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Landon Donovan's life just flashed before his eyes when he was discussing how Senegal winning this game would be no upset. Extolled some virtues of the players then said "these are not..amateurs."
that was a genuinely good job to close out that point and not say something crazy
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first day online? It's not an implication. It's a reality people live with even if not intently stated. It's quite literally what inherent bias is.
The idea that "nobody thinks that way" is often times the biggest hurdle, mec.
inferring that people could think the best african team with players in top clubs could be amateurs is low key still a little crazy
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to complete this, I think Donovan realized in real time that the words coming to his mind bc he has heard them for a lifetime even if he never believed it, he didnt need to repeat. felt maybe he was starting with the letter A for a word and didnt know where, so pivoted. Smart guy
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on a quite obvious larger level, why expand the tournament? You just saw. Even if I dont personally love everything that comes with it, Cape Verde earned that. Flat out improves the competition as a whole. That's why you play the games, kiddos
Jun 15
Holy Verde
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also if you've ever been to that nation, you know how excellent their people and community are. Nothing but happy for them and that squad and their fans. Cape Verde: beautiful place, gorgeous humans, dazzling World Cup opener. Bravo.
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always read Chuck.
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I hopscotched New England lately, mingling among the ecstatic diaspora of #CaboVerde (#CapeVerde), whose ancestors settled in New England for a whale of a reason. As they exult over a first @FIFAWorldCup berth, they can make you feel uncommonly alive. espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/4…
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Curaçao now have more World Cup goals since 2018 than Italy
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Is Curacao being in the World Cup and Italy not, ultimately, a good thing?
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in the group chat the score qualified as a cheek clapping. I will not be divulged what the more decisive beatdown terminology is
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Jun 14
Spurs fans showed up to the NBA Finals to see their squad win zero games at home. That continues to be insane to me.
Jun 14
bing. Bong.
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Jun 13
An interesting internal question here for USMNT is what is a realistic change of expectation not just after the Paraguay win as a whole, or even the tournament, but with the program, essentially.
One great game doesnt suddenly raise the bar to USWNT standards, but should it?
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this again kind of misses the point which is just that, it could be: you know what? the quality of play should just always be higher than what it's been going forward. And with that and the idea that, the idea of "long runs" as satisfactory goes too. And I mean for USSF. Not fans
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I don’t think that one game changes much. The expectation for most reasonable people is R16, maybe QF every WC.
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So many good takeaways and points from this Poch quote on American soccer development.
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