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June 14, 2015
SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
US lose to Serbia on PKs ending a solid run at the Under-20s World Cup in New Zealand. Despite missing four starters, the American boys held a larger, physically imposing team scoreless for 120 minutes. GK Zach Steffan, the team's Man of the Match, did his part by holding on to the 9th round of kicks, with 17 year old CB Cameron Carter-Vickers a dominant presence in front of him.
posted by billsaysthis at 11:49 AM on June 14, 2015
Excellent Guardian look back at the team that launched modern soccer in America, the 1990 World Cup squad.
posted by billsaysthis at 12:22 PM on June 14, 2015
US lose to Serbia on PKs ending a solid run at the Under-20s World Cup in New Zealand.
Fox and ESPN have the same bad habit where I set up a game to tape overnight and wind up with 25 minutes of some truck race or dragster competition.
GK Zach Steffan, the team's Man of the Match
Seemed like a good keeper but he is going to need to work on his kicking to make it. His goal kicks had a nasty habit of rising like a beach ball before landing somewhere short of midfield.
posted by yerfatma at 11:38 AM on June 15, 2015
Sepp Blatter has been sticking needles into the eyes of a voodoo doll created in the likeness of a Women's World Cup referee.