You've just perfectly described why I don't want the US to advance very far, even though I really like the USMNT and have plenty of friends who are big soccer fans and support the USMNT.

Someone should explain to that Drew fella how advancing to the round of 16 works... And possibly also the realities of history.

Pretty sure that person is being a homophobic, xenophobic asshole.

Yeah, I've seen pretty much all the matches. I'm only saying that with the surprises we've had in the group stage it would be fun to have some really unexpected teams make it to the end. I used the US as an example because of how little most people think of them, not because I'm a fanatical USMNT supporter (in fact…

It's not the space that's an issue. I have a shelf that's the perfect size and I don't need to clear it to make room for anything else. This is more of a curatorial undertaking.

Trying to whittle down my DVD collection is teaching me so much about myself. I own so many movies about punk and new wave. It's also forcing me to ask the important questions, like what about movies that are really good but that I know I'm not going to watch that often? It's so hard to decide!

I don't know if this could happen with the way the brackets shake out but I'm totally rooting for a Costa Rica - USA final. This World Cup has been so nuts, I want the final to be two teams nobody expected anything from so badly.

It's the initial of his best friend, Mundi.

Ronaldo is gross but someone who has twice bitten opponents is a sweetie?And I'm saying this as someone who is a Liverpool fan and sincerely hopes that Suarez had learned to control himself.

But...that photo isn't of Luis Suarez. I know a Sergio Ramos hipbone like I know my own face in the mirror. (Although I agree Suarez's inclusion in the main post is questionable.)

The photos you posted are of Benny Feilhaber and Carlos Bocanegra - two gorgeous men who were on the US squad for 2010, but are sadly not there this year. Also, totally agree about Dembele.

I'm pretty sure he still hates them for being bad movies. Apparently he just doesn't think they were sexist movies.

I raise you a how could you be mad in the first place? I mean he certainly played a role in that nightmare but 1. Spain's entire defense was invisible and 2. he looked so sad it just made me cry.

Agree with this. Pirlo is handsome but it's really his skills + personality that make him so attractive, and they're obviously not taking those things into consideration.

Please stop. You'll ruin Faramir for me.

I think tomorrow will go okay. At least I hope so. I'd like the US to beat Ghana instead of the other way around for once.

Except for the fact that I'm primarily a Spain fan it's been pretty great. Some really exciting matches, no draws, so many goals. I just wish there'd been 5 fewer...

I have been in such a World Cup haze that I until an hour ago I forgot that the GoT finale is tonight. I don't even know what's happening anymore.

I don't have a preference for who wins and I love both Marchisio and Sturridge, so this has been a damn exciting match from my POV.

I don't think it's about permission, really. Most of the women I know who follow a sport have been accused of not being a real fan because of attraction to a player. It's a topic of conversation because men use sexist assumptions as a reason to dismiss and disparage women and try to make them feel out of place. Fair…