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Tom Brady Is Getting Crushed For 'Moronic' Sports Opinion

Originally posted on The Spun | By Andrew Gould | Last updated Aug 5, 2025 12:00 PM ET

Tom Brady forever reversed the New England Patriots' fortunes, turning the organization into a 21st-century dynasty with six Super Bowl wins. As Brady sees it, the United States simply needs a generational talent to do the same for men's soccer.

The retired quarterback has ventured into soccer as a minority owner of Birmingham City. Fans are wondering how much Brady understands about the game following his oversimplified solution to strengthening the USMNT.

"We need a young phenom like a Lamine Yamal, a young Lionel Messi, to take over," Brady said on the Men in Blazers podcast. "And I believe that there will be the most amazing kind of cultural revolution for soccer here in America. We love rooting for winners. We love rooting for the best of the best."

Critics, including fellow retired NFL superstar J.J. Watt, mocked Brady's observation that the U.S. merely requires a top-shelf superstar to improve.

"'The Wisconsin Badgers need a player like prime Tom Brady,'" Watt wrote.

"The USA simply needs to get one of the best soccer players in the history of the world. Not sure why they haven't thought of this before," SportRadar's Matt Modi said sarcastically.

"Players like Messi and Yamal don't grow on trees," a fan said. "Every country in the world trying to develop one. Nobody succeeding."

"Can't believe the USMNT hasn’t thought of this yet," a fan joked.

"This [is] laughable," a fan said. "First that's like saying Europe needs a young Michael Jordan ... Second, if the US did have such a player, he would be signing with a European club because that's where the best players play and where the most money is made."

To be fair, Brady's not wrong about a transcendent talent igniting fan interest. The 48-year-old seems to want someone who can make the same impact on men's soccer as Caitlin Clark has on women's basketball in the U.S.

Of course, finding an all-time legend like Messi or a prodigy like Yamal is easier said than done. That's like if the NFL broadcaster encouraged the Cleveland Browns to fix their franchise by simply locating a Patrick Mahomes or Jayden Daniels to play quarterback.

This article first appeared on The Spun and was syndicated with permission.

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