Fair point. With political issues, many of those either have potential to or actually do impact the people in the middle, so there are incentives to become more engaged (not that it plays out that way).

Despite the difficult draw, the most encouraging element to look to from the U.S.'s World Cup history since 1990 is that the MNT has done better when playing outside of Europe than in World Cups in Europe:

While I'm guarded in my optimism this time, I think the major deficiency that allowed Ghana to defeat the U.S. in '06 and '10 was lack of team speed, particularly in the back. I think that Klinsmann made several key decisions in his roster selection with that in mind, such as a year ago dropping Bocanegra in order to…

Seriously, though, calling her "average" or "normal" is still a misrepresentation. She rocks that (awful) swimsuit better than 95% of American women would.

Conveniently, Dan Snyder did not own the team in June 1998.

It seems to me like there are three schools of thought on this topic:

Uhh, what?

Please clarify: N-As being "Native Americans" or "N—-As"?

I'll go with B, C and D.

You forgot the disclaimer at top: "You will not be able to un-see these creepy images."

"I will haunt your dreams!"

This is the kinda thing I thought was at play. I am not a parent, but both I and other people close to me have been unexpectedly hospitalized with no notice in the last year. One minute you're fine, the next, you either cannot communicate or have things on your mind other than where you parked your car and other…

This Potter guy sounds like a real chickenshit asshole with no actual management qualifications or leadership qualities.

Team sport. If we're looking location-dependent/regionally there are going to be places where swimming, surfing, tennis and golf are also ahead of the soccers.

You're saying Neymar was offside on the pass he received prior to the backheel?

Fair? Ginger? ... 6 vs. a half dozen, amirite?

My secret to surviving summer music festivals is a visor and Nike's Dri-Fit and Under Armour's HeatGear - advanced technical fabrics with wicking properties for the win! - even though some people's looks suggest that they think I'm odd for wearing long sleeves when temperatures are in the 90s or above.

He referred to himself as a fellow gingerbeard, but I, personally, would classify him more as "ginger o'clock shadow".

My beard is so much redder than my hair (which is increasingly brownish/auburn as I age, since I - obviously - avoid the sun) that my mother once asked me if I dye my beard. "No, mom, you made me this way!"

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