I’m not watching it, but Fox is doing a THREE HOUR pregame show for this match. What will they do if we actually make the quarterfinals or something?!
Kendrick Lamar’s “[turn the] tv off” playing in the stadium as the tv break ends is pretty funny.
eta Landon Donovan has had some kinda implants or Rogaine. Or a toupee.
It’s more like “we want you to hydrate when you need it, not obligatorily 2 times per game to facilitate advertising”.
Again, 22 world cups were played without 2 obligatory 3 minute breaks per game, nobody died.
He’d look less ridiculous if he’d just kept his 1994 hairstyle.
The Paraguay national anthem seems like a lot more fun to sing than the U.S. (Which isn’t saying much)
Though the U.S. anthem sounds more “epic” to me, more like a national anthem should sound.
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Hair plugs, specifically; he’s done advertisements for the company he used.
TIL that the national anthem of Paraguay is called “Paraguayos, Republica o Muerte!” That’s…definitely interesting.
Ah, thanks. He’s the only celebrity I have a selfie with, so I’m not ragging on him, I was just surprised when I saw it.
Yeah, it’s been a running gag online regarding people joking about the rebirth of Landon’s hairline in the past few years.
Own goal, ouch!
Tough one.
My son is watching this in a sports bar in Cambridge or Somerville that’s filled with fans, I can only imagine the eruption.
Is the stadium pretty much full?
It certainly sounds full. The crowd has been great so far.
Paraguay is in shock. The worst way to start a world cup, poor Paraguayans.
Paraguay started better, but then…
I’d never seen a ref hit by the ball until this Cup. Now I’ve seen it twice.
Paraguay just falling apart.
I’d forgotten that Stuart Holden likes to talk about tactics, which I greatly appreciate.
My BFF wouldn’t watch a soccer game if it was in his back yard and the beer was free. But his tween daughter is crushing on Cristiano Ronaldo, and I’ve been pimping 
to him for a decade, so he’s giving this tournament a try.
He’s hooked.
It’s weird that Alfaro, who’s has a reputation as savy tactician hasn’t made any substitutions. (or he did and I missed it because I’m alt-tabbing to check the dope, twitter and bluesky?)