they made the dream work

Xavi was looking gassed, both every time I saw him running and every time the camera cut to his face. Any idea the average age of the 11 they started today?

Casillas looked bad and they missed De Gea but, I don't think they would have advanced regardless of who was in goal. They just looked old.

All this over cake? smh

And here I thought one day I would move to Australia in hopes of fleeing the clusterfuck that is American political argument.

It's also a great 1,800 pack of fancy napkins and toilet paper sheets.

Yes.

To be fair, this is America the country reacting, not the team.

Could they still add Donovan if they needed? If Altidore was out several games could he be added? Sorry if this is a dumb question.

The defense performed very well considering we kept Ghana out of the net for nearly the whole game. We did struggle to break out and keep possession but not a total loss - D stepped up big time if you ask me.

Let me know when someone does it with hundreds.

You are not alone.

but pop music has worked this way for 60 years.

Algeria is the most extreme one - over half (?) the team was born in France. Turkey, if they'd qualified, would be up there too, with a good percentage of the team born in Germany.

LOL: in the same token, if you put ANY World Cup soccer player on an NFL football field I certainly hope you've got the ambulance warmed up and the guy's blood-type matched and ready for transfusion.
Different sports. Different exertion. Different training.

"Even if we lose by 100 points, there's a chance a meteor will strike the other team's bench in the last second."
That's positive thinking.

Right, because Dwyane Wade doesn't flop just as badly? Soccer won't take off in the US because US citizens can't watch a sport that doesn't include 48 replays of each play for them to understand what happened.

He certainly made a Mülle of it.

This is Pepe. It's a sport itself to go hating everything Pepe.

I need oven mitts to handle this take