYER GOT SOLD TO NEWCASTLE AND THINGS HAVE BEEN A DYSFUNCTIONAL MESS. JOSEF GOT THE FIRST HAT TRICK IN UNITED HISTORY AND WON AN MVP AND WANTED TO STAY HERE EVEN WHEN EUROPEAN TEAMS WERE SNIFFING AROUND SO HE'LL FOREVER BE A FAVORITE

I'M A SUCKER FOR SOCCER CARDS IN VINTAGE DESIGNS (GOT ANOTHER ONE IN 2022) AND THIS 1990 DESIGN IN PURPLE AND GOLD REALLY JUMPED OUT AT ME WHEN I WAS LOOKING FOR A JOSEF CARD TO ADD TO MY MEAGER SOCCER COLLECTION. THE 1990 DESIGN SEEMS TO HAVE A LOT IN COMMON WITH THE 1970 DESIGN THE MORE I THINK ABOUT IT - KIND OF AN EYESORE THAT REALLY GROWS ON YOU THE MORE YOU LOOK AT IT. THEY ALSO HAVE WONDERFULLY BRIGHT YELLOW BACKS. THIS IS A REALLY GOOD LOOKING UGLY CARD. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER JOSEF WILL BE WITH THE TEAM SINCE THE COACH IS AN ASSHAT WHO'S RUNNING OFF PLAYERS BUT IF HE DOES GO UNITED BETTER BE PONYING UP FOR A GOOD REPLACEMENT. IN 2013 WHEN I FIRST STARTED GETTING REALLY INTO SOCCER ARSENAL PULLED A MADNESS AND GOT MY FAVORITE PLAYER MESUT OZIL AT THE TRANSFER DEADLINE. GONNA MANIFEST IT OUT INTO THE WORLD: ATLANTA UNITED, GO GET ARSENAL LEGEND OLIVIER GIROUD RIGHT NOW. GET THAT GORGEOUS FRENCHMAN TO BOOT IN SOME GOALS AND GO OUT AND WIN ANOTHER CUP

*EXCEPT THE FALCONS. THAT CURSE WILL NEVER BREAK. GO STEELERS