For all the Canadian complaining about not hosting their knockout round match, the only reason they weren’t bumped to third is because they beat hapless Qatar by more than Bosnia did. Otherwise they may well have been playing the USA in Santa Clara next week.

I’m sure there is an absolute treasure trove of England supporters being annoying when the US lost to a much stronger Ghana team in the 2010 World Cup. The colonies remember.

In the unlikely case Austin does end up with a NHL team, you’d have the following top tier facilities in the metro: - Q2 Stadium - DKR - Moody Center - New UT Volleyball Arena - COTA - New NHL arena And some very good second tier ones: - Dell Diamond - HEB Center

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Even down to the generous officiating late in a match at Allen Fieldhouse!

There’s just more juice watching a World Cup game on Telemundo. I don’t understand too much of it, and yet I am enjoying it more.

Imagine thinking someone not named Messi is the greatest player in the world right now. It’s just absurd.

An Inter Miami player breaking the all time men’s World Cup scoring record in Arlington, TX for Argentina would have been a Mad Libs sentence a decade ago.

Unless, of course, your favorite team is Tottenham Hotspur because you’re bringing the sadness that does come through television to your local team.

Belgian Head Coach Donald J. Trump would call this a complete and total victory over Iran.

Is Belgium the Mizzou of world football? Every four years we hear about how good they are, but it turns out they’re pretty meh and just from a powerful conference.

Iranians opening a strait for their own advantage? Someone call Pete Hegseth!

Possibly one of the greatest headers of this tournament from a technical perspective. A six foot tall guy falling away from a low speed cross completely eliminating the goalkeeper and deftly floating past a pair of defenders into the side of the net is so incredibly difficult.

A whole bunch of confused people woke up this morning in Houston wondering why the Astros were having a parade in University Place.

Paraguay apparently got a lot better since last Friday when they were The Worst Team Ever And That’s Why The USA Won and today’s 1-0 win over Türkiye down a man for a half.

Like I get why that rule exists but at the same time it is stupid that it is explicitly a straight red in any context.

Advance America Fair 🇺🇸

Rousing chorus of boos for the hydration break here, but a much louder and sustained one for RFK, Jr.

Reposting this because Haymaker is at capacity so be sure to find a different spot for kickoff!

FOX: James Corden is coming up next Telemundo: MADRE MIA 🤌 I rest my case

My brain processing Korean names amidst the Telemundo commentary is in overdrive.

Super cool to hear Austin FC’s Jeremiah Gallegos’ voice boom over the Azteca PA. Always takes me a second hearing it in the background since I’m so used to hearing it in person.

Panic! At the Azteca

World Cup Update: It is definitely stupider to have a hydration break when it is 67 degrees and raining than it is to have a hydration break at an indoor stadium.

TxDOT: continuing to make life worse for people who live here. There are ALREADY 16 traffic lanes between P. Terry’s and the restaurant on the west side of the highway. Weird how Project Connect got sued over Dirty Martin’s but That Crowd is silent here.

It is much more enjoyable to watch Messi be the greatest player in the world when he’s also not actively destroying your domestic league’s entire culture.

The competition side of FIFA has got to look at this hydration break scheme in terms of dramatically interfering with the competitive aspect of the game. No way we should have a break of that magnitude in the midst of the most entertaining part of this France vs Senegal match.

Never seen this before, but the light at 5th/ San Jac is completely stuck. 5th has a permanent green and San Jac a permanent red going on 10 minutes now. Waymo and Avride are first vehicles at the intersection and refuse to advance through light, so @capmetroatx.bsky.social routes stuck completely.

Now that the Sorsby saga is over having never played a snap, I hope the paragon of integrity that is the University of Michigan will re-schedule that volleyball game against Texas Tech.

More and more, it seems to be the time to move KUT/KUTX out of the University of Texas and away from the whims of the political appointees fundamentally collapsing the school. Hiott pulled off a successful KUT Festival even as UT tried to ruin it, and that’s embarrassing for the school.

lol as if

I gotta say, for not being a footballing nation, we are a very good footballing nation.

In addition to the great atmosphere tonight at Haymaker for the USMNT, I would like to call out the raucous boos for Infantino and Marco Rubio when they appeared on screen twice. Few people deserve more booing than those two.

It is 77 degrees in Toronto today. We should absolutely not be giving FIFA the shield of player safety for what is clearly a commercial decision. Nearly everything on the commercial side of this tournament has been viscerally anti-fan.

Your soccer bar is going to be at capacity tonight. Protip: be sure to help your normal friends with alternate locations to the soccer bar so they can still watch. Near Haymaker in ATX: Schoolhouse Pub, Teddy’s, The Long Goodbye, Oddwood, Santa Catarina, Whichcraft.

The NBA’s L2M saying that the contact with Fox was legal and incidental is such a subjective statement that implies the ball wasn’t marginally in Fox’s control when the contact happened. Under that interpretation, can’t see any block being called a foul if you get even a light touch of the ball.

Good morning. Spurs in 7.

I’ve now survived the Allen 3, the Fisher 0.4, the Virginia 3, and now a 29 point collapse, so really happy that basketball exists.

So many ways to shoot yourselves in the foot and I’m pleased to see that the Spurs unloaded the full clip. Just atrocious.

I feel this in my bones so much. Having attended the Women’s World Cup in Australia/New Zealand and traveling across the US/Canada for Austin FC extensively, this World Cup has sapped my desire to attend. I was not going to go 12 rounds with FIFA to get tickets, among many things.

When I hear Texas Tech is destroying college sports at the same time that Wemby has become public enemy number one to New Yorkers for playing basketball:

I would say maybe limit the playing of Brazil for future USWNT friendly matches if that’s the sort of experience the team is going get out of it. Too many other skilled nations you can play without the farce that was.

Completely unhinged goings on in Fortaleza for a “friendly” between two top teams. 6 Brazil red cards (4 to coaches), and a combined 11 yellows. #USWNT

Get in losers, we’re fixing East 51st Street (open house Saturday) www.speakupaustin.org/x50113

The reports of our demise were greatly exaggerated. #GoSpursGo

May the New York Knicks be honored by the presence of Donald Trump tonight and play with his level of excellence. Or to put it simply: #GoSpursGo.

Jim Curtin is a heck of a hire. Philly wasn’t top consistently under him, but that always seemed more about the investment from the top. And they did get within seconds of lifting MLS Cup. A shift in strategy for Austin FC if an emphasis of developing talent comes with him.

The Sorsby case being decided by a visiting Tarrant County judge is nowhere near as exciting of a headline as “Texas Tech wins in Lubbock district court.” Tech is not the plaintiff in the suit nor did the judge have ties to the university or Lubbock. The ruling itself is another matter entirely.

On merit, Chicago should be hosting a World Cup match. It’s got a huge immigrant community, a gorgeous summertime with transit (minus the CTA’s incompetence), a deep soccer history, and a lakefront stadium. Shame that those characteristics were not the key drivers in site selection.

It’s be a really great time to promote the heck out of your MLS NEXT Pro teams, Major League Soccer. Especially in cities that don’t have a World Cup venue, or even those that do. It’s affordable, quality soccer in your city. Good crowd at Parmer Field tonight for FCito, 3 more before MLS resumes.