00:00On Monday, all of the stars in the World Cup, they scored two goals.
00:07They all had braces.
00:08Yeah.
00:09I asked a buddy, because I'm with you, this is the first time I've heard that term.
00:12Yeah.
00:13No, you're behind the times.
00:14And I heard a buddy, so they've always said it.
00:16I've never known that two goals is brace.
00:19What's the connotation of brace?
00:21Is that just a soccer?
00:21That has to be just a soccer term, right?
00:23Soccer specific.
00:25I know it's soccer.
00:26That just means two goals to me.
00:27I don't know why they came up with it.
00:28Why are they called it brace?
00:28I don't know.
00:29So I'm sure somebody has an answer, but not me.
00:31But I hadn't heard it.
00:32But you had, on Monday, Messi scored two.
00:36Yeah.
00:37Then you had Mbappe score two.
00:39And then you had Haaland score two.
00:41So all the big boys did it.
00:43And the story had been, well, Portugal, they were disappointing in game one.
00:49Cristiano Ronaldo, he's too old.
00:52He's too selfish.
00:54He shouldn't be in the lineup.
00:56Maybe they should have him come off the bench.
00:58And yesterday, he responded with a brace, scoring two goals, and could have easily had a hat trick.
01:05Who did they play?
01:06They played Zuzbek.
01:08I wanted to bring this up.
01:10You know how they keep flashing the all-time scoring in the World Cup?
01:15And now Messi's taken over as the all-time leading scorer.
01:18But Mbappe's not that far behind.
01:20So Mbappe's going to pass him eventually.
01:24Is it kind of cheapen that they've expanded the World Cup?
01:28So you're going to end up playing more cream puffs.
01:31You know what I mean?
01:33You could say that for any sport.
01:35Because they've increased schedules.
01:37It's a watered-down product.
01:39A little bit.
01:39Maybe there's something to that.
01:41I mean, it's still great to score an international goal at any level.
01:44Yeah.
01:45Because you're playing the best of the best.
01:46I think the argument would be is that, okay, Messi's had his little run here for sure.
01:51But I think 11 or 12 of those goals were before that.
01:54With the original rules.
01:55Sure.
01:55Right?
01:57He certainly had a great start.
01:59It's crazy.
01:59Ronaldo scored in six World Cups.
02:02Yeah.
02:03I guess Cristiano Ronaldo too, right?
02:06Six or seven.
02:07That's what I'm saying.
02:07Ronaldo scored six.
02:09I think Messi's five, isn't he?
02:13Well, and I don't think he scored.
02:14Ronaldo's definitely six.
02:15Messi didn't score in at least one of them.
02:17Yeah.
02:17I did see Uzbekistan, that their team is littered with literally plumbers.
02:24Yeah.
02:24For real.
02:25Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:25Guys have second jobs.
02:26Yeah, yeah.
02:27If that's the case, then you know their jobs.
02:29See, that's kind of my point.
02:31They're laying drywall.
02:33Like they have real jobs.
02:33Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:34They play soccer on the side.
02:35Yeah, they have nine to five jobs, and then they play soccer.
02:37They should actually not be allowed in the World Cup.
02:39If that's the case, you should only be allowed if soccer is your only job.
02:44I don't want to diminish goals at the World Cup.
02:48Yeah.
02:48But if you've expanded from, was it 32 teams to 48, now you have some lesser competition
02:56than you would have had in previous World Cups.
02:59Yeah, for sure.
03:00So it's going to be easier to rack up some goals, one would think.
03:04That said, Ronaldo, on one of the goals, I think it was the second goal, he was running
03:12like 20 miles per hour for a 41-year-old.
03:16Pretty incredible.
03:16The run that he made, it was a through ball, and he didn't even have that much of an angle.
03:21He hit the far post and snuck it in.
03:24Banged the first one in.
03:26Then he almost had a hat trick.
03:28You never see this.
03:29You know when the goalie kind of falls around in the back, and a striker will just pressure
03:34him to either throw the ball out or make a kick fast?
03:38He blocked the goalie's kick.
03:40Then he brought it down with his foot, shot it left-footed, and the goalie made a save.
03:45But it was a pretty incredible play by Cristiano Ronaldo.
03:47So I saw Tom Brady tweet out, best World Cup ever?
03:51It's been really good.
03:53And a lot of that probably has to do with...
03:55I'm going to guess the recency bias for the old Tom Brady.
03:59It may be Fox propaganda, but I do think it also has to do with the times.
04:04Games are on.
04:05We're not having to watch games.
04:061 o'clock, 12 o'clock.
04:08Right, exactly.
04:09Hey, I watched the entire match.
04:11Where's the next World Cup?
04:11I would never do that.
04:13Where's the next World Cup?
04:14Spain, Portugal, and Morocco, I think.
04:16Oh, it's going to be late night viewing.
04:18Late night viewing for you in 2030, Jason.
04:20Just get ready for it.
04:21Just prepare yourself for it.
04:23I just want to thank...
