If you take a sport that's supposed to be defined by flowing play and create a situation where you have 19 minutes of stoppage time for a 45 minute half then you have lost the plot of what makes your sport great

We’re watching 3 team futbol, Portugal, Croatia, & VAR-enhanced-refs. Bring back good ol 2 team futbol.

I'd rather have mistakes than this nonsense.

VAR has added nothing positive to this sport. Nothing.

What the ….. ???? #CROvPOR

That's incredible. Add in Telemundo and the number is going to be MASSIVE.

Fox says preliminary numbers for U.S.- Bosnia-Herzegovina show an average of 24.43 million viewers. Peaked at 31.88 million viewers from 9:45-10:00 PM ET. Most-watched soccer telecast in English-Language U.S. history.

IFAB rules were misapplied. Suspension should be appealed.

My contribution to the red card conversation is to remind everyone of this: www.espn.com/soccer/story...

For all the hand wringing about his age, and form before the tournament, Tim Ream has been rock solid so far for the USMNT at the World Cup.

What a gorgeous free kick by Malik Tillman.

I’m ok. Really. #USAvBIH On to the Round of 16

Especially with how much contact this crew has let go throughout the game. Dzeko's shoulder-drop on Adams looked far more reckless.

fun fact: Balogun in Yoruba basically means "general" or "commander" but most literally translates to "war dad"

What a World Cup it's been ladies & gents

SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESH

Ok. Senegal v Belgium just got drunk. These Rd of 32 games have been blockbusters

MEXICO. ENGLAND. AZTECA 😮‍💨

congo's keeper is going to have 500,000,000,000,000 IG followers by tomorrow morning

As DRC are presently playing England, thought its a good time to remind you of this great Sleeper Hit History" episode about the DRC's last FIFA World Cup trip in 1974 (they were still known as Zaire) youtu.be/aaYxVnUGDy0?...

Forgive the picture of my TV but this is an absolutely wild World Cup fact

The legal arguments for Trump's birthright citizenship executive order are vapid and embarrassing. Multiple lower court judges legit laughed DOJ lawyers out of the room. The fact that four Supreme Court justices twisted themselves into logical pretzels to buy it is a constitutional emergency.

It’s not lost on me that the announcers on Telemundo, an American broadcasting company, thanked their viewers in both English and Spanish against the backdrop of everything happening in this current moment.

Every Round of 32 game so far has been settled so late. That was the earliest winning goal to date - Haaland 86’ Maximum drama!

What a tournament by both Norway and Côte d’Ivoire. Really wish both could move on. Les Éléphants are a better team than squads who’ve already advanced to the round of 16.

Whoever loses this will be hard done-by.

What a save! #CIVvNOR

Erling Haaland makes it 2-1

Game on! #CIVvNOR

All three World Cup games today are marquee matchups. Côte d’Ivoire- Norway already off to a great start. Should be a good day for #futbologistas.

¡Golazo! Madre mía. Take a bow Nusa. #NORvCIV

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5-4 instead of 9-0. Just a completely illegitimate institution at this point.

I am stunned that the constitutional question was so close. I thought it would be 6–3 or 7–2. It is profoundly disturbing that four justices would allow either the president or Congress to rewrite the plain text of the 14th Amendment. This is obviously a good outcome, but the margin is alarming.

The fact the Supreme Court even agreed to hear the birthright citizenship case is deeply troubling. But that the decision was anything less than 9-0 (as just released 6-3, even 5.5-3.5) is baffling.

As called on TV Trece in Paraguay:

One last time....

The president of Paraguay has declared tomorrow a national holiday, allowing citizens to celebrate their win over Germany.

Fun detail in the story: There were two families that said they named their child "Esmir" after Bajraktarević scored the game-winning penalty against Italy. Bajraktarević sent the families a jersey.

“It's probably honestly one of the perfect guys to score and take us to the next round.” Some words on Stephen Eustáquio, a special player especially well equipped to create a special moment in Canadian history today: www.mlssoccer.com/competitions...

At 2.99, this is the World Cup with highest goals-per-game average since 1958 But the knock-outs do tend to see a drop www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

I’d flip 4 and 5 but , yes, this will be fun

The World Cup's 32 advancing teams by confederation... Europe: 13 (of 16) Africa: 9 (out of 10) South America: 5 (of 6) Concacaf: 3 (of 6; all 3 are the co-hosts) Asia: 2 (of 9) Oceania: 0 (of 1)

History awaits 🤩 The first-ever World Cup Round of 32 is officially set…💥 Let the knockout drama begin🏆🔥

Despite everything problematic about this tournament, tonight was a special moment: took my dad to see a World Cup game. His passion for fútbol influenced my interest at a young age. On the ride home he said it was a dream fulfilled.

Korea faceplanting against South Africa and missing out on a de facto home game in Southern California is also going to cost FIFA millions of dollars

🇨🇦CANADA VS. 🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA Bafana Bafana upset South Korea 1-0 to finish second in Group A and clinch a Round of 32 clash against the #CanMNT in Los Angeles. 3 pm ET on Sunday. One of the teams will win its first World Cup knockout match.

As a faculty member at App State, I’m required to post anytime the head coach of the U.S. National Team name drops one of our former students. Pochettino knows Luke Combs.

Canada getting South Africa in LA is certainly a different thing than getting South Korea. The Taegeuk Warriors in big trouble.