#worldcup

I haven’t seen Korea get wrongfooted by a European power like this since the Free City Incident almost exactly 105 years ago #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #Canada #America #RSA #sports #Mexico

I haven’t seen Korea get one back this quick since it drove out the Mongols and then conquered Liaoyang in the 14th century #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #Canada #America #RSA #sports #Mexico

I haven’t seen #Canada show such resolve against a Balkan opponent since it decisively intervened between Croatia and Serbia as part of Operation Medak Pocket in 1993. #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico

I haven’t seen the United States pressure Paraguay like this since James Buchanan sent 19 ships to Asunción in 1859 following the Water Witch incident, to collect a $10,000 indemnity. #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada

I haven’t seen the Netherlands get one back from Japan this quickly since the landing on Blue Beach to commence the Western New Guinea campaign in April 1944. #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada

I haven’t seen an Ivorian make a last-ditch attempt this powerful since Didier Drogba helped end the country’s civil war with an improvised televised speech after Les Éléphants qualified for the 2006 World Cup #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada

I haven’t seen Spain lose nominal control of Cape Verde like this since Portugal and England routed the army of Don Juan José de Austria at Estremoz in 1663, effectively ending the Iberian Union. #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Saudi Arabia pull away from Uruguay like this since the Gulf Cooperation Council abandoned a framework for a free-trade agreement with MERCOSUR, missing its original 2006 deadline #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Iran get such a hard-fought draw since it saved face by decimating the Iraq-backed MEK in August 1988, despite UN Resolution 598 for a ceasefire having already been accepted by both parties and having initially been cast as a “win” for Iraq. #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen a 1-2 punch from #Argentina in the United States like this since the Batallón de Inteligencia 601 worked with the CIA to train the Contras and then used US sponsorship to supply the counterinsurgency in Guatemala during the latter’s civil war #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen an #Argentina hat trick like this since the Phrygian cap was included in the official coat of arms of the Argentine Republic in 1944, though it had appeared in preliminary designs as early as 1813. #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #England put four on the board like this since Turnbridge Wells MP Greg Clark was appointed President of the Board of Trade by the Privy Council and served for four days from 15 to 19 July 2016, at which point his appointment was recognized as erroneous and the post subsequently given to Liam Fox instead. #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC #ThreeLions

I haven’t seen Canada get a foothold this deep inside the Qatar zone since Operation Friction saw the deployment of thousands of Canadian Forces personnel to Doha in 1990–1991. #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen the United States slip two past #Australia like this since the Paris Peace Conference saw the founding of Woodrow Wilson’s League of Nations and the subsequent designation of German New Guinea as a League of Nations mandate rather than a colony, both over Australian objections. #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Côte d’Ivoire get out ahead of Germany like this since Louis-Gustave Binger and Marcel Treich-Laplène established a series of protectorates there in the late 1880s, reversing the previous French colonial retrenchment in the wake of the Franco-Prussian War and curbing German ambitions in Africa. #usmnt #WorldCup #CoupeMondiale #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen New Zealand get this far inside Egyptian lines since the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force landed in Helwan to prepare for the defense of Greece against the Axis powers in 1940 #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Egypt put two on the board this quickly since the Khedivate of Egypt added two additional crescents to its flag in 1881 to indicate sovereignty over Egypt, Sudan, and Hejaz #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Austria caught offguard by a South American attack like this since the Royal Navy cruisers Ajax, Achilles, and Exeter damaged the Kriegsmarine pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee during the Battle of the River Plate, leading to its scuttling a few days later and the retreat of its crew to #Argentina as well as #Uruguay. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Norway do this well in a North American expedition since it established the L’Anse aux Meadows settlement in present-day #Canada ca. 1014 #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Portugal get such a decisive edge over Uzbekistan since Francisco da Costa Gomes marshaled the Flechas unit of the Portuguese secret police as well as other counterinsurgency forces on the Frente Leste, to drive out the Soviet-backed People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC