Ameritoon

Again, John Brooks is really good

This is basically a bunch of friendlies being played coincidentally in the same country

If Paraguay win I'm running with the fix is in narrative no matter what

Hey, that's cool

Best thing Zardes has ever done

Some shit defending until the end there

Didn't realize the beard for a while there, better than the hat trick

Not bad for a winner in the opening match

WINNER: Germany RUNNER UP: France TOP SCORER: Hazard TOTAL NUMBER OF RED CARDS: 6 AT WHAT ROUND WILL ENGLAND BE ELIMINATED: Semi-final Group Stage 1 fixtures played between Friday 10th June and Tuesday 14th June DEADLINE: ALL PREDICTIONS FOR THIS STAGE MUST BE RECEIVED BY 5PM ON THURSDAY JUNE 9TH REMEMBER TO HIGHLIGHT YOUR BONUS GAME - DOUBLE POINTS ON OFFER Group Stage 1 Friday 10th June 1 20:00 France 3-0 Romania Saturday 11th June 2 14:00 Albania 0-1 Switzerland 3 17:00 Wales 1-1 Slovakia 4 20:00 England 2-1 Russia Sunday 12th June 5 14:00 Turkey 2-3 Croatia 6 17:00 Poland 2-2 Northern Ireland 7 20:00 Germany 1-0 Ukraine Monday 13th June 8 14:00 Spain 1-1 Czech Rep 9 17:00 R. of Ireland 0-2 Sweden 10 20:00 Belgium 1-0 Italy Tuesday 14th June 11 17:00 Austria 0-0 Hungary 12 20:00 Portugal 1-3 Iceland

Is Gus still shit? I'm sure he's sitting on his couch at home yelling every time someone gets near "the box"

He's awful, never knew someone who almost exclusively watches MLS could be pretentious.. Probably 70% of US soccer writers/analysts are really, I like Goff and Wahl is inoffensive and has good sources, that's about it. Yesterday I decided to catch the highlights of the US game, the first time I've actually had to hear Rob Stone and Lalas in a while. Dear god we are fucked the next two World Cups.

I guess that Brazil/Uruguay semi isn't happening

I walked with them to the match from a bar, it was pretty cool and no I Believe chants thankfully

John Brooks was really good tonight, he's got a good career ahead of him.

There was a 40-something dude next to me with obnoxiously spiked hair and sport sunglasses on the back of his head while chanting 'TIMMY HOWARD" constantly during warmups. It was a sight

Fuck you, Mike

They better at least make the Gold Cup once every four years if they don't merge. It already should be anyway

Sounds like negotiations are pretty deep for making this tournament a four year thing, replacing the Gold Cup and regular Copa America, always hosted in the US. I hope they do merge, but there's no reason for it to always be in the US (except money).

Pretty electric atmosphere here, DJ Spinz Easy put on a great halftime show

We've been shit, but remarkable no Colombia player has a yellow yet, fouling us every time we're in a dangerous area (which is admittedly about five times)

This has been fun

Him and the ShinGuardian, I get it, Klinsmann is weird and does weird things, but you don't have to attack him if we're not winning 20 minutes into a game. Everybody likes Johnson more in midfield, but the alternatives up there are better than at left back, unfortunately.

Guzan; Yedlin, Cameron, Brooks, Johnson; Jones, Bradley, Bedoya; Zardes, Dempsey, Wood Predictable, but smart lineup from JK

Definitely not the prime game for us this tournament, but will get fucked up regardless. Repped the Johannsson 7 today at Wrigley, no one knows who he is, will continue unless he ever gets healthy.

I'll do two players, can't handle too much of that exchange rate.