had to google it (not a soccer buff) but damn you’re not kidding. i was referring to the initialism “USMNT” which for some reason in my broken brain reads as “TMNT” or teenage mutant ninja turtles.

Thank you for pointing out why China is unstoppable at international soccer.

World Cup groups are rarely all that deep. If they get even an average draw, they should be favored to go through. Then they’ll be sent packing in the first knockout round by a middling Euro or African team, as per usual.

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How does financial advantage help for national teams? This isn’t PSG in la liga. They can’t buy players.

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Altidore played his best game for the USMNT in at least a year. That said, he’s not as good as Pulisic. It was a good flick to set up Pulisic for the first goal, but we don’t have another player that could have finished that run the way he did. And Altidore’s goals were a tap in and a penalty.

That’s really not what foreboding means.

Billy Haisley: “The US is garbage and got lucky”

I mean, Panama’s entire existence is predicated on letting things through.

Are you kidding me? The patience he showed waiting for the play to set up was fantastic. Then at just the right time with lightening quick precision, he made his move and just flicked it right onto Jozy’s foot.

“This is of course a good thing in general, but asking such an attack-minded player to not only be the team’s final-third creator and finisher but also the player who transitions play from defense to midfield and midfield to attack (seriously, watch the video above and note how often there are about five or six…

I won’t refute most of what you wrote. Messi is an icon and a legend and if any player of this era deserves to win the World Cup based simply on their transcendent ability, it’s Messi.

What purpose does Billy serve at this site? Honestly, is it trolling? It has to be, but then what explains the length of his articles. Why pay someone who doesn’t know shit about soccer to write almost exclusively about Messi and Barcelona?

Stats just don’t back up your hyperbole. Can you just say “Messi is my favorite player”?

If it’s any consolation to Cristiano Ronaldo Jr, I don’t know if Portugal is ever going to win the World Cup either.

“there’s a terrifyingly large chance Argentina won’t even make it there.”

Marketing: “We want to use SURUS for the name. Can you come up with words for each letter?”

Engineering: “We have a lot better things to do, you know. Fine. How about Silent Utility Rover Universal Substructure.”

Marketing: “Close, but SUBstructure makes it sound so below the competition. We’ll use SUPERstructure…

But think about it—a civilian version of SURUS would make a fantastic platform for delivery vehicles, buses, and, best of all, RVs! A camper that could drive itself down the highway while you cooked up some pizza rolls or took a leisurely bowel movement is essentially the modern human’s dream, realized.

“Oh, we LIKE the idea of a Bride of Frankenstein movie, we’re just not MARRIED to it.”