Feedback is good. Ready for 2030 with a new keeper and centerbacks.

Belgium should in fact forfeit out of honor

If I was a billionaire I'd absolutely spend my money on paying the salary of a cool World Cup soccer coach. Way more fun than buying a Basquiat or your Nth joyless real estate transaction let alone politics, the worst of all options

Oh shit former Chicago Fire player Brian Gutiérrez, of BERWYN, is starting for Mexico in the World Cup! Got that Svengoolie energy can't lose

I need Joe from Mount Greenwood to get worked up over the statement from the Royal Belgian Football Association, call into 670 The Score and try to pronounce the name "Folarin Balogun"

Maybe they watched highlights of Paraguay players punching French players with closed fists without consequence and decided that Balogun setting his feet with his back to a player and accidentally stepping on his foot wasn't that bad

FIFA got wind of the conspiracy and has re-elected Balogun to the round of 16

Flo should claim the next World Cup game was illegally stolen from him, lead a Stop the Steal rally on Monday afternoon in Seattle and then lead the J(uly)6 mob that evening to the gates of Lumen Field in time for kick off

EarthBound (SNES, 1995)

USMNT got me hyped. Dominating the game with 10 men let's gooooo

WSJ this evening posts its own story that's very similar to the premise of the one we from the NYT Washington bureau posted today. Trump scored a giant profit. His followers were taken for a ride. Evidence is unambiguous. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

DR Congo takes the lead, Brian Cipenga with the goal

Lifelong DR Congo checking in. They’re vulnerable in the counter. Keep it up!

Ian Crocker has been tremendous with these PK calls

Imagine only scoring 1 goal against Paraguay in 120 minutes, couldn’t be the United States Men’s National Team

Today, Illinois Answers reporter @ctoner.bsky.social will be on @21st.show to discuss how Illinois governors built one of the largest gambling markets in the United States. Tune in at 11 a.m. to join the conversation: will.illinois.edu/21stshow

1893 World's Fair >

tf is this dawg if you need a laser to call an offsides it’s not offside. Paid for by Big Ronaldo

If you are wealthy, I think you should spend more money on clothes. There's no pride in buying clothes for the lowest possible price, as this puts downward pressure on garment worker wages and increases the likelihood of exploitation.

“Six players on the US men’s national soccer team at the 2026 World Cup were born outside the country. More than half the 26 men on the roster hold dual citizenship.” Immigrant athletes have been essential players helping our sports teams thrive and win for years ⚽️ open.substack.com/pub/americas...

USMNT home jerseys I thought were trash at first glance but are actually 🔥. They're distinctive, dynamic and immediately identifiable. Swagged out for the world stage. Good look for the new style of soccer the men are playing

“Let’s talk about trees. Don’t plant no trees in 16, OK?” Coleman said. “I’m letting you know now, if you plant them, Englewood will cut them down.” This, and other insights - @alexnitkin.bsky.social, @binghuihuang.bsky.social, @drewjayadams.bsky.social illinoisanswers.org/2026/06/26/c...

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@maggiedough.bsky.social and I sat down with more than a dozen compulsive gamblers in recovery about let them speak at length about their own lives. It is at turns sad, frightening, infuriating, occasionally funny and painfully human 🧵 illinoisanswers.org/2026/06/24/w...

Fox Sports analyst Sam Panayotovich hit with a beer shower while discussing the big Mexico victory outside a World Cup watch party

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@ctoner.bsky.social and I sat down for hours with Illinois residents addicted to gambling. We decided that their stories -- often shocking and heartbreaking, sometimes funny or hopeful -- should be told in their own words: capitolnewsillinois.com/news/what-co...

My latest with @illinoisanswers.bsky.social' @ctoner.bsky.social digs into vast expansion of gambling in Illinois, and the gaps in treatment for those addicted. capitolnewsillinois.com/news/addicte...

A story about how Gov. JB Pritzker presided over the expansion of a predatory and extractive industry. This, by @ctoner.bsky.social and @maggiedough.bsky.social #chicago capitolnewsillinois.com/news/addicte...

illinoisanswers.org/2026/06/24/a... Our story on Illinois lawmakers including Gov. JB Pritzker balancing the budget off the backs of gamblers. Last year people in the state lost $7.7 billion gambling. Of those losses, more than $4.1 billion went to sportsbooks, slot machines and casino operators

illinoisanswers.org/2026/06/24/w... @maggiedough.bsky.social and I spoke at length with people addicted to gambling. What they shared with us was sad, shocking, occasionally funny, infuriating and profound. Something to think about next time you Kevin Hart doing an ad for Draft Kings

Must be cool to be a Miami Heat fan and land fun trades all the time. Wonder what that's like

Is Pilsen ready for this matchup?

If dude's feet are behind the other guy's, shouldn't be offsides imo.

Benetti is calling a Sox game and thanks to both Reinsdorf and MLB, there is no way to listen to him in Chicago, even though he's calling it for the other team. Layers of bullshit

Happy Sunday. I took JD Vance to church. nymag.com/intelligence...

This is a Mandela Effect member of the ‘85 Bears.

The Pope is America’s most powerful Catholic, get me rewrite

Slapping the Vegemite out of the hand of anyone who offers it to me during the next five hours 🇺🇸

Even after all the bullshit, the World Cup is the absolute best. Makes the Super Bowl look like a child's rinky dink birthday party

RIP Tom Dreesen. In 1989 he released a comedy album he performed in front of a Black crowd in his hometown of Harvey called "That White Boy's Crazy," which as a title goes hard as hell

me at kickoff of every world cup game: oh this is nice to put on in the background, maybe the team with cool jerseys will win me 90 minutes later, literally every time:

Just watch Thierry Henry once Lalas is done

This is more or less how I'd describe a really pleasurable night of drinking.