HOME OF THE BRAVE
A World Cup presents unique challenges for the dedicated couch potato. How to follow simultaneous games; which time zones can be used, guilt-free, to determine Tin O’Clock; and what to do when your team play a vital game in the small hours. That was the problem today for fans of reigning world champions USA! USA!! USA!!!, whose decisive Group E game against Portugal kicked off at 3am Eastern Time. Just before kick-off, the US Women’s National Team account on social media disgrace X posted a call to arms: “WAKE UPPPPPPPPP!!!!!! IT’S TIME FOR KICKOFF!!!!”
