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I'm soccer editor at the Guardian, used to be soccer editor at the Athletic & Sports Illustrated, and use this instead: bsky.app/profile/anabnos.com

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In a USA win for the history books, what stood out most was the 'fun' and free nature of it

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By Alexander Abnos 
| MSN UK
To find a precedent for the United States' win over Paraguay, one must return to a time when World Cup teams were forced to drop out due to the Great Depression, and the ones who did make it arrived via ship, playing with a leather ball held together by seam and laces.
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Iran’s World Cup camp in Tijuana unfolds under armed guard and political shadow

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By Alexander Abnos 
| Aol
Iran's players take part in a training session on Thursday at the Centro Xoloitzcuintle in Tijuana, Mexico.Photograph: Victor Medina/Reuters (Photograph: Victor Medina/Reuters) Open-top trucks patrolled the surrounding roads outside the Estadio Caliente today, mounted by men in helmets and masks and wielding machine guns.
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The United States enter a charged World Cup asking: what is enough?

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By Alexander Abnos 
| Yahoo Sports
The US open their World Cup on 12 June against Paraguay.Photograph: Jamie Squire/Getty Images Mauricio Pochettino paused. The microphone signal flickered. He tried, for a second time, to say a few things to the 5,500 fans who had gathered in the sun Monday at Championship Soccer Stadium in Irvine, California – the United States’ World Cup home base – for an open training session. Nothing. Then something. More choppy audio. By the time things came back online, he had developed a quip.
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