20. The USA failed to qualify in 2018 because of Trinidad & Tobago. 21. This World Cup will make Soccer in the USA more popular than ever before!
How'd we do... 1. The 1994 World Cup team; --- Maybe not, though in the pregame for sure. DRINK 2. Christian Pulisic's recently broken goal drought; I think so, DRINK 3. Captain Tim Ream as the oldest US player ever; YEP - DRINK 4. Reyna and Berhalter; not really 5. The Golden Generation; meh 6. The guys left home; nope 7. Alex Freeman is the son of an NFL wide receiver; didn't hear it 8. "Is this finally the time for a deep run?"; bah 9. "UN-derway!"; 10. "Forty-five minutes down, FORTY-FIVE to go!"; 11. "As it FINISHES..."; these 3... did Strong say them? I missed, but likley DRINKx3 12. Alexi Lalas and the "Soccer Gods"; I dunno what this means 13. The shot heard 'round the world; nope 14. Anything involving the omission of Diego Luna; i don't think so 15. Captain America; didn't hear it 16. World Cup hotties/random attractive fan shots; Not really? BOOOOOOOOOOO 17. Stu Holden says "lines"; I mean it had to have happened. DRINK up 18. Diego Luna Bank of America commercial; nah 19. "Bulge in the old onion bag"; bah 20. Rivalries/history between the U.S. and its opponents. nope? 20. The USA failed to qualify in 2018 because of Trinidad & Tobago. nope? 21. This World Cup will make Soccer in the USA more popular than ever before!of course but meh
I do suspect that informing casuals that Alex Freeman is the son of "that" Antonio Freeman is something that would get some to pay a bit more attention, though
We need to add: They show an alleged celebrity in the stands that either I don't know, or don't care about, if I do actually know who they are…
He did say all of them, although the outro cut him off before he could finish announcing the full time score.
He's got a new one that I heard 3 or 4 times already, we can add to the game: "You can take a corner away, but you can't give one…"
To be fair, this is a new application of VAR so even those of us who have actually watched the sport in the intervening 47 months between World Cups are still getting used to the changes.
"For those who don't know, those dashes under the score represent the number of substitutions remaining..." --- DRINK
#24: The Tartan Army (Scottish fans) have taken over Boston and drunk all the beer in the bars / pubs.