During Covid there was a trend of football fans asking their their non-football-fan relatives to name an XI of players they knew. It was a fun, silly game, so I asked my mum to do one because I missed her. Two years since her passing feels like a good time to share it. ❤️

Fucking go on Cape Verde 👏

Where should I watch the England game in LA on Wednesday?

The most telling thing in this is the guy who picks $200 as the figure so low it could only be a joke.

High ticket prices at this World Cup have sparked outrage around the globe. But how do Americans really feel about the dynamic pricing system?

Enjoying some of the awkward exchanges on Fox’s coverage and loathe as I am to give Lalas credit, he was right about the Haaland Zlatan thing.

If you have a spare ticket for USA vs. Paraguay, get in touch with Captain America. 🇺🇸

RT @Dan_Sheldon_: 🚨 Exclusive: Thomas Partey is unavailable to play in Ghana’s opening World Cup match against Panama in Canada on June 17…

Have you heard of our Pick 'Em game? If you haven't, that's okay — because @JM_Devine is here to explain: Play here: nytimes.com/athletic/pickem/…

Seen this goal a million times and only just clocked Henderson taking a whack from the referee 😂

This so so far below the standard required, the players should not be made to play on it

New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani wants answers from FIFA after the World Cup organizer reversed a policy at the last minute, meaning fans are no longer permitted to bring plastic water bottles into venues this summer. 🎙️ @AdamCrafton_ 🔗 nytimes.com/athletic/7334124…

Brian Cox speaks to @AdamCrafton_ for the first of The Athletic's special World Cup series, 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗜 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 "I was a f***ing disaster as a player. The worst player ever!" "Embarrassingly, whenever a team was picked, I was the last one called. I started to be known as, 'I suppose we'll have to have Cox', because I was disastrous. Sometimes, I didn't get picked at all." Free to read here ⬇️ 🔗 nyti.ms/3PDSMVu

Obscene and dangerous

What fun we’ve had. Go well, Oli 🦅

Where to start

This ongoing Atletico headloss will look really really dumb if Alvarez does eventually go there anyway eh

I don’t really know if I was at all articulate here, but it was nice to reflect on Palace winning a EUROPEAN TROPHY(!) with the Totally crew

Cannot believe that Adam Wharton is being left at home for this World Cup. He should have been the first backup to Anderson in midfield at 6. There are game-states where England will be drawing or losing that Wharton’s incisive passing will be exactly what they need. Baffling.

He was also injured 😂 simply different gravy

All European champions ain’t we