The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox.Good morning! Launch an incisive counter-attack today. Inside:
‼️ Wemby: “We’re going to do it”
World Cupdate: USMNT rolls, Canada survivesIf you’re an American soccer fan you might occasionally get a text like this. It’s a big game, and your friend in the group chat needs some context. Say the score is 3-0 … at halftime. The text comes in…My answer: “It’s 28-0.” (Again, at halftime.)That was me last night as the U.S. men’s national time was simply destroying a solid Paraguay side. Who knew?Yes, Paraguay scored to make it 3-1 late in the second half, but in (American) football speak, this ended as a 42-7 romp. Dominant. Moments of nerves quickly gave way to the reality that one team was just vastly superior. And if you are a soccer hardcore, it was shocking. The U.S. men’s national team has simply never looked this utterly dominant on this stage. The key things to know given, well, it is just one game:
The outcome: The U.S. simply suffocated Paraguay in SoFi Stadium, 4-1. Read more.
The math: Our forecast has the U.S. at a cool 97 percent to advance to the Round of 32.
