Chile vs Venezuela - Nov. 19th, 2024 - World Cup Qualifiers

So, my international team I cheer for most is Chile. 

(Japan and Jamaica are my next favorites.)

I don't cheer for the US, they are always too cocky. I don't like that. 

So it has been rough so far for Chile in World Cup qualifiying. They have only scored 1 point in their last 4 games and as of yesterday morning they were at the bottom of South America's table. What is even worse is with the new World Cup format 6 teams from South America go with a 7th team possibly going after the new playoff format. 

So you have to play pretty poorly to not qualify out of South America, but so far that is what Chile has been doing.

Last night though they regained a little life in their soccer boots and pulled out a victory. With that hopefully can carry some momentum into their next game only problem is the next round of qualifiers isn't until March! Good heavens, that is a long time from now.

Anyway, I will enjoy this victory for now.

Trump wins, RSL loses, the Utes throw a temper tantrum

What a week.

1. Trump wins. You had to know he was going to win, Kamala offered nothing.

Change? She offered change? Change from what, yourself? Change from yourself is Trump.

2. RSL are out of the playoffs. You had to know RSL was going to get beat, they always get beat.

Now the offseason can begin and we can all forget about soccer for awhile.

3. The Utes lose to BYU and throw a temper tantrum. I love seeing the Utes fall apart, but even I was shocked to see the behavior of Coach Whit and Athletic Director Harlan after the game. First off, with regards to the holding call that gave BYU life which led to the game winning field goal, it is part of the game. Sometimes you get the calls and sometimes you don't. But none of that matters, what matters is that the Utes scored zero points, 0 points, no points, in the entire second half. A football team should be ashamed of themselves for not scoring a single point in the entire second half. Not only that but they didn't score any points in the first quarter. All their points game in the second quarter only! C'mon Utes, you have to do some soul searching, admit you suck and move on. But now they are saying they got robbed, they are not proud to be in the Big 12, blah blah blah blah blah. 

Don't believe me?, check out the video, the press conference starts at 1:45 in the video. Oh, notice how Coach Whit knocks the chair over as he leaves the conference as if he were a jilted lover storming out of the coffee shop when he finds out she's leaving him for the new guy at work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WmJ1J38V1Y