The Azteca is a fortress. It can be intimidating. But England had never experienced anything like the cauldron that was Mercedes Benz Stadium today.
After Argentina equalized, the English buckled inside domed. The frenzied atmosphere ate Tuchel's side alive.
Pat Tillman was shot 3 times in the back of the head from 10m by a fellow soldier after he started speaking publicly against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. And we dilute his memory on purpose each year. Makes me sick.
Go into tournament overly confident. Beat a couple lesser nations and then boast about how it’s “coming home.” Lose against the first decent team they play. Say they never expected to win it but next time it’s theirs. Rinse and repeat till the end of fucking time.
This is why it's important to bully American soccer defenders of the status quo and My Little Soccer shills.
You live in a bubble of toxic positivity and shilling of monopolization. American sports fans outside that bubble call out that bullshit quickly.
“And every four years when the World Cup comes around, we will say that we’d dominate if we had a stronger youth program.”
“And will we develop a stronger youth program?”
“We will not.”