June 13, 2018

SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle:

A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.

posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 7 comments

Canada's going to be in another World Cup! Wooo!

Default! Default! Default!

posted by grum@work at 07:00 AM on June 13, 2018

Also, the boys at Sports-Reference.com have finally come out with their international football site, futref.com

It has leagues from the five big governing nations (England, Spain, Germany, France, Italy) + USA, plus World Cup stuff.

posted by grum@work at 07:10 AM on June 13, 2018

Julen Lopetegui sacked by Spain before World Cup after taking Real Madrid job

A little speechless right now as I move my Spanish training top to the back of the closet for the next few weeks.

posted by prof at 09:30 AM on June 13, 2018

Well that would seem to be a bad sign for Spain's chances at this year's tournament.

posted by bender at 10:31 AM on June 13, 2018

If that had happened here, the high drama would have been turned into a reality show called The Real Madrid of Orange County.

posted by beaverboard at 10:40 AM on June 13, 2018

Canada's going to be in another World Cup! Wooo!

It's my understanding Mexico and Canada are co-hosting the 2026 tournament along with their troubled middle child.

posted by tommybiden at 12:24 PM on June 13, 2018

Given how long most of Spain's players have been together I'm not sure they need much "managing". But wow this is weird timing, I wonder why RM were unwilling to delay announcing the hire.

posted by billsaysthis at 12:47 PM on June 13, 2018

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