I'm not nearly as big of a soccer watcher as many of you

by BillyGoat , At Thanksgiving with Joe Bethersontin, Monday, June 22, 2026, 06:35 (34 days ago) @ San Pedro

guys, but I've really enjoyed pretty much every minute of this world cup I've turned on. I might have just serendipitously chosen good matches, but it's been consistently good and exciting soccer. Germany-Ivory Coast was fun. Egypt-New Zealand was good. Netherlands-Japan was awesome. And Netherlands-Sweden was good until Netherlands broke it open. Oh, and I happened to end up in my Latino-owned barber shop for the Mexico opener, which was really fun (in terms of vibes -- I don't know what the heck they were saying, but I was inferring from context).

And that's in addition, of course, to the US actually playing up to our hopes/expectations.