‘This is for the keep-sports-out-of-politics crowd: Many of England’s 26 players are sons or grandsons of people from Caribbean and African countries. Most of those countries are former colonies of the British Empire. Football has never been just a game. It has always been a mirror.’

I get that ⚽️ media outlets have to mention him when they’re sharing factual match recaps, but they truly don’t have to make this kind of gushing, all-caps, emoji-cutesy content, while also getting in a dig at the “critics” who rightfully point out that he’s an admitted rapist. It’s a choice.

goal should stand because i enjoyed it and really isn't that enough

UZBEKISTAN MFERS

live your life with the optimism of portugal fans who whipped out their phones to record a cr7 free kick in 2026

six championships are undeniable but not being able to get out of the group stage in an expanded tournament is gonna hurt him in the goat conversation

Sports are stupid. Everybody has stupid faces.

i love this jordan team because they’re not good but every now and then they find a way to do seven seconds of soccer and make it count

the violent whiff leading to the five star skill move finish is perfect footballing

JORDAAAAAAAAAAAAAN

comically shanking pens and complaining about being tired, basically i am 75% lionel messi

messi finally has the record, for now

austria lmao

Austria-Argentina is a top-tier "just to be clear, what exactly did your great-grandfather do for work" game

lmao it's so great that messi is a literal god at soccer but turns into me when it's time to take a penalty kick

i like the way world up refs have been reticent to overreact to physical contact but lol that's a super double extra pen fam

the dismissive wave away with the non-card hand too, ref didn’t waste a single word or motion, miggy gave him an opportunity and he met it with maximum diva (complimentary)

Uruguay 2-2 Cabo Verde 61' - OH NO! DISASTER! WHAT A BHélio Varela score on a Uruguay turnover

Forever the queen of allyship

i love my childhood club, cabo verde fc

let 👏 men 👏 be 👏 thicc

american exceptionalism in its dullest form. he hasn’t had anything interesting to say in a decade but knew he could stick around by being loudly conservative and positioning pushback to his lack of qualifications or appeal as woke or cancel culture.

no need for saudi arabia to panic, spain are only up a field goal after the first quarter there’s plenty of football left to play

saudi arabia should sign vozinha

made the correct noises and gestures at the correct times to temporarily convince the hvac guy that i knew what he was talking about

if you’re in line to coach tunisia STAY IN LINE

mostly mad at tunisia for never letting me get my ‘hannibal! at the gates’ joke off

Hang the sign up on the door. It’s time for Tunisia 🇹🇳 🆚 Japan 🇯🇵

Now is a fantastic time to watch our interview with Eloy Room that we did with him right before the World Cup started. 😤 youtu.be/JMBOZzeX2P0

BUILD THE ELOY ROOM STATUE RIGHT TF NOW

CURAÇAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAO

getting you entangled in the most annoying gta mission

might take me a minute to get over this, man was calling for the ball halfway up the pitch then did that. i’m disgusted.

two quarters to go ivory coast the diaspora needs this

man plays in germany's domestic league and for some reason they think imarking him 1v1 is a good idea lol

ÉLÉPHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANTS

tonight we get world cup after dark with hervé renard, prepare your hearts

getting hit with a night night by the dutch, go home sweden

there’s the graham potter that i know

Anyway.

a tradition unlike any other

[posting for that one guy who doesn’t want a chronological timeline] i don’t think freeman is offside

more like

ngl i was proud of this one

hamit and halil altintop didn’t die for this

unnecessary hydration/ad breaks need to go but i’m afraid they cooked with corners for gk time wasting, leaving the pitch for a minute if you receive treatment, and a red card for covering your mouth to talk shit

offside balds, i will avenge you

“This place can be so cool if we let it” is my new #America250 slogan, thanks @andre-carlisle.bsky.social

other planets may be engulfed by the sun but earth is built different