In all the excitement of England's scintillating 3-2 win over Mexico last night, we lost track of the schedule. Ah, well. On to Cincinnati.
That excitement got to Harry Kane, who scored one, assisted one, and sang one. The latter as part of a team/crowd rendition of 'Wonderwall' which left Kane sounding like an excited Muppet in a post-match interview:
Now that we're down to the final 12 teams in the tournament, we've lost some of our favorites. Goodbye, tequila-pounding Koreans, sayonara tidy Japanese, farewell dancing Oranje, festive Ghanaians, drunken Scots, and obrigado, mighty Brazil, for the color you brought to the proceedings.
We'll miss Cabo Verde, too, for their fans and for the players' valiant efforts. Their overtime loss to Argentina means the Blue Sharks have to leave the tournament, but it also means they're the only participating nation in World Cup history to never have lost a match in regular time. Sidny Lopes Cabral's extra time equalizer will go down as one of the great goals of this event.
The players and staff will likely never have to buy a grogue at home ever again, judging by the welcome they received when they returned yesterday.
In a bit more prosaic news, the Aussies found Popeye's before they headed back Down Under.
They found Popeyes. ðŸ˜
— I don't even know anymore. (@sdotcarter.bsky.social) June 25, 2026 at 8:27 AM
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And finally, after an epic two-goal performance - some might call it Beowulfian - Erling Haaland led his Norge teammates and fans in their now-iconic row. Norway face England in the quarterfinals, and you'd be a right fool to count them out.
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Fucking Trump. He had to fuck this up too.
ReplyDeleteIn terms of fundamental fairness, this is probably the right outcome but for the worst possible reason…that one corrupt gasbag called the leader of notoriously corrupt organization and called in a favor.
I was so fired up for this game and now…meh
I listened to england v mexico in a dark tent lakeside in western Maine. Thoroughly riveting.
ReplyDeleteSimilarly conflicted about the overturning of suspension. Looks bad but seems fair on merits, as if merit has any sway in this relationship.
the entire balogun situation sucks. the officials fucked up the procedure for var review in the first place, so it shouldn't have been a red card. then fifa charged boldly into new territory with a novel 'two wrongs do make a right' gambit, nudged along by our corpulent grifter in chief. belgium's side is rightfully and righteously pissed - they were preparing to face a different usmnt setup until a day before the match.
ReplyDeleteas for me, i hate all of it. and i'll be glued to my television having forgotten the kerfuffle at 8:00 pm this evening.
2am kickoff for this USA/Belgium footie match tonight. Not sure Teej is gonna make it.
ReplyDeleteYou can do it, Teej!
ReplyDeletefifa denies belgium's appeal because they don't have standing. just clown shit all the way down.
ReplyDeleteLuckily Trump has nothing better to do, like negotiate a final settlement to his war with Iran before the close of the 60-day cease-fire under the MOU.
ReplyDeleteIt's such crap! If the Americans and/or Balogun had the guts, they'd say he won't play. The stink is going to stick to the U.S. If they win, it'll be with an "asterisk" because of this. And I agree he should not have gotten a red card in the first place, but still...
ReplyDeleteZ - Trump has “top men” working on the final agreement. They will finish that up right after the issue their report on the ark of the covenant.
ReplyDeletei may need to go to popeye's . . . never been.
ReplyDeleteand i'm content with this version of trump-- this is off-brand for him . . . interest in a socialist/liberal sport like soccer and actually using his influence for the good of our country and the truth. he should stick to righting wrong calls in the sporting world (and watching Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals) and we'd all be better off.
How have you never been to Popeye's? You're too old to go now, it will tear up your intestines. Popeye's is a young man's game.
Deletethat's certainly a take
ReplyDeleteSimilar to his Donahue take in 1991
ReplyDeleteI’m in Providence RI for work. Bosses and I wandered into a neighborhood joint. Chicago owners, had the best Italian beef sammie I’ve had outside CHI.
ReplyDeleteNow pounding Guinnesses and Narragansetts amid a raucous crowd at the bar for the game.
Not bad.
I say let ‘em crash.
ReplyDeletethat was disgusting. i blame trump.
ReplyDeleteHe shoulda played striker.
ReplyDeleteThat was a wet fart finish. We looked tentative, lacking confidence and scared to make mistakes. Which invariably leads to mistakes. Bummer.
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