Football Daily | How to destroy a feelgood factor with a sad star-spangled World Cup response

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! Where to start? “Overturn this” ? Romelu Lukaku dance-mocking Donald Trump? Civil war erupting between Fifa and Uefa ? Maybe here: full-time in Seattle on Monday brought an end to the Geopolitics World Cup’s three-day hostmageddon. Saturday: Canada thunked 3-0 by Morocco. Sunday: Mexico Helm’s-Deeped 3-2 by England. Monday: USA USA USA routed 4-1 by Belgium . I officially withdraw my request for the USA USA USA to regain one of our exclamation points (Football Daily letters passim). Fresh off his successful programme to suck all of the joy and pride from our nation’s 250th birthday celebration, now the president has managed to destroy any joy and pride that might be had from the USMNT at the GWC. Sigh” – Pat Condreay. Followers of 1960s American movies will have placed money on the USA USA USA losing, because they knew that If It’s Tuesday*, This Must Be Belgium . *European time” – Duncan Steel. Jordan Henderson plays a total of six minutes against Panama; gets booked as an unused sub against Mexico; and then breaks his wrist celebrating the victory. Is this the epitome of Minor Character Energy?” – James Maltby. The Brazilian FA was planning a statue of Neymar, but it kept falling over” – Andrew Bryant. This is an extract from our daily football email … Football Daily. To get the full version, just visit this page and follow the instructions . Continue reading...