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The TEN<\/p><\/div>\n

(“The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”)<\/p>\n

1\u2014Belgium bounces Team USA from the World Cup, 4-1, to advance to the round of eight.<\/p>\n

2\u2014\u201cI just felt like they lost the game before they even stepped out onto the pitch. I\u2019m not sure why, and I don\u2019t know the reasons, but just from the beginning, just chasing, tentative, scared, just not confident on the ball, and I think big-time players\u2014you wanted some of those big-time players to step up in big moments\u2026I was a bit disappointed with Christian Pulisic. I think, whether he wants to be the star of this team or not, we didn\u2019t see enough from him in this particular game and really the whole World Cup\u2014little glimpses here and there.\u201d\u2014Carli Lloyd, U.S. Women\u2019s National Team legend.<\/p>\n

3\u2014\u201cWe were the better team. They made a couple more plays than us, but cranking up the intensity was not the issue. It was just they have a little quality in the final third, and we lacked the ability to make a play when we needed to\u2026I\u2019d rather be us than them. As good as Morocco is, I\u2019d rather be us. I\u2019m really proud of our guys, we went after the game. They\u2019re hurting right now, but my goodness, I couldn\u2019t be prouder.\u201d\u2014Canadian World Cup coach Jesse Marsch after Canada\u2019s 3-0 loss to Morocco.<\/p>\n

4\u2014Former El Monte quarterback Edward Dominguez II, who threw 43 touchdown passes and for 5,310 yards as the Lions starter in 2014 & 2015, turns 28 today.<\/p>\n

5\u2014Lakers rookie Cameron Carr, #24 overall out of Baylor, is averaging 22.5 points and five boards per game in the California Classic Summer League.<\/p>\n

6\u2014\u201cAre leftists really melting down because Trump intervened to stop the suspension of a black US Men’s Soccer player?\u201d\u2014X\/Twitter commenter \u201cJeff Charles, Asker of Questions.\u201d<\/p>\n

7\u2014\u201cAlso there\u2019s a part of me that says the time for moral victories is over. We\u2019ve left something on the table here, and that to me is disappointing\u2026Look, I know that growth is not always linear. I think we’ve grown enough as a soccer nation where, we can be sick of moral victories. I’m sick of moral victories.\u201d\u2014Alexi Lalas, U.S. soccer legend on Team USA\u2019s 4-1 loss to Belgium on Monday (7\/6\/26) night.<\/p>\n

8\u2014The Los Angeles Dodgers lead the National League West by 14 games, and, with a 60-32 record, have the best record in the MLB.<\/p>\n

9\u2014\u201cI don\u2019t like soccer and I don\u2019t like Trump. But I\u2019m still rooting for the US to kick the ball in the net more times than Belgium does without offsides being called. Why? Because I\u2019m an American!!\u201d\u2014MVS commenter, \u201cFBFan.\u201d<\/p>\n

10\u2014Former Virginia\/NBA Center\/Forward, Ralph Sampson turns 66 today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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