Bolivarian Republic of Vuvuzela

El Chavismo Llegó al Imperio

[Edgar @wokeparmenides]

bro took federal money for his gay ass World Cup renovations and it still looked like shit fuck him and his republican ass

[Julius Kim @Julius_Kim]

One has to wonder if the USMNT would have actually ROSE to the occasion and competed stronger if Balogun stayed sidelined. See, Trump having been handed things his whole life doesn’t understand that heroes don’t need help. They rise to challenges.

[Never Forget 1.20.2019 @dukakis88]

Trump is the reverse Midas. Everything he touches turns to shit. I bet you anything that FIFA independently suspended that red card because they want to break into the American market with a deep run, and then Trump hogged the credit for it and created a massive distraction

[679 Enthusiast @marionumber4]

Donald Trump whenever he gets involved in sports:

[Brian Duffield @BrianDuffield]

Everything he touches

[Jonathan Stoop @jonathanstoop]

Here’s my negatively charged USMNT post-mortem:

I’ve seen the USMNT crash out of many tournaments but this was the most painful and it will take longer to get over.

The 1st and 3rd goals simply cannot happen at this level. Those mistakes transcend any technical or tactical analysis. For that to happen in the biggest game of these players’ lives…

Of course I can say this in hindsight, but all the noise around the game was UNHELPFUL. I think Balo’s red card was the wrong decision but the momentum behind the team was still at an all time high.

The administration getting involved over something with little material impact on the pitch has turned out to be a disaster, a common occurrence when non-soccer people get involved in soccer. That created the momentum behind a Belgium that were completely out of sync up until that point.

The sheer amount of technical errors in that game on the ball was bizarre, it’s impossible to know the cause but I assume something psychological. Basic actions you’d expect players to execute 9/10 times.

My cynical view is that performance undid a lot of the good about the tournament thus far. It was diabolically bad.

I will be ruminating about this for a while.

[Dennis M. Hogan @dennismhogan]

In a way Trump’s been promising his supporters pizza and then leaving for over a decade. Today was just the latest round

[Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon]

If it holds, the right play for US soccer media will be to frame this Round of 16 exit as a failure.

[v @missh8ter]

USA playing like shit the moment trump touched them…this is the knicks all over again

[Drew (Toxic I Guess) @ThunderHusky17]

So now that all the causals are gone, here’s how we rebuild:

1. Fire everybody in USSF. This was a massive embarrassment.

2. Absolutely no more relationship with MLS. CLEARLY that doesn’t work.

3. This needs to be built around Tillman and Richards now.

4. Recruit Banks.

[David Atkins @DavidOAtkins]

I don't know how this game will end. But I have a strong suspicion that the U.S. team would be doing better if Trump hadn't intervened for Balogun.

Trump ruins everything he touches with his corruption, and instantly turned our team from an inspirational story to a pariah.

[Cole Sandick🌹🇵🇸🇺🇦🇸🇩 @ColeSandick]

I will say, there is something pretty awesome about how every one of Trump 2’s cultural triumphalist projects have failed miserably or gone unnoticed: Gulf of America, Kirk, Kid Rock Super Bowl, UFC on the White House Lawn, the 4th of July stuff, now the World Cup stuff, etc.

[Cassie Pritchard @hecubian_devil]

#GivePulisicToBukele

[BODEGA PEPTIDES @bigsnugga]

the trump kiss of death strikes again lmao

[Matt Binder @MattBinder]

USA went into this World Cup looking better than any USA team before them and leave looking like the absolute worst USA team i’ve ever seen

[Roy Bellamy @roybelly]

Every. Fucking. Thing. Trump. Touches. Turns. To. SHIT!

[adiba @780613]

between the knicks spurs game 3 and usa vs belgium, the moral of the story is to never have trump support your team otherwise you WILL be hit with the curse that makes you lose the match

[Miles @mtvsthewrld_]

Im telling yall bruh everything #He gets involved in turns to shit immediately after istg he’s got like the reverse Midas Touch

[Mohamed @MoeSquare]

Where's the USMNT going Chuck?