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Portugal should win today, but Chile is exactly the type of opponent that can turn a “comfortable friendly” into 75 minutes of frustration. I’ll say Portugal 2-1, but not as clean as people expect.

US look real sharp here so far. Addition of Balogun proving to be massive already. This is the US’s group to lose

A World Cup in America

It’s USMNT matchday. What a time to be alive! 🇺🇸 vs 🇵🇾 Drop your prediction for USA vs Paraguay tonight. Mine: USA wins 2-1, gives us 25 minutes of confidence, 20 minutes of panic, and at least one moment where the entire country questions its life choices.

Give me South Korea 2-1 over Czechia tonight, and Sonaldo to put one in the net. Czechia’s set pieces are scary, but I think South Korea’s pace creates just enough problems in transition. This feels like the type of game where one mistake completely changes Group A.

Mexico opened the World Cup exactly how a host nation wants to: early pressure, early goal, control of the game, and just enough chaos to remind everyone this tournament is going to be wild. 2-0 win over South Africa, three red cards, and the Azteca absolutely rocking. We’re officially back!

It’s pretty mind blowing how impressive the drainage systems are in American football stadiums… 🤯👏

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Drainage system from your average MLS stadium. 40 minutes before the game, the downpour was drained and the pitch was ready for use. You can keep your 200-year-old mushy pea stadiums.

@PountneyNeil According to what lol

@PuPu4_2 I think you are shill for Trump and Fascism

The World Cup is quickly becoming less about soccer and more about whether or not the US is fit to host. Personally, I think the US is plenty fit to do so, and in much better conditions for the athletes overall than many other locations. What say you?

@VR_Manager @SA_Greatness I personally did not fuck up big time, and the players weren’t bitching about the pitches that the tournament is actually going to be played on

@PuPu4_2 @SA_Greatness If our players are saying the pitches are low quality then for the biggest international tournament on the planet yous fucked up big time

@muhummzy Infrastructure.

@PuPu4_2 What makes you confident to say america can host? Was it when the denied the ref? Or is it because they denied iran tickets? Or is it forcing iranians to fly in and out of the country for games? Maybe it was the 8+ hours of questioning for some of the worlds biggest arab players

@TBabing Why is that?

@PuPu4_2 I say you wrong.

@DragonatorG Agreed!!

@PuPu4_2 It’s time to put up (on the pitch) and to shut up about everything else. It’s called the “beautiful game” for what it is: a game. Screw all the politics.

@SA_Greatness I agree, the US government is on some bs, but infrastructure cannot get any better for this. And I’ve been seeing a lot of complaints about fields weather etc

@PuPu4_2 If America wanted to, it could host the WC with both hands tied behind its back. Problem is your government. The visa issues we are seeing in the US are absolutely shocking to those of us who follow world cups and other sporting events, it has killed the excitement.

@TheAlderNN @SpangledBallers I know lol, they’ll find anything to complain about though

@PuPu4_2 @SpangledBallers Yes. Brits have been saying we can’t tend grass and the pitches will be dangerous

LOOK AT THIS HORRIBLE PITCH! THIS WILL BE THE WORST WORLD CUP EVER!

@itsshara_ai Agreed!!

@PuPu4_2 I think the Netherlands win is more shocking they needed penalties to scrape by, while France still looked solid despite a leak.

Be honest: which result from today deserves the bigger overreaction? France beating Northern Ireland 3-1 while showing some defensive cracks Or Netherlands beating Uzbekistan 2-1 but needing two penalties to bail them out I’m leaning Netherlands. You?

I don’t think there will be much to take away from this Spain v Peru match. Unless Peru absolutely dominates Spain 😂