U.S. vs. Belgium Archives - Sibling Rivalry https://siblingrivalry.halphillips.net/tag/u-s-vs-belgium/ How Mexico and the US Built the Most Contentious, Co-Dependent Feud in World Soccer Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:26:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 Belgium traps USMNT in Waffle House of Horrors https://siblingrivalry.halphillips.net/2026/07/08/belgium-traps-usmnt-in-waffle-house-of-horrors/ https://siblingrivalry.halphillips.net/2026/07/08/belgium-traps-usmnt-in-waffle-house-of-horrors/#respond Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:05:26 +0000 https://siblingrivalry.halphillips.net/?p=4505 Monday night’s USMNT exit was gutting, but we shouldn’t be too surprised. We knew Tim Ream, for all his qualities, was playing on borrowed time. We knew there a howler coming from such an inexperienced keeper. And we knew there would be massive karmic fallout from Dear Leader’s vainglorious meddling. But I wasn’t expecting the [...]

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