Agreed and didn’t argue with it, you can sense the announcers frustration but they could call it out harder or explain the strategy better for casual fans.

I’m surprised the players association didn’t stop this move (see ARod in MLB) because taking lower pay than you’re worth hurts the collective bargaining

I think the VAR guy went “Well that’s clearly a red, but I think Neymar should get a red too for that reaction, sooooo no call”

Thanks for sharing this.

They were observing his complexion and his last name.

I’m white and used to basically had a buzz cut for a long time, people would always rub my head too. It’s fucking weird

Aisle blocking people are people who live in cul-de-sacs, can’t parrallel park and have no sense other than the grocery store of ever being crowded. They probably have 5 bathrooms and 1 kid.

well there are cards for flopping and no one likes the embellishment. I think there is a very key difference too. I think it’s okay to sell a foul, remembering that the devices you have to play the ball are also the devices you have to move, it makes small contact extremely influential. It’s a huge pitch with only one…

As a soccer player and fan, thank you. I have trouble explaining this sort of stuff to casual fans. There is always a lot of explanations like this for basketball and hockey which have made me understand the games better as I didn’t grow up playing them, I hope Deadspin keeps putting out stuff like this for soccer.

I wouldn’t call Brazil dirty, but cheap and undeserving seem to fit. It was so refreshing to watch good competitive play after 90 minutes of Mexican dirty play and Neymar rolling around like he’s covered in spiders

They dominated until Belgium’s substitutions came on. Absolutely great tactical moves by the coach and Japan didn’t try to respond until much later.

Fuck that, I had a job at 14 and knew enough to show up to orientation.

Hockey is as much American as soccer

lol Zlatan?

The Serb deserved a yellow for a poorly angled tackle on an attacker who had a step down the sideline. Neymar deserved to be brought out back and shot and turned into glue for that stupid reaction.

His office cell phone, as a government employee, is not private information. Anyone could look this information up.

Hamilton Nolan isn’t a government employee. This isn’t his personal cell.

No you fucking twit, public employees are required to have their contact listed. This is his “office cell” not the one he uses for nazi-male tinder.

I’m 33 but apparently 73 in attitude. I fucking hate email conversations that could have been done in a 5 minute chat. Emails are not efficient, they are a waste of time and soul sucking means of communication.

Also James didn’t start