Set for a delay here at the Azteca. Lightning ⚡️ in the sky at various times and rain still falling. 🇲🇽 🇪🇨

Our very own Sam Mewis is a UCLA Hall of Fame inductee! 💙 Sam had a standout college career at UCLA, ranking in the Top 10 in UCLA history for career goals, assists, & points, and leading the Bruins to their first NCAA title in 2013. No one is more deserving of this honor & we are so proud! 🥹💫

30 minutes played: Erling Haaland has had just three touches, and two of them were in his own box.

Ivory Coast - Norway definitely looks like complete team >> two superstars and hope so far but the superstars could do something at any moment

"Once the majority has decided a marginalized group is the demon in one part of a story, it’s easier to paint them as demons in another. ... We need to look at the topic of gender-expansive athletes in a detailed and holistic way that takes the humanity and lives of those athletes seriously."

Trans rights are human rights.

This country and government continues to fail, harm, and punish so many people for just being themselves. The work however continues. It’s up to us to make our neighbors feel loved and safe.

NO ONE IS ENJOYING THIS. Everyone’s miserable

Own Goal PK is a new one

Whatever the final result, I hope the Dutch know how disappointed with them Cruyff is right now

Issa Diop with a beautiful header to equalize at the 90 minute mark

yes I read theory grantland.com/features/bri...

Don't see the shoot out as particularly important in terms of the game as a whole, 120 minutes of pure resolution from Paraguay. You can talk about Germany's errors in how they approached the game but the focus should be on the sheer performance from La Albirroja.

[Dramatic VAR music starts playing]

Unlike the USMNT, Germany made the biggest mistake you can make against Paraguay. They let them get comfortable at what they do best. This is how they qualified. USMNT came out hair on fire, f you attitude, we are scoring first, early and break your soul. Make you play, which you struggle at.

And Cloud 9 immediately standing with her was a huge part of that push! Truly history and a reason the team is where it is today.

Only one game today, and it was that?

Things I never thought I would type: look at how they greeted the Algerian team arriving back at the DoubleTree in Lawrence, Kansas

Al-Tamari for Jordan

The most memorable, wacky goal of the first round, involves a corner flag a toddler leg grab, some individual effort. I love it. 🇩🇿

Offside TOE!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, DR Congo takes the lead & Le Chiffre is flustered

I’m mad about this one because any single person on earth who understand either emigrating abroad or traveling with a non US passport has seen this coming or understands the crisis of what it’s like waiting to get ANY visa to the U.S. the last 5 years. And I his isn’t a one off story. Its ongoing!

Again I would just like to say to editors who did not respond to pitches about the World Cup visa process being obscenely convoluted and wait times being long that this story was here months to a year before the tournament and outlets are still playing catch up.

That’s so bad from VAR to take away that goal from 🇨🇩. No a clear and obvious error and deprives a nation of a moment. VAR has not been good enough in the group stages…but that’s among the worst applications.

The ref’s VAR announcement was perfect. Tension built, the delivered his dramatic line.

Why is Edward Norton talking to himself?

We tried our best to do justice to the World Cup’s missing muckraker: Grant Wahl. Profound thanks to @celinegounder.com @chriswittyngham.bsky.social @leefeiner.bsky.social and Briana Scurry for talking to PTFO for this story. youtu.be/WAKE0Ig6Z68?...

there have been some outrageously clean strikes this world cup and this from gueye is up there with the best

Michelle Wu's voice is cracking as she talks about how important the Haitian community is to Boston and Massachusetts. She's contrasting the joy around the World Cup with the cruelty of today's Supreme Court decision.

When I remember a year from now the Women's World Cup will be played in Brazil 🇧🇷🏆⚽

I think South Korea-South Africa is the third directional matchup in World Cup history and the first in over 50 years: Northern Ireland-West Germany in 1958 East Germany-West Germany in 1974 South Korea-South Africa 2026

Was stuck by this comment under Ewan Murray’s report from Miami last night for @sport.theguardian.com in regards to the gulf that exists between how much fun Scotland fans have before a game and the sheer lack of it during them and how there’s really no need for any handwringing about that.

turns out Roldan did not train today, likely ruling him out for Türkiye. Creates a complicated situation for USA, as Tyler Adams is the only other natural 6 and he’s on a yellow card.

26 world cup games in the next four days, feels like us sports sickos have just been training our whole lives for this

Fascinating reading. One of the most honest things to ever come out of the USMNT system ever.

Fifa’s shift from goal difference to head-to-head to decide groups is an inexplicably terrible decision that has needlessly killed or muted loads of final-round group games USA-Turkey would have tonnes on it, for one Now it’s a needless dead rubber www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

I’m already pre-sad about the group stage ending. What am I supposed to do during the day instead of watching endless soccer? Work?

He’s not a miracle worker

Every team has now completed 2 games. We have seen 48 games. This World Cup is now 46.15% complete.

Mandami has seen Arsenal win (22 years). Mandami has seen the Knicks win (53 years). Mandami has seen Leftists win in Brooklyn (many decades). Man literally can’t stop winning.

What a wildly radical position. Being pro human rights while also opposing antisemitism? Who does this guy think he is? Game’s gone. (And it’s about damn time.)

♫ Never Ghana give you up Never Ghana let you down Never Ghana run around And desert you Never Ghana make you cry Never Ghana say goodbye Never Ghana tell a lie And hurt you ♫

Wow! Iran left a thank you note in their locker room thanking LA for its hospitality during the World Cup. Be sure you read the last line: “May peace, respect, and friendship prevail among all nations.” (Source: Reuters)

Seismic activity detected in Lawrence, Kansas

23!!

Some of the same people not up for an 11pm ET kickoff at this World Cup fell in love with the World Cup in 2002 when group stage games kicked off at 1am, 4am and 7am. We’re not even halfway through the tournament…you’ve got to dig deep, find that younger self energy. You’ve got this.

FIFA organizers are enraged as they were led to believe that it's always sunny in Philadelphia

“Ronaldo - Brazilian Ronaldo, the real Ronaldo” - John Strong

Only 365 days to the Women’s World Cup in Brazil 🇧🇷