English defender collides with his own goalie and the refs stop play while Norway has the ball on the attack. England has been gifted this World Cup game from the start. FIFA has botched this completely for Norway.
Yet another World Cup game in which the larger nation with the grander commercial profile goes through off the back of highly questionable VAR decisions.
In this case, two of them.
#NORENG#WorldCup#Outfantino
So the chip in the ball detected the Croatian player’s hair vs Portugal but it didn’t work when the ball hit the freaken cable of the camera to favor England?
This whole article is another example of why Zlatan, Beckham, and Pochettino have called out the culture of American sports.
Our star Christian Pulisic was actively trying to engage in “Load Management” last year during the training camp.
This type of stuff just shows where we are as a culture. The lead up to the biggest tournament of your life, you are load managing?
Load management will be the death of all sports in America. Especially, Basketball and American Football.
“The Problem” with american soccer isn’t that our best athletes don’t play soccer. it’s that our best soccer players don’t play soccer. they’re locked out of developmental opportunities because playing high-level youth soccer is unreasonably expensive
Switzerland resilience is actually so insane.
- Knocked France in Euros
- Knocked out Italy in Euros
- Took England and Spain to pens
- Knocked out Colombia in WC
Proper, proper nation man
One big US soccer thought: our youth development has to get more affordable. One of my kids plays travel. It’s at least $5k a year & this isn’t even super high end. We can afford it, thankfully, lots can’t. Youth sports costs in the US are out of control, soccer more than most.
“This is the best US team of all-time”
In 2002 the US beat Portugal in the group stage, eliminated rival Mexico in the Round of 16 and had Germany on the ropes in the quarterfinal. If not for Kahn and the screwjob missed handball, they’re in the semis.
Paul Krugman on the US versus Europe: “Yes, Europeans have smaller houses and cars than Americans do. Many of them also, as everyone has lately become aware, lack air conditioning. But they have much more economic security than most Americans, lower economic inequality, longer life expectancy, and more leisure time.”
I like including "lower economic inequality” on the plus side for Europe. They might roast alive because of lack of air conditioning, but they can die knowing that there isn’t an upper class that is too comfortable.
This reflects a sick value system.