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Philadelphia Union
The Union are embracing their Open Cup rivalry with the team up the NJ Turnpike.
New York Red Bulls’ head coach Jesse Marsch isn’t too happy about the timing of tomorrow’s Open Cup match. Good job, Union.
Adam Cann breaks down how two Union players are excelling with the Steel.
World Cup
How to watch the World Cup in a Ukrainian war zone.
Politicians, no matter where you live, suck. A senior Russian lawmaker warned Russian women not to sleep with non-white foreign men during the World Cup.
Results
- Russia put on a show in front of its home fans, opening the tournament with a 5-0 drubbing of Saudi Arabia
Upcoming schedule
Friday
- Egypt vs. Uruguay: (currently in progress)
- Morocco vs. Iran: 11am
- Portugal vs. Spain: 2pm
Saturday
- France vs. Australia: 6am
- Argentina vs. Iceland: 9am
- Peru vs. Denmark: 12pm
- Croatia vs. Nigeria: 3pm
Sunday
- Costa Rica vs. Serbia: 8am
- Germany vs. Mexico: 11am
- Brazil vs. Switzerland: 2pm
Monday
- Sweden vs. South Korea: 8am
- Belgium vs. Panama: 11am
- Tunisia vs. England: 2pm
Local
Penn FC travel to Louisville tomorrow.
Philadelphia mayor says the city has more than proved it’s capable of hosting the World Cup in 2026.
Speaking of, Philly.com and Brotherly Game recommend where to watch the World Cup in the city.
Talen Energy Stadium will host the Army-Navy Cup through 2022.
MLS
If Zlatan was the appetizer, Sheanon Williams was the whole buffet. LA Galaxy have signed the former Union defender.
Montreal Impact’s Ignacio Piatti: “If I’m the problem, I can go.” Hmm.
U.S. Soccer
How will bid cities be chosen for 2026?
Diego Maradona, always rational and of sound mind, offered his thoughts on the 2026 World Cup.
Atlanta’s fan base might have influenced the bid.
Around the globe
Will Antoine Greizmann be taking his talents to South Beach? Nope. The French forward did the anti-LeBron and announced he’s sticking with Atletico Madrid during the televised The Decision: Redux
Highlight of the day
There’s nothing quite like the emotion when the host nation opens the scoring of a World Cup
What a time to get your first international goal!
Gazinsky scores the first goal of the FIFA #WorldCup to put Russia ahead 1-0. #RUSKSA pic.twitter.com/d0RKDcA97R
— FOX Sports (@FOXSports) June 14, 2018
Happy for Sheanon that he’s been signed by an MLS club. I always liked him.
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Agreed. I hope that his career gets back on track.
I could see his throw ins being hyper-weaponized with Zlatan on the other end…
Even though Russia demolished Saudi Arabia yesterday, I still think they get topped by Egypt and fail tot get out of the group. Though this first match and that goal differential could let them play a pretty negative game against Egypt and give them the edge. It might be silly to think the hosts won’t get out of a group, but I just don’t have any faith in that team. We’ll see.
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Egypt – Uruguay this morning was a good time. Egypt looked pretty good, even without Salah.
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Russia will advance.
http://www.espn.com/soccer/fifa-world-cup/story/3526569/russian-police-ordered-to-withhold-news-of-thefts-and-killings-during-world-cup
fun WC info here: http://www.bigsoccer.com/forums/world-cup-2018-russia.1656/
Today is the day of the goal at the death. First, Uruguay; now a Morocco own goal for Iran.
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Notice how in both Ekaterinburg and St. Petersburg, the cheaper seats are full, but the expensive ones are not. What? FIFA price gouge? Shocking.
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Russians have always known value. Old Soviet joke: “as long as they pretend to pay us, we will pretend to work.”
Diego Costa’s stock just went up in my book with that goal. Always pegged him as all bark and no bite and then he goes and does that. Wow, well done.