My boys…they’ve done it youtu.be/kWLH5T-yJ78?...

You can actually watch football die

Third place match cannot come soon enough. You are going to see levels of careless you only see in the Birmingham Bowl

Thomas Tuchel has earned this. That guy has only overseen unwatchable, putrid, disgusting tactics, and I want him out of the sport

God they’ll never, ever be able to ruin this tournament. No matter how hard they try.

If England concede here it’s 100000000000% Tuchel’s fault and no one else’s

This is the best 2010 World Cup game of the 2026 World Cup

Done an excellent job to not let this turn entirely into blood sport and still get through the first 15’ without giving a yellow

GUS JOHNSON: Yamal! The Lamineator! And he's down in the boOOOOOXXXX! He's pointing! AHHHHH!!! It's a PENNNNAAAAAALL((voice completely breaking). PENALTY! For Spain! And the Lamineator says Hasta La Vista Baby! LANDON DONOVAN: that's right, you're not allowed to kick a guy there.

Every post that goes big on this website attracts a reply like "Huh, when I was [timespan guaranteeing user is over 35] I [humblebrag based on being a former gifted kid] despite [grim personal detail]. I guess [implication that the poster is unprogressive]. Well, [signoff euphemizing Fuck You]"

I didn’t see this discussed anywhere (and there are obviously other reasons Spain is winning) but France going outdoor/outdoor/outdoor on all extremely hot days leading into the semis while Spain went dome/dome/dome has gotta matter a little in terms of tired legs piling up a bit.

That touch by Olmo was so good. Picturing Ronaldo sending that shot into the next county

Proper penalty. No stutter, no goofing, just blast it into the corner. 9.4/10.

This is extremely funny and incredible listening entertainment. Shocked me out of my seat when I heard it. Chuck remains the Simmons Whisperer.

Mortifying read that made me stare into the middle distance for several minutes and want to run from the computer. Highly recommend! www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Worst States to Live In discourse…feels flawed to me. You live in your city (or town), that’s your place. The whole state isn’t. Could Tennessee be better, obviously, but there are nice pockets to call your home. It’s not all terrible

I’m saddened to announce the passing of my work colleague, The Zodiac Killer. While we were often on opposing sides of the business, I always enjoyed his silly little scavenger hunts.

Would I have liked an upset somewhere, yes, are we now near-guaranteed to have two historic levels of banger semifinals, yes.

2025 Final Four = 2026 World Cup semis

Who is Erling Haaland? Me @financialtimes.com on the carrot-munching biohacking Gen Z superstar who averages more goal contributions per game over his career for Norway than Messi for Argentina. Top sporting genealogy, and he also hugs fans and Iraqis as.ft.com/r/b7559f46-c... Not from elite academy

Moderately ominous

this is the equivalent of present day college basketball announcers telling you the shot clock is no longer 45 seconds

I’ve really loved the FOX reminder during the World Cup that if extra time occurs there will be no golden goal. Hasn’t existed in 20+ years, like letting the audience know you can’t get Dr Pepper Red Fusion at the concessions. You can never be too prepared

What I would have given for Ford Field to host a few matches and given some fanbase an excuse to take over Comerica for a day

BlueSky was made for this guy

God’s perfect airport feature.

Loved the Goodyear blimp shot of Mbappe’s worldie. The answer to a lifelong question of “what if you were on top of Mount Everest for this goal”

Watching somebody do a stupid stuttery run-up and then miss a dogshit penalty is so profoundly satisfying

Being in the Knoxville airport has once more reminded me of a lifelong truth: every American airport should have a McDonald’s

This website will never, ever defeat the allegations

I almost teared up with pride at S22

Have you seen these ChatGPT ahh flyers? Well, we at 404 Media see them everywhere. “It might feel like you’re ‘saving time and money,’ but you’re actually slowly turning your brand into something generic like all the other brands out there using AI tools.”

This is how I’m choosing to remember this USMNT WC outing. For four games they were a buoy instead of the anchor I feared they’d be. The project continues and I’ll take the moments of joy into the memory bank instead of ruminating the wrongs.

Fine and happy with: Spain, Norway, Morocco, France Noah Okafor plays for: Switzerland Would feel on the cheap side but not catastrophic, just underwhelming: Argentina Belgium: Belgium 2026 New York Knicks but inescapable for the next 10 years instead of 10 months: England

Massive victory for Switzerland and for their incomprehensibly handsome manager

really liked this from Tosin Makinde tmm26.substack.com/p/state-of-u...

this is a very good piece that establishes two things: 1. we did not hallucinate the fact that the USMNT played really well in the other games 2. they absolutely went out and shit the bed against Belgium and should have performed much better yesterday

Egypt wearing Falcons colors in Atlanta and holding a big lead in the fourth quarter makes me a bit nervous.

"All of the best games have had unfair finishes" Correct. Welcome to sports.

Alright fine I'll take the 4-1 two-hour diarrhea over that

I am beyond the point of wanting to abolish VAR and approaching the point of wanting to arrest every VAR official and imprison them in a medieval tower

Mild relief in knowing the US was the main character for only 48 hours

I wrote about the lads

I’m gonna wager that our big idiot prez pretending to get involved is not the reason Pulisic was dispossessed 11 times in a half. Can you people get a little serious at least

No one is going to support their local team because it might help the national team in some nebulous way in some remote future. Support your local team because soccer is fun and being involved feels great. Everything else is a byproduct.

"*the* biggest moment for this sport in this country. And they weren't up for it." That's genuinely what hurts the most. I could handle losing this game. It's tough to handle not even feeling like I can applaud the effort.

Bluesky likes the academy system in the same way it likes lots of things it knows enough about to tout the benefits of without being aware of the negative tradeoffs.

Nothing to say about the tactical plan or anything structural: Just 11 players who simply were very poor.

I am here. If your golden generation is Pulisic and Dest you don’t have a golden generation.