The Soccer Thread (Version 13) — Winter World Cup Edition

It's not even original. Several countries have had manufactured controversies over their men's teams just standing at attention and being deemed insufficiently patriotic, chief among them, of course, Russia in 2018.

 

Their narrative of a "true patriot" and reality are as detached as what's left of their brains since MAGA has gone further off the rails.

And haven't you learned by now that if there's nothing controversial that they dig just that much harder to find something?

I mean, Joe's sneakers. Now this. Obama's tan suit chuckles.

 

I wonder how many have peered into the dugout during the anthem at a baseball game. Not a lot of singing there.

 

They went to In N Out. Literally.

 

The OTT subscribers to the regular Apple TV+ has to be minuscule.

 

Giuseppe Rossi retires. At least he lived out his father’s dream of playing for Italy.

 

Unders starts out 5-0 for WWC. Damn I miss sports betting.

 

Germany has arrived at the Women's World Cup. Poor Morocco.

 

Morocco certainly looked like the second-lowest ranked team in the field,

My favorite part of the match was at the final whistle, when No. 2 for Morocco fell to the ground and pounded the turf with her fist like they had just missed pulling off a huge upset and not lost 6-0