steph better

UCLA'17💙💛

[Sourdeath Sam @SourdeathSam]

USA going from a juiced up SoFi and Lumen Field to a knockout game at Levis

[U.S. Soccer Men's National Team @USMNT]

GOT THE GROUP! ✅

[steph better @multipang]

DOS A CERO 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[steph better @multipang]

this is an exact replica the Oct friendly wtf lol just lose gracefully Aussies

[steph better @multipang]

Wes is dominating

[steph better @multipang]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[Gianluca Di Marzio @DiMarzio]

.@FIFAWorldCup | 🇺🇸 - 🇦🇺 Le possibili scelte di Pochettino e Popovic per la sfida di questa sera. Buone notizie per gli USA: Pulisic ha smaltito il fastidio al polpaccio e sarà regolarmente a disposizione.
https://t.co/t9GZlwYh1B

[The Players’ Tribune @PlayersTribune]

“I wrote this because I can’t speak about it.

I wrote this because I want you to know that I will make sure that you live on.”

@RBLeipzig and @equipenatciv winger Yan Diomande on the life of his sister, Roxane. https://t.co/6wQmpdWTSi

[steph better @multipang]

it’s so amazing to see how much Messi’s teammates love and care about his success

true GOAT 🐐🐐🐐

[Nic @ClawForThatInch]

https://t.co/VamKUyajUO

[steph better @multipang]

what a moment

[steph better @multipang]

POCH CANNOT LEAVE

[Peter Rutzler @peterrutzler]

Gustavo Alfaro, the Paraguay coach, puts defeat down to the "complexity" of the US approach. "They dominated tactically, technically and physically... they create a pentagon in midfield... they have a solution to every problem".

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving.

Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free.

I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these."

"They just come with the table, man."

They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner.

This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat.

I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared.

"Did we…?"

"Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless."

Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined.

My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude."

Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man.

I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy.

Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived.

I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most.

Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

I know Paraguay, homefield, etc. but that was literally the best half of World Cup soccer for the USMNT in 96 years.

[steph better @multipang]

we are cooked

[U.S. Soccer Men's National Team @USMNT]

Last night, we received a message of support from POTUS ahead of our World Cup journey.

[Adam Crafton @AdamCrafton_]

One of my favorite anecdotes from the build-up to this World Cup, which reveals so much about the collision between FIFA and U.S. cities.

The day a FIFA exec told Los Angeles that LA needed to be “put on the map.”

@TheAthleticFC

[steph better @multipang]

sad

[GOLZ @golz_tv]

“For me personally, it’s not like all that much is changing. It’s just another big tournament, to be honest.”

USMNT star Christian Pulisic is on latest edition of GQ magazine.

He knows people are excited about the World Cup, but he’s relaxed about it.

“I get texts from my family and close friends—they're definitely all excited about it, for sure,” Pulisic said.

“I mean, I feel like I’m constantly playing in big games. For me personally, it’s not like all that much is changing. It’s just another big tournament, to be honest.

“A lot of people are trying to make it even more than it is. I get it, it’s a huge tournament [shrugs].

“I’m looking forward to it.”

Let’s see if this relaxed attitude can ease pressure off of Pulisic and help him shine in the World Cup.

[Nintendo of America @NintendoAmerica]

The Pokémon Pokopia Expansion Pass paid DLC is available for purchase today. Part 1: Bubbly Basin is planned for release this August!

Enjoy an underwater town, new Pokémon to encounter, furniture, and outfits for Ditto. #NintendoDirect

https://t.co/FIHb61bgj8

[Nintendo of America @NintendoAmerica]

KINGDOM HEARTS IV is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 and will be available day and date at launch! #NintendoDirect @KingdomHearts

[steph better @multipang]

the knicks deserved everything that happened to them tonight after allowing this pedo in

[Esfandiar Baraheni @JustEsBaraheni]

Trump booed very loudly here at MSG

[David Dennis Jr. @DavidDTSS]

This the quintessential story of how sports reflects the state of the world. Thousands of fans have waited for Game 3 their whole lives and now they’re priced out of entering the game and can’t even celebrate outside because one billionaire gets to attend the game for free.