The South American squads have been treating this tourney like an actual World Cup and it’s showing. Fully expect the Euros to turn it up a notch in the KO stage, but these upsets aren’t super surprising.
Also Nicholas Jackson is the modern day Balotelli, talented but just can’t keep his head.
I think North America (at least the eastern half) actually gets a lot more severe thunderstorms than Europe. Same for tornadoes.
Two round of 16 games confirmed so far:
Palmerias vs Botafogo in Philadelphia
PSG vs Messi in Atlanta
Inter Miami has $21M in prize money so far (1 win, 2 draws, and getting out of the group). For comparison, the MLS Cup champion gets $476K.
Oh, Jesse Marsch. 
https://x.com/golazoamerica/status/1939463523983138838?s=46&t=xsoD7F1QL4iGG_8kXTdpkw
Meanwhile… USMNT not a great start!
Not that they have done anything too terrible today, but still so hard to believe in a nation of 300+ million people, the best we can do is Chris Richards and Tim Ream.
Really impressed with Tillman this tourney though, feel like he has a role to play next summer.
Yeah def think we’d have a bunch of leftover 6’2’’ dudes that aren’t going to put their heads on the rim to play CB
didn’t realize how much our coach looked like one of those yassified Vance memes and I am now OUT on him
Just win, baby!
Obviously not a WC quality squad but I like the way the US has played. And a couple of guys standing out like Tillman to gain something from this tournament.
At the least, feels like we are starting to see adjustments as needed and varying up the attack. Getting the ball to mid quicker this match and not playing patty cake with it on the back line. I’m still not sure exactly what we are going for, but fundamentally, the B team looks better than in past years in attack and mid. About the same or slightly worse on D, but I think that’s just personnel.
Marsch is such a tool
Literally modeled his behavior on the Sudekis show
good goaltending in the PKs
Wow!!! Those payments to non-Eufa teams are incredible. Those are like 2x a typical MLS payroll … probably roughly a full year of “normal” revenue.
Teams will start to fight for this is tertiary leagues.
Extremely hard to qualify, generally.
Two of the MLS teams in the field got into it for nonsense reasons really.
LAFC won a play-off game that only happened because Leon was banned. Miami is in because they got a “host spot” and won the MLS Supporters Shield last year (also they have Messi 
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So it is very valuable but it isn’t like teams have a route to just try harder to make it.
Everyone is trying to win their continental competitions.
So the CONCACAF and Club World Cup are both being played. There must be some players on the national teams that are also on some of these club teams. How is that being worked out?
Players on teams in the Club World Cup are not playing in the Gold Cup.
Players missing from Gold Cup due to Club World Cup:
Canada:
Eustaquio
USA
Roldan
Ferreira
Morris
Long
Reyna
McKennie
Weah
El Salvador
Roldan
Mexico
Arteaga
Guzman
Salcedo
Aguirre
Cortizo
Also Alphonso Davies would have missed for CWC but he is injured anyway
Tillman has been the Truth at PSV for the last 2 years, really hope he seizes the 10 role for USMNT. He could be a lot of fun at Leverkusen if they don’t implode from losing Alonso, Wirtz, and co.
