The riff on “Seven Nation Army” is good, but it’s not so good that it should set the barometer for stadium energy levels at every major international tournament for the rest of time.
Worse noise blaring at the World Cup: Vuvuzelas since 2010 or Seven Nation Army since 2006?
— Travis Yoesting (@TravisYoesting) June 21, 2018
If Miguel Layun manages to bury any of his six total shots over in Russia, he’s one of the stories of the World Cup. Of course Chucky Lozano has been excellent. Of course Carlos Vela has taken his game to a level that even the most ardent of Vela supporters couldn’t have anticipated. Of course Andres Guardado is a wizened midfield wizard.
Heroes and villains, heroes and villains ... today made me question the labels. I mean, there are only two truths in this life of ours, according to Jamie Treays: (1) everybody hates the law and (2) everyone loves a bank robber. So who are the heroes and who are the villains? Kinda makes you think ... where am I? Oh yeah.
Brazil's five World Cup titles are most all time, and it's no coincidence that it has produced some of the best soccer players to ever play 'jogo bonito,' the beautiful game. Pele is a consensus No. 1 on the list of the greatest Brazlian players, but where do Ronaldinho, Ronaldo and 26-year-old Neymar rank?
“Crying and tears may be favored by natural selection because they bring about helping behavior by the spectator. This helping behavior is explained by the assumption that crying and tears ‘imitate’ some of the perceivable characteristics of a baby that has just been born.” — Frans Roes
England's looking to potentially book its place in the next round of the World Cup with a victory over Panama. A last-minute winner from Harry Kane gifted the Three Lions three points, but the team from that match will be slightly different for this match.
How do we know this? We have an inside source from the England camp.
We wish.
The team lineup was leaked by England assistant Steve Holland, who had a team with all the names on it that could potentially start against Panama.
Can you believe we’ve already been going at this for over a week and that it’s already June 21? No? Because you haven’t slept much and your feeling kind of delirious and you have World Cup Powerade commercial-inspired dreams? Oh my god, me too.