world cupmaxxing
@dparks
soccer fan, gamer man | he/him ATL → Tallahassee → Charleston → Boston Occasionally making fun graphs & writing about ⚽️ at @90collective.bsky.social
Living without a car rocks but when you have to be somewhere at a certain time that doesn’t align nicely with transit schedules you often have to loiter around somewhere for a while
This comedian who had ~10 seconds of background screen time in Obsession is doing comically deep breakdowns & content about it as if he’s a lead. Incredible bit
The Copa America is 1. inherently a more achievable championship than the World Cup & 2. would be the USMNT’s greatest accomplishment in their entire history if they ever win it. So yes every time I do see it referred to as “World Cup prep” I am a step closer to becoming the joker
Chris Wondolowski watching Tim Ream become the new punching bag for people who only watch the USMNT during world cups
big updates to my US Level map! also every place i have not been is a place i want to visit, not sure how "be" is interpreted, but i prefer to leave them all blank for visibility
Lots of people fawning over Carli Lloyd taking shots at Christian Pulisic
My silver lining is that people hopefully can start talking about the USMNT like a normal team with normal goals again. The team themselves were calling every game for 8 years “preparation for 2026”. Even in Qatar 2022! Let’s take pride in the chance to win things for the sake of winning them now
If I had a nickel for every time i was at a USA watch party for a Men’s World Cup Round of 16 match when somebody with a camera & microphone approached to me to answer a question, I’d have 2 nickels
How it feels to jump into bluesky, instagram, and group chats right now to say that you’re proud of the team & had a really fun summer watching them
I feel like most of the Brazil players they showed after the final whistle weren’t showing any more emotion than if they got knockout out of their club’s domestic cup or something
Promise this is my only other post on it but yeah, I can only imagine what the reaction stateside would be if this happens to Russia or Qatar in past MWCs. It’s a bad look this happening to us but even worse that other fans are watching us embrace this news like we’re DT himself lol
Can this guy really not be bothered to get one fucking graphic design artist?
Canada a bit better than they’re getting credit for. So far game’s a good example how possession doesn’t always equate to “better team” & the flawed notion that teams with majority of the ball always dictate the game. Canada dictating by forcing South Africa into a game that they don’t exactly want