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The Worst Loss In The History Of U.S. Men’s Soccer

No one still believes that we will win. On Tuesday night, it all fell apart for the U.S. men’s national soccer team. A seven tournament, 24-year streak of consecutive World Cup berths was snapped in cartoonishly heartbreaking fashion. Coming into the match, American fans were rightfully confident. All it would take to qualify for the […]

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The Worst Loss In The History Of U.S. Men’s Soccer

No one still believes that we will win. On Tuesday night, it all fell apart for the U.S. men’s national soccer team. A seven tournament, 24-year streak of consecutive World Cup berths was snapped in cartoonishly heartbreaking fashion. Coming into the match, American fans were rightfully confident. All it would take to qualify for the […]

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The Great American Soccer Hope Is Here (For Real, This Time)

There have been roughly 100 million males born in America in the past 50 years. Among that total, there appears to finally be one who can safely be called a legitimate international soccer star. Eighteen-year-old Christian Pulisic of the U.S. men’s national team scored twice on Thursday night in Colorado, lifting the USMNT to a […]

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The Great American Soccer Hope Is Here (For Real, This Time)

There have been roughly 100 million males born in America in the past 50 years. Among that total, there appears to finally be one who can safely be called a legitimate international soccer star. Eighteen-year-old Christian Pulisic of the U.S. men’s national team scored twice on Thursday night in Colorado, lifting the USMNT to a […]

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What Is Wrong With The Green Bay Packers?

Welcome to the latest episode of Hot Takedown, FiveThirtyEight’s sports podcast. On this week’s show (Nov. 22, 2016), we chat about the Green Bay Packers’ continued struggles and ponder what might turn their season around. We then move to Thanksgiving Day football, which this year — for the first time since 1935 — features three […]

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