oh so Manzambi is going to get a big money World Cup bump

Derek Rae on a call for Portuguese names is always a treat

need to see Cucurella get dunked on like a thirsty man in the desert needs an oasis

When is Defector going to write about cooked Ian Darke is or is that just for Americans

Spain in a quiet group, definitely didn’t draw against one of the biggest stories of the tournament in their first game

Still thinking about how Ian Darke went with Manchester United as the club of reference for Marcel Sabitzer

people really mad that Spain, one of the best attacking teams in the tournament, weren’t allowed to meat wall to a goal?

RIP meat wall

probably late to this as a Telemundo watcher, but had to watch on Fox tonight. What a great production choice to just stay quiet on the players and on the field through Country Roads

yeah. just awesome

Luckily this is the perfect set up for Tim Ream given his tenure with Charlotte FC

This is why everyone should watch MLS to improve your understanding of how the game works

Is GGG just Ed Orgeron?

I fear Claus has not controlled this first half very well

Weston is so so so good, man

They’re in the Dyche zone baby!

I am Isak at the top of the box pointing for a teammate to pick up Mbappe, so I don't show up on the highlight reel

just absurd

Incroyable

going to need those French bros' reaction shot clipped ASAP

Spare a thought for me, in the car, with Warren Barton’s broadcast simulcast on the radio as the only way to follow this game.

This moment isn’t too big for De Roon because it isn’t what he’s dreamed about. When he sits for the CPA exam, then you’ll see the nerves.

Telemundo producers playing 4D chess to put Cantor on this game where there'd maybe only be one goal for him to save all his energy for

teams should contract with the best cut men in boxing just for moments like this. get some vaseline in there and hype him up at the same time.

I missed the storm on a red eye back to town, but remember watching the progress in the airport and it being surreal city to come back to with trees and branches down

Aliens are going conclude that Seven Nation Army is the Earth’s planetary anthem given how everyone seems to love it

David Alaba is Austria’s Sam Staab taking corners

Austria getting some zonal marking corner defensive reps pregame

we’re back and ready to go

Real questions about Aasgaard's haircut, but that's a good goal

Seb!

only 555 more Juventus appearances until Weston McKennie passes Alessandro Del Piero for most all time

USMNT's press and re-press has been so impressive all tournament

adding a ball hitting the net so squarely and hard that it bounces out beyond the goal line to running "purely aesthetically pleasing soccer things" list

still crossing my fingers for a "what Jorge Mendes can teach us about Jimmy Sexton, and vice versa" crossover, but happy to settle for this for the time being

she's from Cincinnati, not Ohio

just seems like this fundamentally misunderstands possession value models? but also, in my experience, the human brain does weird things while emotionally invested in a soccer game when it comes to remembering. there's nothing wrong descriptive viz, especially underpinned by a PV model.

LaMelo Ball, you have been a spiritual Sacramento King for years, now you can be a real one

need a cheat sheet for what game windows I should be dual screening or not over the next few days

local bar in DC showing Panama-Croatia instead of the draft an indictment of the Wizards though

a long day, but someone's gotta do it

we need to stop protecting goalkeepers when they make terrible decisions

is England saving the meat wall for tougher opposition?

punching in for another shift at the "Rooting Against England" factory

(should've done this for Mac Allister's foul yesterday too)

Hachem has been really good?

We need more of what just happened in Philly: letting One More Time rock for an extended period

That’s a defensive action for Mbappe, right?!

Hachem has been really good?