The world watching USA vs. Belgium soccer game tonight:

[applegrove]

[GPV]

1. Actually, the GPV household is rooting against the USA, too.

[wcmagumba]

2. Me too, t-rump cheats...

[jonstl08]

34. evenly divided in my house

My house was evenly divided between supporting the US or Belgium. Older adults went all in for Belgium. Younger people despite hating what trump did still went for US. So glad the US lost.

[QueerDuck]

35. Same!

[bottomofthehill]

3. USA-USA-USA

Why would we root against a team of kids because the president is a duche. Please, spare me the bullshit.

[Bookreadingliberal53]

10. Balogun would rather be playing for his home country England

[Wiz Imp]

12. Kids? They're not kids

The average age is 26 1/2. Only 6 players are under 25. The youngest player is 21 and there is also one 22 year old. The team is made up of Grown men.

[bottomofthehill]

30. When you are my age they are kids.

[Efilroft Sul]

4. I think the Congolese would disagree, but point made.

[sarisataka]

5. As a player I enjoyed a hostile crowd

As a ref I always had a hostile crowd

[mwmisses4289]

6. Not a sports fan, not interested in watching.

[malaise]

7. Spoiler

Belgium 1. USA 0
Early but the US defense looks porous

[vapor2]

9. Good, the big mouth needs to STFU

[malaise]

13. Spoiler

HT
Belgium 2. USA 1
Defense still looks porous

[sarisataka]

14. The bit I was able to catch before I went out

The US was looking very tentative.

I wonder if the off field shenanigans is affecting them more and causing a loss of focus because they are not playing like they did in the first four games

[malaise]

15. Porous defense - damn

That was atrocious
3-.1

Everything Donvict touches turns to shit

[sarisataka]

16. Arrgh

Looks like all the hosts are going out in the round of 16.
I was really hoping the US and Mexico would have made at least the quarterfinals

[sarisataka]

24. That was ugly

Kudos to Belgium, they were the better team. The US would have been hard pressed to win even if they brought their A game.

Lukaku is like a video game power up- bring him on and get a goal within 5 minutes.

[erronis]

27. That's my thought. The constant thought that trump tried to steal their game....

[Johonny]

17. They are just looking bad.

Not much drama

[Alephy]

29. "Porous" turned out to be...

Such an understatement!

[malaise]

31. Could not believe it

but you’re right.
Belgium had its first chance in a little more than a minute and a corner by 1.43. They almost scored before 5.00 minutes and did so by 8.41.
They owned the midfield for most of the match.

[rictofen]

8. Shame on Alaska

[Bobstandard]

11. The curse of Trump is on Team USA

Everything he touches turns to shit.

it was USA 0 Belgium 1 a couple minutes ago, then tied 1-1, now Belgium is up again. I don’t think you can beat the curse.

I’m pulling for Norway now that Mexico is out. (My triste re Mexico).

[malaise]

21. Belgium scored in the first ten minutes

4-1
This is over.
USA completely outplayed.
Their defense is porous

[oasis]

18. US goal keeper screwed up bigtime leaving goal

unattended and Belgium scored. 3-1 Belgium at 76:44.

[oasis]

22. 4-1now. No time left. It's over

[malaise]

23. Good read

https://laist.com/brief/news/us-mens-world-cup-loss-to-belgium

[oasis]

25. Yup, that about wraps it up.

[AStern]

19. I'm rooting for the US but Trump ruined the fun for me.

The team is playing the same way I feel about it all.

[meow2u3]

20. The USMNT has the King Minus touch, a.k.a., the Trump curse

Everything he touches turns to shit. First the Knicks in Game 4, now the USMNT suffered from Trump's evil spell.

[struggle4progress]

26. Belgium knocks the USA out of the World Cup

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/06/sport/live-news/usa-belgium-world-cup-score

Only acceptable result after Donnie Dimwit got involved

[philly_bob]

28. Trump is a hex...

just like the NYKnicks lost on the one night he attended a game.

[PCB66]

32. Soccer is not a USA sport

Other countries take it far more serious than us.

[malaise]

33. It's football not soccer - eff Donvict and Infantino

There is no S in FIFA. It is World Cup football.
FIFA established 1904. NFL 1920.
When Americans wake up and respect the one that uses feet by calling it football, the rest of us might root for you.
Eff that idiot Infantino - he will soon be history.

[PCB66]

36. Americans respect football that starts in the Fall

Soccer is what what 6 year old US kids play because the only skill required is running. After they develop other athletic skills they mostly play other sports, like baseball, basketball and real football.

[dalton99a]

37. +1. Most Americans don't care about soccer.

I personally find it boring and rarely watch it

[LetMyPeopleVote]

38. Belgian national team mocks U.S., Trump after World Cup win

An X post from the Belgian side reading “overturn this” circulated Monday night.

Link to tweet

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/07/07/belgian-national-team-mocks-us-trump-after-world-cup-win/

First came the beatdown. Then came the mocking.

After Belgium throttled the United States 4-1 in the World Cup Round of 16 on Monday night, the Belgians had even more fun at the Americans’ expense, mostly zeroing in on the saga of U.S. striker Folarin Balogun.

His one-game suspension for the red card he received in the Round of 32 was lifted by FIFA on Sunday, after President Donald Trump requested a review from the governing body. The soccer world, and especially Belgium, responded with fury, accusing FIFA of placating Trump.

Thus, after the win, the Belgian national team’s X account posted a photo of the team’s fourth goal marked with the message “Overturn this.” Similarly, after that goal, many of Belgium’s players did the “Trump dance,” swaying their hips and rocking their hands back and forth.

Link to tweet

“A lot has happened off the pitch over the last two days,” Belgium midfielder Nicolas Raskin said after the game. “There was a sense of injustice within the squad, and we were determined to respond on the field.”