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Endrick played the full 90 minutes and completed one pass. Can you guess which one it was?
#URUBRA
#CopaAmerica
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The
#USMNT
have one win in their last seven matches against teams going to the 2022 World Cup. They haven’t scored in the other six:
0-0 vs. Saudi Arabia
0-2 vs. Japan
0-0 vs. Uruguay
3-0 vs. Morocco
0-2 vs. Costa Rica
0-0 vs. Mexico
0-2 vs. Canada
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What are "late and close" situations? They are defined as the last 2 minutes of the final quarter when the game is within 4 points.
And this season, nobody is better in "late and close" situations than
#Timberwolves
PG D'Angelo Russell (min. 20 FGA).
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𝐓𝐢𝐦 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 🇺🇸
60 touches
54/57 passes
95% passing accuracy
7 passes in the final third
2/3 duels won
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James Rodríguez's is the first player on record (since 2011) with six assists in a single edition of a Copa America, surpassing Lionel Messi (five assists in 2021).
#URUCOL
#CopaAmerica
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🏀 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 👑
The NBA has a new
#scoringking
.
Find out more about LeBron James' history-making, record-breaking career with thanks to our friends
@OptaSTATS
#witnessgreatness
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Sergiño Dest completed 27 of 28 first-half passes, including his first 26, and No. 26 was the most important on a headed assist to Christian Pulisic.
He was also tied with Tyler Adams for the team lead in touches (53) as the
#USMNT
attacked up the right.
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Oh Canada!
The fastest goal at the 2022 World Cup.
It's Canada’s first ever goal at the World Cup in what is their fifth match.
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UAB's Alex Wright may not be the first defensive line prospect that comes to mind when thinking about the 2022 NFL Draft's best.
But his size, tape and stats all suggest he belongs.
@realcorykinnan
explains why Wright could be a steal on Day 2 ⬇
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🇺🇾 Uruguay 0-1 Colombia 🇨🇴 (FT)
Long live James Rodríguez's left foot
Long live defending a lead with 10 men
Long live Colombia's unbeaten streak
Long live Copa nights.
#URUCOL
#CopaAmerica2024
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NEWS: The
@nyjets
have signed EDGE John Franklin-Myers to a contract extension.
Franklin-Myers leads a Jets DL unit that has the highest 1-on-1 pass rush win rate this season.
#TakeFlight
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Yunus Musah 1st half vs. England
3/5 duels won
2 possessions won
3/3 passes inside the final third
1 chance created
A little bit of everything from the
@valenciacf_en
man.
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Lautaro Martínez won the Copa America Golden Boot with five goals in just 221 of a possible 570 minutes.
#ARGCOL
#CopaAmerica2024
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🇺🇾 Uruguay 0-0 Brazil 🇧🇷 (Uruguay advance 4-2 on pens)
A country with a population of three million is probably used to being a man down.
10-man Uruguay are through to the semis.
#URUBRA
#CopaAmerica2024
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The Potter-Pulisic connection
That goal against Wolves was his first of the season.
It was his 20th in the Premier League. Pulisic's xG is 20.02. Pure American efficiency.
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It's three in a row for Phil Neville's Inter Miami. They defeated the Eastern Conference's top team at the weekend.
They've won each of their last three MLS games 2-1 ☝️
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Disjointed, sloppy, Copa America-y – pick your adjective.
The combined 71.9% passing accuracy is the worst in a first half at the tournament. The worst in any half was the second half of Uruguay-USA (70.3%).
#URUBRA
#CopaAmerica
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The U.S. completed 75.4% of their passes in the Copa America, ahead of only Ecuador and Peru.
Weston McKennie didn't attempt 70 passes in the tournament, and Christian Pulisic lost possession as many times as he attempted a pass tonight (25 each).
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Touches in the opposition box:
#USMNT
13, Netherlands 8.
Shots: Netherlands 5, U.S. 2.
The U.S. are requiring 2.48 TiOB per shot at this tournament, which is second most ahead of only Croatia.
#NEDUSA
#FIFAWorldCup
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Josh Allen 👑
Daniel Jones 👀
Aaron Rodgers 🎯
Ryan Tannehill 🪨
Matt Ryan 🧊
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Yunus Musah plays for USA v Iran today on his 20th birthday, the first player to play at the 2022 World Cup on his birthday.
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After the first half, Weston McKennie leads all United States players in:
Touches (33)
Possessions won (3)
Passes inside the final third (8) Final third entries (4)
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Japan 2-0 USA
No shots on target is a problem, but it wasn't the only problem for the
#USMNT
.
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NFL Adjusted Team Ratings 🏈
The Jets' defense couldn't have been much better. Their offense couldn't have been worse.
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After Colombia's opening goal, James Rodríguez has twice as many assists as anyone else at the Copa America, and his xA trails only Lionel Messi.
