This is the Democratic presidential candidates / soccer crossover meme we’ve been waiting for

The upcoming debate to find the Democratic Party’s nominee for president will feature ten (!) people on stage, which is a whole lot of people. Along with front runners Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders, the debate will feature Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Julian Castro, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Beto O’Rourke, and Andrew Yang.

To show those ten people on one screen, which is difficult I imagine, the gang at MSNBC went and chose a graphic that will be instantly familiar to any soccer fans: They showed them in a 4-3-3 formation.

There’s no goalkeeper, but whatever. It’s perfect. They’ve got Joe Biden at right back, and Sanders and Warren leading the line up top with Andrew Yang.

Twitter user Alex Baker pointed it out:

Looks like the Dems will be playing a 4-3-3 in the next election. pic.twitter.com/THDwPquJc6

— Alex Baker (@baker_alex) October 1, 2019

After Alex did so … the jokes came. So many jokes came. Soccer Twitter had been waiting its entire life for this moment, and here it was, and the jokes started FLYING.

However, Warren as a playmaking false 9 while inverted wingers Bernie and Yang bang in the goals is tactically inspired.

— Kim McCauley (@lgbtqfc) October 1, 2019

Julian Castro just waiting for his moment to run up the left wing https://t.co/D2ddf7AUaL

— untitled danny page (@DannyPage) October 1, 2019

don't know what they're doing playing the old guys out on the wings. in that formation you need to spread the field. Biden is gonna get beat for pace every single time. Klobuchar behind Warren might be good though – more like a diamond 4-4-2 https://t.co/6I0iYXsMbh

— Academagician Matt (@prof_gabriele) October 1, 2019

issues elsewhere but the midfield is perfect

two energetic, creative young 8s who haven't proved they have the substance to hack it in the modern game, backed up by a pure Lee Cattermole deep destroyer type https://t.co/XdPJNRgTBD

— Michael Caley (@MC_of_A) October 1, 2019

Williamson is the wildly out-of-control sweeper keeper who shouts nonsense (that everyone else ignores) and desperately wants to be included in the build-up. And appointed herself team chaplain?

— Ben Crook (@TheBenCrook) October 1, 2019

biden's in the ashley young/azipilicueta role where he's still got the captain's armband but supporters are already whispering that he's past it https://t.co/WR9J5E7QwL

— Nate Scott (@aNateScott) October 1, 2019

I can’t think of someone who’d be more uncomfortable playing on the right wing lol

— Thierry Ennui (@actionpollock) October 1, 2019

Yeah, I included my tweet in this. Sue me. It made me giggle. Anyway, this is some fun internet stuff for the day. Article over.