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Anyone going to USA vs Bolivia this afternoon at Jerry World? I don’t have a ticket, but still am considering it. Would be coming in from Dallas without a parking pass, so highly doubtful that I was to buy a “$60” ticket and drop $120+* plus sweat a pound or two off when walking from wherever I end up parking. *”$60 ticket” = $60 ticket $23 taxes & convenience fees $8 tolls $30 parking ————————- $121 before even looking at a menu inside PLUS dripping with sweat upon entering the stadium… Maybe $150 & miserable for cheapest ticket available. I just talked myself out of going.

Coco came back this morning to play 5 whole points. WHAT A BUMMER! Then Pegula pegged Kalinskaya in a 3rd set tie-breaker to win the trophy, but Kalinskaya looked delicious, so she was a winner too. This would have been Kalinskaya’sbfirst title ever on the WTA tour. Curiously, this is only Pegula’s 5th title ever. For someone who has been #3 in the world, I kind of thought that she would have more titles.

Santiago Gimenez is Argentine, but grew up in Mexico because his dad played there (probably a soccer refugee who fled the financial crisis in Argentina at the end of December 2001. PS- Fuck El Mierda-Tri !

Quiñones is Colombian. And he’s black. Now he plays for Mexico, but he’s Colombian. Don’t recall any black players from Mexico making the national team over the last 25+ years.

Maybe it means… 🤷‍♂️

“I have incredible sources.” Is the new “I have the best sources.”

1980s LB starter kit.

Peru is still possed that Chile took some land from them back when they smacked around Argentina, Bolivia, AND Peru in a land grab that has given Chile its current borders.

“If that makes sense.” !!!! You have been listening to Bobby Burton entirely too much!!

Was there a rain delay? I was thinking that she might have just thought… “I don’t feel like waiting for this rain delay and the fucked up schedule that will follow. I’m out of here and will start again next week on a normal schedule.” But I don’t know anything about it.

FOX is in the entertainment business. If those three letters are at the start of a channel, their goal is to draw eyes and in turn advertising dollars. That is their business model across all platforms and it has shown to be highly successful. They employ Urban Meyer and all of his baggage on Big Noon Saturday, after all.

Xavi Simons scoring a goal would have been pretty cool since he has been a player people have known about since he was 12 or 13.

We need an overhead angle to see how far away the Dutch guy was. Booooooo!!!!!

So they are giving the tickets away at this point. Cheap Seats are $70 from Ticketmaster or whatever the official tickets are, but I think that StubHub tickets are now down to $50 for the cheapest seats. May want to buy tickets Sunday afternoon.

KatFid is off the hook and from now on, “Landon” or “Donovan” will be the new name for people who can’t tell people apart.

It is ALWAYS intentional. When the announcers say “It didn’t appear to be intentional.” I always repeat “It was absolutely fucking intentional!” Perhaps the announcers are instructed to say that, but ones who used to play know that it’s always intentional and I’m fairly certain that every announcer who didn’t play knows as well. Pimping? Drug dealing? Roofie aided theft?* I have cousins who live in Vegas, another friend lived there for a decade or so because his wife was working international relations with WYNN (went to Macau frequently because she speaks Portuguese), but I would not want to live there. *a friend got roofied at a casino in New Orleans by a couple and they took him to an ATM where he withdrew his limit and then went on a shopping spree at a Walmart where he spent over $1,000 and he didn’t remember any of it. Supposedly there is some drug that leaves you completely susceptible to agreeing with whatever another person suggests.

I still don’t think that this would have been a goal if he didn’t sky it. I think that the shot would have been blocked and gone back behind Wondo or out for a corner. But that does appear to be a Big Chance.

Found this in the wee hours of the night. I have no idea whether there is a difference between a Shot On Goal and a “Big Chance”, because they appear to match up. Anyway, it was the xG that I found surprising. I can’t believe that with all of those breakaways, Argentina still didn’t have at least a 3.0 xG. I felt that Canada’s xG would be over 1.0, and it was. Their setup put them in positions to score, so Marsch’s set should have brought them their first goal, but the finishing by Canada & Emi Martinez’s golden gloves kept Canada out of the goal.

Just piling on at this point.

Under this, or right after it, or something… The English are all so educated & posh.

Men’s Top 4: Taylor Fritz Tommy Paul Ben Shelton Korda or Tiafoe* *depending on position the Monday after the French Open Final. Korda OR Tiafoe, but not both. My guess is that these opt outs are due to: 1) The Surface 2) No Prize Money 3) Losing Out On REST/RANKINGS POINTS. With Da’ Bitches, everyone is playing for Silver & Bronze, unless you meet up with Iga before the Semis. I was hoping that Navarro would edge out Keys, but Madison had a very solid clay court season. Maybe she has played the Olympics before, but this is his last chance to play them. She won’t make the 2028 LA roster. I think that you won’t see any American opt outs four years from now.

Stu Holden is watching knee-to-knee contact and thinks that it is a little bit of a touch on his ankle. What a fucking REGARD!

Emi’s ball control looks like a guy who used to play in the field. He is calm, never freaks out. He’s like the polar opposite of the USA keepers. Not just Turner. Zack Steffen also sucks with the ball at his feet no matter how many times announcers say that he’s good with the ball at his feet. No idea on Horvath, but I don’t recall anything but Spaz Boy ball control.

Pretty much. Italy had some shots from the edge of the box that looked like they didn’t get within 5 feet of the cross bar. Spain could have had 3 or 4 and Italy could have had one.