So we're playing in the afternoon sun at 42°C in a stadium without roof. Charming. Good thing Kompany sends out the bench.
As much as I think this tournament is dumb and pointless, this is a great story... Auckland school teacher's dream goal stuns Boca Juniors I honestly didn't realize there was legitimately an amateur squad in this tournament. I just thought there was a club from OFC and this is what would happen to them. This is the risk but temps like that in Charlotte are not normal. There's a massive heat dome sitting over much of the eastern half of the country right now. Also, many of the stadiums that are to be in use next year are domed or at are in northern climates. The only 2 sites that should be an issue is Miami and Orlando. Both outdoor stadiums in Florida in June/July. Those will be miserable. Kansas City might be rough, too. The rest are either covered or in more northern sites. This is, of course, assuming the US doesn't do something incredibly stupid between now and then and forces FIFA to move the US portion of the tournament...which, even with Infant-ino's relationship with trumpybear, isn't out of the realm of possibility.
That is the single most interesting news I have come across in years, more power to them....... Great stuff.
