(If single-elimination is good enough for World Cup knockouts and the Champions League final, can we please stop pretending it’s at all bush league when MLS does it)

Hey Luis, I’ve got a great money-saving idea! You can re-use this article next year when the Chargers open their new stadium.

You can’t spell “Deadspin” without “pedant”.

The Canadian soccer program is a comprehensive disaster. Losing to us is not like Spurs losing to Brighton; it’s much more embarrassing than that.

I think blaming “the protocol” at all is probably a win for the racists.

China, is that you?

Say what you will about the protocol itself, but if they’re saying they actually plan to follow it – as opposed to just ignoring it, which seems to be the standard operating practice to date – I still think it’s a step forward.

Only an idiot would think that.

Can’t wait for the inevitable Trump tweet tomorrow calling AOC and Cruz “LOSERS” and insisting this thing be handled by @DennisRodman.

Sad. I guess being dead for 400 years really changes a person.

Attn: Samer, commenters

Have you ever found yourself wondering why the unbiased rational people tend to have the opposing view?

Wrong sport BUT:

Imagine if baseball had instead moved all of the fences in. Everyone would be pissed, and rightly so! Poorly hit balls shouldn’t be home runs.

Have we seen her birth certificate? Something doesn’t add up here. Canadians don’t win things.

I wonder how many times you would get downvoted if there were a button for that

As amazing as that would have been, she was the one up 5-1. It was Serena who stormed back. Still - a wildly entertaining match.

I, too, would be very happy to watch out-of-market NBA games.

It’s a terrible name, but in Canada (and apparently other countries) they’ve got Champions League, Premier League, and NFL Game Pass. The U.S. rights market must be pretty awful for them to try scraping the bottom of this particular barrel.

E pluribus anus