I would posit that Lloyd doesn’t have the bottle to even think of trying the midfield shot unless the States were already well in the lead, and playing with top confidence. Even then, Lloyd herself doesn’t give that sort of shot a chance unless she’s one goal away from a hat trick. It’s gutsy in a friendly, let alone…

Kinda like San Marino, Andorra, the Vatican, and Monaco, yes?

With Klingenberg is still there, the States have no problems on the left flank. If Rapinoe’s been the USA’s best player (she has), then Klingenberg might be #2. Sitting Wambach is a good tactical choice for what should be a prep game before (probably) Germany. Get Morgan and Leroux up front and have Lloyd or someone…

Sam’s departure from Montreal was just part of a simple plan.

No Mars Blackmon?

As you could probably imagine from the huge gulf ... between their Oceania rivals

This was my immediate thought, too.

I’m fairly sure the gigantic sigh of relief we hear from the Bayou is emanating from Anthony Davis’ knees.

And his number is 74 too? Clever.

Heh, it’s not like people are rushing to Deadspin to see the hot takes on Redfoo.

I bet he still has a Zune or 3.

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Yesterday, Killer Mike released the video for his magnificent 2011 track “Ric Flair”. Is it the best? Yeah.

Hell yeah. I would take George Clinton over Springsteen just about any day of the week.

Dang I need to get to the Globe on a Saturday then.

The Brits always have such clever ways of saying, “Scoreboard.”

WHOEVER IT WAS