I think he has learned from Messi the subtle joys of a damn good assist. I recall when he first joined Barca he was like a skittish colt, just wanting to prove his awesomeness to everyone without paying attention to what actually makes a great team. He’s really upped his overall game and it’s scary/exciting to think…
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They may not be a good team, but they’ve certainly learned to flop with the best of them - there was a hilarious incident in their box during a corner when a defender went down like she’d been shot in the stomach after a mild jostling by a Dutch forward, and then when the CIV goalie saw her go down, she followed suit…
Also - Albania beat France. Let me repeat: ALBANIA BEAT FRANCE. Bonkers.
Sometimes Deadspin commenting is just…blech. Teenagers gets hit by a bus and one is in a coma. Time to insert snarky joke!
The stupid thing about the stupid joke is that free kick was fucking amazing. Tim Howard wouldn’t have stopped it. Hell, Manuel Neuer wouldn’t have stopped it. And fuck SAS.
Robben wasn’t just sat, he’s injured, and is out for at least a couple more weeks - he’s missing the upcoming Euro qualifier. I agree the Dutch took off the gas. I’d say Germany did the same thing to an extent - although I was impressed with the US play in the second half. They were very disciplined defensively, plus…
He’s been on fire the last few times I’ve seen him. He’s got a nose for the goal and damn he’s fast. Plus he’s a Sounder (if he chooses to play in MLS…) which makes me giddy with excitement…Deuce, Oba, and JoMo (the nickname for him I made up today)? What a trio that would be!
ANd the US had neither of their best strikers w/ Jozy and Clint not playing. What’s your point?
Classist? Have you even heard/seen him? He basically gives a verbal enema to those with unfettered and corrupted power and wealth every chance he gets. If that’s classist, then I guess anybody who cares about how much they’re getting screwed on all sides are classist.
It’s a shame anybody gives a shit one way or the other about her or anybody’s orientation (except to help remove any stupid stigma others attach to it), but I really do love her as a player. Rock on Megan!
That was so fun and surprising. If Nigeria shores up their very iffy defending on dead balls, they are are gonna tough to get by.
Nice goal. Wish they had Fox Sports 2 here. This is a bonkers soccer weekend - trying to record/watch the U20 WC (going on in NZ currently), Women’s WC, Champs League, MLS, and International friendlies...
It’s still better usually with the Spanish announcers IMO, even if I only catch a fraction of what they’re saying.
Okeedoke.
Amazing - the difference between 4-3 Holland and 4-3 USA was if the Dutch shot had been about 3 inches lower off the crossbar...
My salad days in the early 90s included Hong Kong double features at a local theater - I saw this and Hard Boiled in one afternoon and my I left the theater with my mind blown and a serious man crush on Chow Yun-Fat.
FIFA got a huge deal if the 5 million/30 million figures are true…
Ray Hudson should narrate!
Even less interesting note about John Cusack: I was at a small after hours party in LA w/ an old GF about 20 years ago and we saw him and Jeremy (then mostly unknown) Piven drunkenly hitting on pretty much any woman at the party. As we people watched at the bar, Cusack made out with some random woman. After macking on…
The first rule of shitty college softball club is you don’t talk about shitty softball club.