Suffering Sports
I’m looking at it this way: The US Men’s National Soccer Team won’t get embarrassed by Spain on Friday afternoon in Los Angeles. They took care of getting embarrassed last night in Seattle under the pressure of Belgium, which showed everyone the true level of our team on the world scale. I’m looking forward to enjoying the rest of the World Cup tournament without the extra whipped-up frenzy of hype about US soccer.
Another thing that just got wrapped up is the log work on our house and shop/garage. It is a little strange to be away from home when the project was completed, but I received a picture of the house garage doors from Ella, who is staying at our place while we are up at the lake.
They look a lot better than when we left.
I’m only functioning on half my cylinders the last two days, while my digestive system copes with some disruption that involves a fair amount of uncomfortable cramping. I’m hoping it wasn’t something I ate at the fabulous barbecue dinner of the 60th anniversary celebration Saturday night. I haven’t heard of anyone else from the event feeling ill, so it could be some other microscopic invader that I have encountered.
On the plus side, it made it easier to justify lying on the couch to watch the 3rd stage of the Tour de France cycling race yesterday. I ran into one small problem while feeling a little under the weather. After enduring many minutes of little action while the peloton reeled in the breakaway rider(s), I opened my eyes to see Slovenian star Tadej Pogačar being celebrated for his victory. I had unintentionally fallen asleep during the final, most exciting portion of the ride.
I wish I had fallen asleep during the soccer match last night instead.
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I think you are being a little too harsh on the USA boys. True, they were no match for Belgium, but neither was Portugal for Spain, even with the famous Ronaldo. These team are made up of World-Class Pros and the USA is still on the learning curve.
In any event, I am getting my full measure of “football;” which I really only do every 4 years. I’ve yet to follow the Loons and they are only a few miles away in St. Paul. I do like their logo!
Anonymous
July 7, 2026 at 11:11 am
The harshness is probably my emotions speaking. Both as a fan of my home teams and as a citizen of the country. 🙂
I’ve celebrated a few great wins by the Loons and suffered too many embarrassing performances. MLS falls far short of the World-Class matches of the rest of the world. Which reveals how important a factor it is to have all eleven (+ subs) players be elite and not just one or two primary stars. How many more years before the US has that much skill in world football?
johnwhays
July 7, 2026 at 11:28 am