It's been a really great story

by HullieAndMikes, Yelling at Sam Cane, Dunedin, Thursday, July 02, 2026, 05:54 (22 days ago) @ HCE
edited by HullieAndMikes, Thursday, July 02, 2026, 08:51

Wonderful to see this team have the talent and fortitude to finally grab hold of the opportunity and capitalize on what has been a ~30 year project. I only dip in and out of soccer, but I couldn't believe my eyes when an American player actually scored off a free kick at a pivotal moment to close the door in a WC knockout game.

I'm jealous as my own sport still has five years until its potential 1994 moment when the US hosts the Rugby World Cup. I hope it follows a similar/faster trajectory, although the u20s losing by 60+ to Argentina and likely more than that today to England (while simultaneously basically GoFundMe-ing their trip) has me less than optimistic.

EDIT: England scores less than two minutes in, could be shipping 100 today. Honestly, if you ever want to see what would really happen if you put "superior" US athletes into a sport they have limited familiarity with (a la LeBron James in soccer), fire up Paramount+ or turn on CBS Sports.

EDIT 2: Losing 68-40 a better showing than anticipated, but England was basically just screwing around for most of it.