#COLPAN
#CopaAmerica2024
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Uruguay and Brazil combined for 188 touches in their opponents' penalty area during group play. Tonight, more than an hour into the match, they have a combined 14.
#URUBRA
#CopaAmerica
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Cincinnati (4) 3-3 (5) Inter Miami
Inter Miami still hasn't lost with Messi and will play for a 2nd trophy of the season after coming from 2-0 down on two Messi assists, taking an extra-time lead, blowing it, and advancing in penalties in the
#USOpenCup
semis.
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Yes it was a 10-man opponent for half the match, but there's no discounting Valverde finding seams as Colombia put men behind the ball. He connected on 92.1% of final-third passes with only one of those going backward. The tournament's final-third passing accuracy is 65.2%.
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Brazil should have subscribed to our newsletter.
Have you signed up for our newsletter yet? This week we discuss:
The data behind how to win a penalty shootout ⚽
Are the New Orleans Pelicans title contenders? 🏀
The NFL's 2022 comeback kings 🏈
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First time since 1966 (27 World Cup matches) the
#USMNT
haven't conceded a shot on target in the first-half.
Wales had just two off-target shots in the opening half (0.2 xG).
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That's 13 goal involvements in eight matches for Messi at Inter Miami. The second came seven minutes into stoppage time to send the match to extra time. The man knows we've got a Hollywood strike on and need to get our drama somewhere.
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The combined overall first-half passing accuracy (89.2%) and final-third passing accuracy (80.8%) of Argentina and Colombia were the highest of the tournament, as was Colombia's final-third passing accuracy (83.3%) for a first half by one team.
#ARGCOL
#CopaAmerica2024
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Darwin Núñez has now attempted the most shots at the Copa America. What's the verdict?
#URUCOL
#CopaAmerica
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🇦🇷 Argentina 2-0 Canada 🇨🇦 (FT)
The 2-0 scoreline reasserts itself 19 days later, and the top team in the world is a game away from a third straight major tournament title.
#ARGCAN
#CopaAmerica2024
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Copa America chances created leaders: James Rodríguez (14), Lionel Messi (11), Nicolás de la Cruz (10).
10 of James' 14 have come from set-pieces, which account for 13.7% of the set-piece chances created by every player at the tournament.
#COLPAN
#CopaAmerica2024
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🇦🇷 Argentina 1-0 Colombia 🇨🇴 (AET)
Argentina never trailed in this tournament and are the first South American side to win continental titles around a World Cup for three straight major tournament trophies.
#ARGCOL
#CopaAmerica2024
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Saudi Arabia 0-0 United States
The only way this was any better than last week from the
#USMNT
is Saudi Arabia weren't as impressive as Japan.
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There’s one player at the
#FIFAWorldCup
with nine open-play chances created. It’s Iran’s Mehdi Taremi.
#IRNUSA
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Gerardo Martino says Chicharito won't be going to the World Cup.
The Mexico manager says he is "simply going with other forwards" despite Chicharito having an excellent season with LA Galaxy.
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🇨🇴 Colombia 3-0 Panama 🇵🇦(HT)
Colombia have seven first-half goals at the Copa America. No other team has more than four. James Rodríguez has been involved in all three tonight.
#COLPAN
#CopaAmerica2024
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10 years on from winning the World Cup Golden Boot, can James Rodríguez lead Colombia to a second continental title?
@Matt_Furniss
tells the story of James from 2014 until now and dives into the numbers that have made him so dangerous at
#CopaAmerica2024
:
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Folarin Balogun will play for the
@USMNT
.
What kind of player is he?
@AshwinRaman_
went deep on this scouting report.
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🇻🇪Venezuela 1-1 (3-4 pens) Canada 🇨🇦
90 minutes of running, take a deep breath, drill a few pens, advance to the semis for a rematch with the top-ranked team in the world.
The Copa America last four won't be all CONMEBOL teams.
#VENCAN
#CopaAmerica2024
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Bears QB Justin Fields attempted 11 passes and was sacked three times tonight. It's the first time a starting NFL QB attempted 11 or fewer passes and was sacked at least three times since Bears QB Mitch Trubisky (seven attempts, four sacks) on Oct. 22, 2017.
#CHIvsGB
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12 of Rodrigo De Paul's 33 successful first-half passes have been to either Lionel Messi or Julián Álvarez, including the assist that's the difference in this match. No other Argentine player has supplied more than five to the two forwards.
#ARGCAN
#CopaAmerica2024
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🇨🇴 Colombia 5-0 Panama 🇵🇦
Colombia have scored 11 goals from 7.34 xG for the highest overperformance of the tournament.
Those goals have come from 19 shots on target for the best ratio after Costa Rica (two goals from two shots on target).
#COLPAN
#CopaAmerica2024
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The
#USMNT
conceded seven shots and no goals from high turnovers in 14 qualifying matches. Today in 90 minutes against Japan:
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Teams at the
#FIFAWorldCup
yet to concede a non-penalty goal:
1.
