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Many gracious thanks to @KyleNeddenriep and @mykalmphoto for shining a light on our amazing student athletes and the hard work they’re doing in beginning a program. Merry Christmas and thanks for a great piece, @IndyStarSports indystar.com/story/sports/h…

For those dismissing this as crazy, Mauricio Pochettino took Tottenham Hotspur to the brink of winning the Champions League. Anything is on the table. 🇺🇸

“He’s magic, you know.” Learn that one, USA 🇺🇸 😉 @SpursOfficial

Underrated part of this summer is the massive comeback “Take Me Home, Country Roads” is making. One of the 5 best songs of all time and I wouldn’t mind if you argued it number 1. Go USA 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

🚨🗣️NEW: Zlatan Ibrahimović on FIFA’s new mouth-covering red card rule: as Almiron was given a red card for covering his mouth in the game between Paraguay and Turkey “I have seen football at its highest level, the real football. Not this watered-down version they are serving us now. What happened with Almirón? A straight red card for covering his mouth? This is not football anymore. This is a circus run by bureaucrats in suits who have never felt the fire of the pitch.” “Covering your mouth is now a red card? What is this, Big Brother on the field? FIFA wants to read lips, punish thoughts before they even become words. Next they will put muzzles on players like dogs. Players cannot even talk, cannot even breathe passion without some VAR robot or referee deciding your emotions are illegal. This is dystopian. Football is dying.” “This rule was born because some players cry every week. One incident in the Champions League and suddenly the whole world must change. But elbow a man, break his leg, or spit — sometimes you get a yellow and a pat on the back. Two-tier football. Protect the protected, punish the rest. I have played in every league and I have seen it.” On the softness of the modern game: “Maradona would be sent off in the tunnel. Roy Keane? He would laugh at the referee and walk off with a smile while the stands burn. Pepe would have collected five reds before half-time. Today? Players are becoming actors, not warriors. They fall, they cry, they hide behind rules. Where is the masculinity? Where is the character? Football is not ballet. It is war. And they are turning it into a polite conversation with red cards as punctuation.” “I, Zlatan, have scored goals that made stadiums shake and said things that made opponents tremble — without hiding. This generation is being raised soft. If you cannot handle words on the pitch, how will you handle life? FIFA is not protecting football. They are burying it. And one day, the real fans will rise and say: enough. Bring back the game.”

“Number 10. Paraguay. Covered his mouth. The decision is Red card 🔴” Game is dead

Brazil 🇧🇷 v Haiti 🇭🇹 shoulda been the 3 pm game and USA 🇺🇸 at 8:30. Every single establishment would be cracking right now. And the 7 people that can enjoy a 3 pm game on a weekday could have enjoyed this non contest. #WorldCup

The @USMNT faithful serenade their team with "Take Me Home, Country Roads" in Seattle 🇺🇸

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 v. Croatia 🇭🇷 was outstanding. Whole World Cup has been so far. If you’re still one of the few that finds this sport boring, you can’t be helped.

A spine tingling rendition of Flower of Scotland being belted out by The Tartan Army, before their first World Cup Finals game in 28 years. A moment that many have waited a lifetime for. 🥹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️

@TalkinACCSports @AllSportsDACC If you’re ever unsure, @HeyCoachBart is my official soccer expert!!

@FitzyGFY We appointed a real gaffer. That’s what there is to it.

Who is this USMNT and where have they been for decades?!?

Ok we’re winning the World Cup. I take my France 🇫🇷 pick back. Let’s gooooo!!! @USMNT 🇺🇸

All in for U.S.

#USMNT prediction: we surprise people with how well we play tonight. Poch is an elite level gaffer. For whatever drama people think the team has had, or criticism he’s faced since taking the job, it’s not 2 days worth in the EPL combined. USA 🇺🇸 3 Paraguay 🇵🇾 1

If you didn’t stay up and watch South Korea 🇰🇷 and Czechia 🇨🇿 last night, you missed out. It’s worth being a little tired this morning. I know we’ve done a HORRIBLE job of promoting the World Cup as what it is, the biggest sporting event in the world, but give it a chance.

Final World Cup picks. Would love to see Harry Kane, one of the true rare good guys in sport hoist it ala Messi in Qatar, but the French have too much talent. 🏆 🇫🇷 🇦🇷 Messi goes out a winner 🇺🇸 USMNT to the round of 16 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kane comes close but England Englands in the final

Future 2026 US Open and British Open champion J.T. Poston*

Take it all in, West Virginia 💛 For the first time ever, those country roads lead straight to Omaha‼️

As much of a dumpster fire as 2026 has been, FGL reuniting makes up for a bit of it. Some of my best times with my wife and buddies were at FGL concerts. Get outta retirement @ProducerKyle! 🎶

@FTFonFS1 @GregJennings I mean…the Patriots made the Super Bowl last year. Only 2 teams make it. Seems like they’ve passed “being a problem” stage.

“A.J. Brown has a QB that he believes, to his point when he said he can make every throw, not that Jalen couldn't, sometimes I don’t think Jalen was willing to make every throw… This team is going to be a problem.” @GregJennings believes Drake Maye will be better in 2026 👀