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Tuesday Freedom Kicks: Boo this man

Also: choose your Chinese Super League club.

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports

Yo, it's Tuesday, and I'm here to serve you guys up some soccerball links.

Black & Red United is having a meetup on April 16 - Black And Red United
That's this Saturday! Here's the Facebook event if you're into that. I promise we are fun and cool (that's what fun, cool folks always say).

Blame L.A. Galaxy too for Nigel de Jong's tackle on Darlington Nagbe | FC Yahoo - Yahoo Sports
Why do we let this man play soccer.

MLS folded in 2001 and we had no idea | FOX Sports
Thank god it did not. Well, and Lamar Hunt.

DeAndre Yedlin Embraces the Grind: How the defender is overcoming his own hype - Stars and Stripes FC
"For some reason, DeAndre Yedlin's hair inevitably comes up in conversation about his growth as a player." This seems perfectly normal to me.

Why using stats properly could be more important than scoring goals | The Red Bulletin
Interesting article, pretty dumb headline.

Bundesliga still lags behind, despite Premier League's underperformance | Football | The Guardian
Not that we have to choose, because the more soccer the better, but man, give me Bundesliga over EPL any day.

The economic and cultural fuel behind China's soccer investment | Vice Sports
Just looking at the list of Chinese Super League clubs right now and definitely gonna go all in on Liaoning Whowin. Who win? We win!

Turkish police fire tear gas at Besiktas fans: AFP - Yahoo Sports
You're welcome for ending on this super happy note.

That's all from me. What's up? Let me know which Chinese club you're choosing so we can be fierce rivals.