#USMNT
End of list.
But their 1.95 non-pen xG against ranks seventh at the tournament behind Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, France, Ecuador and England.
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Patrick Cantlay & Xander Schauffele have won 6 of 9 matches together at the Ryder & Presidents Cups, including all 5 foursomes’ sessions.
Schauffele/Cantlay vs. McIlroy/Fleetwood is the marquee event of the Ryder Cup's opening matches.
All the facts ⬇️
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Dest with a first half to remember, Adams with his standard 90 minutes to remember, and the
#USMNT
are back in the round of 16 set up for a shot at a win to remember.
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Antonee Robinson finished the game with more final third passes than any other player.
Christian Pulisic was next with 20, Yunus Musah had 13.
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Ahead of
#TNF
we take a look at Tom Brady and Lamar Jackson's average air yards and well thrown% based on the target location 🏈
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Messi and Miami keep on rolling but the stats tell a slightly different story than the 3-1 scoreline suggests.
They are now nine points away from the playoffs with nine games to play.
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🇦🇷 Argentina 0-0 Colombia 🇨🇴 (HT)
Colombia came out on the front foot, but they don't have anything to show for it and it was actually Argentina with a slight xG edge in the first half.
#ARGCOL
#CopaAmerica2024
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🇻🇪 Venezuela 1-0 Mexico 🇲🇽
A good start to the second half, a penalty scored, a penalty saved, hold on for dear life, keep holding on for dear life, advance to the knockout stage.
Easy as that for Venezuela.
#VENMEX
#CopaAmerica2024
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Argentina? Uruguay? Colombia? Canada?
The supercomputer is sticking with Argentina, but who do you have?
Full predictions page plus zones of control interactives, player and team stats, and everything we've written about the tournament:
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Being pressed wasn't an issue for
#USMNT
during qualifying ⬇️⬇️⬇️
First half today:
Interceptions: Japan 17-4 USA.
Possessions won in the final third: Japan 8-2 USA.
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We can all agree titles must be won for a team to be considered a dynasty. But does a team need to win titles to be remembered as an offensive dynasty?
@matissa15
looks back at the Suns of the 2000s:
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Mexico enjoying 62.6% of the ball in the first half against Poland.
They have had over 100 more touches than Poland in the first half.
No breakthrough yet though.
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Travis Kelce has the most touchdowns and receiving yards in the postseason by a tight end ever.
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Colombia have scored a tournament-high 11 goals. Uruguay's one conceded is tied for the low.
They've split four meetings in single-elimination
#CopaAmerica
rounds with two wins each.
So what's about to break?
Pre-match facts & live data 👉
#URUCOL
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Patrick Mahomes likes the way his Kansas City Chiefs pulled out an overtime win over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl 58.
In claiming his third Super Bowl MVP award, Mahomes went 34 of 46 for 333 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. He rushed for 66 yards.
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We know this is the last time we will see Ángel Di María in a starting XI of a competitive match for Argentina. What about Lionel Messi?
Pre-match facts and live data all game 👉
#ARGCOL
#CopaAmerica2024
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𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲!
The new Power Rankings cover over 2,200 teams including teams from the NWSL, the USL Super League and the Women's Premier Soccer League 🇺🇸
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Are the Rams the worst defending Super Bowl champions in the history of the NFL?
The stats suggest so.
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World Cup Knockout Stages
🇺🇸 vs. 🇳🇱
It's Christian P vs. Cody G
The 'boring' but effective Louis van Gaal vs. Gregg Berhalter and his formidable midfield
The preview:
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Top 3 running backs in yards after contact so far in Week 6. 💪
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Euros days, Copa nights here in the Western Hemisphere.
Take a breath after that Netherlands-Turkey second half, then get up to speed on Marcelo Bielsa's Uruguay ahead of the Uruguay-Brazil main event tonight.
#CopaAmerica24
#URUBRA
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MD1 of
#CopaAm
érica is in the books. Costa Rica holding Brazil to a draw dropped Brazil from nearly 1-in-4 to win the tournament to 18.1%.
Who's on the rise? Argentina, Uruguay, USA, Colombia & Mexico:
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The Bengals had the fourth-lowest pressure rate in the NFL this season as Zac Taylor devised ways for Joe Burrow to get rid of the ball quicker.
@DougKyed
analyzes how Taylor transformed the Bengals' front with a quick-pass approach.
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According to the predictor, the
#USMNT
have a 34.9% chance of returning to the quarterfinals 20 years after that win over Mexico and narrow loss to Germany.
#NEDUSA
#FIFAWorldCup
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Colombia are unbeaten in 26 matches. If that extends to 27, the streak will face perhaps its most difficult test yet in a semi-final against Uruguay or Brazil.
First things first: Panama.
#COLPAN
#CopaAmerica2024
Match facts, stats and live data:
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