I caught the end of USA vs Australia last night, and man, the team’s not built to play from behind. I swear, almost every play not involving Rapinoe was:

Eh, “ungrateful” is what people say now that most people have figured out that “thug” is code for n——r.

Dwight Howard’s candy stash doesn’t eat itself, you know.

He was also the best player for England at the 2006 World Cup. Though it was peak Sven/Lamps/Gerrard period so they didn’t think to build the team around him in midfield.

Must’ve been nice to be retired at age 17.

Speaking of Hargreaves, since he hasn’t played in a FIFA tournament or qualifying, he is eligible for a one-time change of nationality, isn’t he?

I mean, the on-field equivalents are Dwayne DeRosario and Christine Sinclair, but I don’t know if they’re in the habit of saying dumb things on Twitter.

Fine, if you’re going to be lazy about it. She’s not complaining about not getting the ball. She observed that she was getting frustrated because she wasn’t receiving the ball, and not because of any apparent inability to get open and show for the ball, and spoke to other co-ed participants who experienced the same,…

No. 

I think Fozberry was trying to be polite and asking you why you’re working out your issues in a public forum instead of going to a professional, but not in so many words.

You seem like a guy who’s really secure with his masculinity.

I agree. But he’s still terrible at defending.

I don’t know, I think it’s worth pointing out that there were people who were seriously upset that money from the Department of Defense’s marketing budget was spent on marketing efforts for the Department of Defense.

I know you mock the “paid” part of paid patriotism because it shows how incredibly inauthentic it all is, but if they’re going to do it, DoD should pay the market rate for sponsored events. No other organization, government agency or otherwise, could get away with getting that kind of platform at a nationally…

It’s easier to disappear when your surname is “Müller”. 

Hendo actually has sneakily good forward pass numbers:

Kinda. The Egyptian national team had this weird deal where they spent their (mercifully short) World Cup in Chechnya and Mo Salah posed a couple of times with their strongman and this video is really uncomfortable to watch. Salah does his trademark smile juuuust enough so he doesn’t look completely miserable:

Nice to see Alberto Moreno in midseason form.

You do what Salah did when he was offered honorary citizenship to Chechnya - smile sheepishly for the camera and then “privately” gripe about quitting the team. 

FWIW, Müller was getting passes into dangerous areas, but like you suggest with Özil and Ronaldo, it’s different when your passes aren’t going to Lewandowski.