Jared Dirks

I’m surprised @AlexiLalas hasn’t hit us with his infamous, “Hello, sunshine. What are we yelling about?” post today.

@HITCSevens Do the English complain about everything?

This makes a mockery of the whole tournament. If the USMNT win, Belgium will have every right to feel cheated, meanwhile the USA’s victory - by their best ever generation of players - will forever be tainted by accusations of favouritism and corruption. It’s bad for everyone.

@michaelmalice Funny how the only thing you seem to care about is politics. If we’re talking ongoing psyops, that’s probably the better place to start.

Getting Americans to care about the World Cup is one of the most successful current ongoing psyops

@ESPNFC Jesse Marsch sounds like every @49ers and @RamsNFL fan after the @Seahawks won the Super Bowl.

"I'd rather be us than them." Jesse Marsch after Canada was eliminated from the World Cup vs. Morocco 🗣️

@SavianoAlan @DNeckel19 You’re one of those “my lived experience” people. Meanwhile, the @USMNT lived experience:

@DNeckel19 I’ve worked with Mexicans my whole life. Their work ethic is unmatched. Family values mean something. Every time I go to Mexico they welcome me with open arms. They’re my neighbors so why wouldn’t I support them? The UK is unrecognizable.

I’m amazed by the number of USA ⚽️ fans who are rooting for Mexico over England. In ⚽️, Mexico is by far the US’s biggest rival. The Mexican team has repeatedly choked USA players and their fans boo the USA anthem. The US has fought a war against Mexico more recently too.

@CAme_Tweets I’d never cheer for @TimbersFC in @LeaguesCup, @TheChampions, @opencup, or the FIFA Club World Cup. Casuals like you just don’t understand rivalries.

@JaredDirks @BearsShowYo @ChicagoBears @packers @USMNT Its more like cheering on the MLS team when they play a Mexican team in leagues cup. You have to. Plus being fond of England is just unamerican af

he really thinks we rooting for “England” and not Mexico😭

@FDSportsbook That’s certainly one way to rise to the occasion.

England will be allowed to use viagra to help with the altitude vs. Mexico 💀 No, this is not a joke.

@simonwatson23 Go @Vikings.

@JaredDirks @BearsShowYo @ChicagoBears @packers @USMNT Go Lions

@Josh_Merfeld Checks location: Australia. Mate, you’re about as relevant to this conversation as the @Socceroos are to winning the World Cup.

@JaredDirks @savanah2j @USMNT @Lions @packers I don’t agree. My brother and I both quite like Mexico and generally root for them.

Americans are absolutely NOT rooting for England, ESPECIALLY on our 250th freedom celebration. We love Mexico and Mexicans and Mexican food and Mexican beaches.

Sad to see the @USMNT’s biggest “rival,” the @Socceroos, eliminated from the World Cup.

Some American fans: “We should support our neighbors and root for Mexico against England.” Meanwhile, some Mexican fans:

@savanah2j I’ll try to say this respectfully, but fuck that team and their fans. This is who they are:

@JaredDirks @USMNT @Lions @packers I’ve followed soccer my entire life, I’ll go back to not rooting for Mexico the second they beat England but you wouldn’t catch me dead rooting for England the week of Americans independence

@USMNT @Mariners @MLB He’d probably be a better manager than Dan Wilson.

👀 @Mariners

So then I said, “I don’t even care anymore.” -@jessemarsch

@tha_Real_Kumar Regardless of what he accomplishes professionally, this guy has already won at life. What an incredible talent and an even better human being.

#USMNT striker Folarin Balogun on his immediate reaction to red card: “I think it was just important to stay calm. I never want to react out of anger and out of emotion. There’s still lots of people we’re inspiring, little kids, boys and girls who are watching, and we have to show them the correct way to handle things, even when you think it's unjust.” On shaking ref’s hand postgame: “As said, you can feel like something, injustice can happen to you. It’s not an excuse to be disrespectful… I'm aware that the World Cup might be the first time a lot of American viewers are tuning in. So it's important just to show people, whether things happen to you, good or bad, just to continue to be yourself.”

@ellabrockway Also in the interview, Jesse emphasized that he’ll never, ever, ever date Sydney Sweeney or Taylor Swift.

Interesting mid-World Cup interview with Jesse Marsch in TIME yesterday, including a bit when he emphasizes he will never, ever, ever coach the USMNT, like, ever

Wild to think the @USMNT might’ve been in the “group of death,” considering there’s a real chance all three teams from the group advance to the Round of 16. #WorldCup

@jasonwhitlock You’ve had plenty of bad takes, but this one is up there. Thank goodness America has freedom of speech so you can say whatever you want, and the rest of us can realize you’re a complete dumbass.

American sports fans' embrace of soccer is a sign that we’ve been conquered and indoctrinated into a feminized culture.