If he didn't want his players to play a game, they didn't have to show up. Stop bringing these bullshit publicity tours with fake games over here.

Only if you don't count MLS teams.

I'm happy you're here, for no other reason than to annoy the same people who do this on every article written about soccer football.

LOLOLOLOL

Yeah, I actually would love to see a few on Deadspin.

I dunno, Tom, it sounds like a bunch of good sports writers just became available on the cheap.

Any decent blueberry ale: Yeah, I get it, it's got fruit in it and you're a man. But if you get it from a place that uses real blueberries and doesn't go over the top with it, this stuff can be just so goddamn delicious.

Michelle Beadle, for saying that she probably didn't really like sports.

And he's currently digging himself in even deeper!

You should post it on Kinja and see how many pageviews it gets.

Mentioning the Olympics is in itself a strange move, considering the success that they have had in moving from an amateur to a professional system, without themselves having to pay anybody.

Beer price is the best way I had to explain how cheap the Czech Republic was to travel in about 8 years ago. Draft beer was .75 cents for half a liter.

Only 307 of those goals were in competitive matches, though. They played a lot of friendlies back then.

If only FIFA made any money off of World Cups, they wouldn't have to resort to such measures. Brazil should be ashamed.

The best part is that building something like this from scratch probably ran them FAR more than a serviceable pre-built program. Hell, why not use Basecamp for this?

Also Dembele and Januzaj

It clearly has nothing to do with the sport. The World Cup is about nations, not clubs - so it's obviously just a fashion statement. You might as well wear a Steelers jersey.

Some of us are legit.

If my friend wore his club jersey to the World Cup, I'd ignore him too.

That's not why I think Sneijder is retired, I think that because I watched him play, terribly, in the Champions League this year.