Flew into Mexico City from DC last night and I’m already clocking the shift in energy. I left my England shirt in the bag for this flight despite wearing it loud and proud on every single one before now without any second thoughts. But here? The Mexico fan vibe isn’t reading as normal rivalry. It’s heavier and meaner. It’s not banter; there’s no playfulness about it. There’s actual aggression in it, and underneath that, something colder and almost unhinged. Walked a few blocks around the hotel in my England shirt this morning and got called “puta gringa” - white whore, basically. The whole atmosphere is steeped in this hostility. Police have shut roads down, running checkpoints, confiscating glass bottles like they’re expecting things to pop off. Riot vibes. I’ve traveled everywhere in this shirt and never once felt this on edge. It feels like it’s more than “just football” at stake here. I hope that I’m reading it all wrong, that it’s just pre-match noise that burns off once the final whistle blows and everyone goes home.

Can anyone explain to me why Balogun‘s red card was taken away? Just curious.

Sources: President Trump, commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, and White House task force head Andrew Giuliani put together a team of elite lawyers — from outside the government — to challenge the Flo Balogun red card. Specifically they challenged the use of slow motion instant replay to give the red card, which they argued violated FIFA rules. The president also conveyed to Gianni Infantino, FIFA’s president, that the appeal had been filed and he believed the red card penalty was excessive. FIFA’s independent committee reviewed the decision and agreed the penalty was incorrectly given, rescinding it under their rule 27 authority.

Breaking: Folarin Balogun will be available to play in USA's Round of 16 match against Belgium on Monday, FIFA announced. The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has suspended the red card issued to the USA striker during their Round of 32 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Americans watching Canadians and French play soccer on the Fourth of July smfh

The new status is no symbol.

Additional ‘heartbeat graphic’ images show touches from both Croatia’s #20 Igor Matanović and Portugal’s #13 Renato Veiga in the build up to Croatia’s disallowed goal

¡¡¡CIERREN EL ESTADIO!!! ¡¡¡EL GOL DE LA COPA DEL MUNDO!!! ¡¡¡GOLAZO DE CABO VERDE!!! Sidny Lopes Cabral saca un TREMENDO DISPARO y hace un GOLAZAZAZO sobre Argentina. Páez verlo una y otra vez:

nothing could have prepared me for the Islamic Republic of Iran MTA train car that just pulled up next to me

Sidny Lopes Cabral with an ABSOLUTE GOLAZO to bring Cape Verde level with Argentina in extra time 😱 INCREDIBLE SCENES

ive lived long enough to get rug pulled by an autonomous vehicle

What door handle is ur favorite

Just like that, no longer a billionaires tax.

i think anthropic is hiring too many people recently. i’m a bit worried about the talent density at the company right now. hopefully everyone is top tier and best in the world at something.

Today we aren’t Kentucky and Louisville fans, Duke and Carolina, Michigan and Ohio State, or even Red Sox and Yankees… We are all locked in at 8 p.m. on USA Soccer 🇺🇸