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On the cruelty of disappearing joy.
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A blue-and-yellow party in Seattle sends the Bosnians through to the next round.
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With 32 teams in the knockout round, it's hard to get eliminated from contention early.
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In which I watch the World Cup at Seattle Center with one billion of my closest friends.
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Those ticket prices? They aren't coming down.
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Belgium 1:1 Egypt, and what it was like to be in Seattle for the game.
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Today's the day that I'm finally in the crowd for a World Cup game, and I'm trying to explain - almost to myself - why this is such a dream.
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The USMNT starts the tournament off on not only the right foot, but a better foot than they've ever put forward before.
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It's harder for me to hate Mexico the way I used to, as the southern neighbors kicked off the tournament with a CONCACAF flair.
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32 years later, the World Cup returns to the USA, where it all began for me.
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One final Star Tribune article for 2025, to set up where the Loons offseason is headed.