04:23As soccer nerds, brace yourself for it.
04:25I want to thank England for boning me in four parlays.
04:28Yeah, me too.
04:28I only had them in one.
04:29One was enough.
04:30Huge favorite over Ghana.
04:32Huge.
04:34Well, they hit the post.
04:36Doesn't mean anything.
04:37It doesn't help you.
04:38That was a gimme goal, and they just botched it.
04:41Jason, I've been told by a soccer dork on the internet to bet on...
04:46Who is it?
04:47They need a bunch of goals.
04:49I've already forgotten the...
04:51Today?
04:51There's six matches today.
04:53Whoever's playing Iraq next, you bet on them laying a goal and a half because they need
04:57the goal differential.
04:58I've already forgotten the team.
05:00And Iraq's trash.
05:01I can't figure out who it is.
05:03Senegal, maybe?
05:04I have to go look.
05:05I think it's Senegal versus Iraq.
05:06I've already placed the bet.
05:08I like it.
05:09Which means it's sure to blow up in my face.
05:13Because Iraq will probably get their first ever World Cup win.
05:17I'm guessing they don't have any World Cup wins.
05:18There's six matches today.
05:20Okay.
05:20This is the first time they've met six.
05:22It is Senegal against Iraq, and that is Friday at 3 p.m.
05:27Lock it in, Jason.
05:28Senegal laying a goal and a half against Iraq.
05:31It's the Iraqis.
05:32Get it in.
05:33I kind of like it, Cakes, actually.
05:35Has every team played two games?
05:37Yes.
05:38All right.
05:39I think I have a standings update here.
05:40Every team has played two games.
05:42I need a boost.
05:44I need to climb the standings.
05:46I still don't even know.
05:47A team's a little underwhelming.
05:48Now, look.
05:49This is chat GPT, and they do make mistakes.
05:52I don't think you want an update, Cakes.
05:54Oh, it's bad.
05:55It's that bad?
05:55You're tied for last place.
05:57Oh, man.
05:57That's tragic.
05:5813 measly points.
05:59That's pretty terrible.
06:00With Bish.
06:02You guys.
06:04Not soccer experts.
06:06Nope.
06:07Nope.
06:07I had the best roster, apparently, too.
06:09A lot can change.
06:11EB has 16.
06:12He's in fifth place.
06:14This is surprising.
06:15This guy's taking a tumble.
06:16Mike Marr all the way down to fourth place.
06:18It's not really surprising.
06:20Well, he had a big early lead, and he hasn't done anything in like a week.
06:24Right.
06:24Well, I mean, he's a mush.
06:26I expect him to finish last.
06:27Did he take Spain number one?
06:29Yeah.
06:29Okay.
06:30Yeah.
06:31Then Drab.
06:32I got Columbia and England yesterday.
06:34He gave me four points on the third place.
06:36And then Tom.
06:36How many points is that?
06:3819.
06:38Mm-hmm.
06:42And JP in second place with 22.
06:45And Valdez right now running away with it.
06:47He's got 24 points.
06:48Wow.
06:49And he gets to cheer for the Team USA.
06:52I mean, he's got the super patriot, and he's leading the field by a lot.
06:56Good for you, Valdez.
06:56Definitely need to check that, though.
06:58If you're doing that via chat GPT.
07:00You definitely need.
07:01I'm having to run the math a couple different times.
07:03That would be $1 per man, $1 per team.
07:05$100, I thought.
07:06$100, yeah.
07:07Remember, I did this pool under protest, too.
07:10Oh, you did.
07:11That's right.
07:12You did.
07:13Maybe you should give your winnings to charity.
07:15Sure.
07:16If you win.
07:17Who's your top team?
07:19France.
07:20It's a pretty good team.
07:21Yeah, it's pretty good.
07:22It's pretty solid.
07:23France and the U.S.
07:23The U.S.
07:24It's shocking everybody so far.
07:26Yeah, but we know that the big points are going to be in the quarters, the semis, and the
07:31final.
07:31Mm-hmm.
07:32I think my squad is France, U.S., Morocco, South Korea, Iran, and I forget my other one.
07:43That still sounds pretty good.
07:45I don't even know who I have.
07:46I think I have Belgium and Germany.
07:47I've got the teams right here.
07:48EB's got Germany, Belgium, Uruguay, Sweden, Paraguay.
07:52He loves the Guays and Panama.
07:54The last two were just chalk because I left the building.
08:00Valdez, you have France, U.S.A., Morocco, Korea, Algeria, Iran.
08:05All right.
08:06Who do I have?
08:06I forgot about it.
08:07Brazil, Netherlands.
08:08I mean, Germany's looking pretty good, EB.
08:10They've outscored opponents 9-2.
08:12Jason, you have Brazil, Netherlands, Senegal, Austria, Bosnia, Congo.
08:18I think all those teams could go through.
08:20You've got a grasper chance.
08:23Hold on.
08:23To make some noise.
08:24Well, Senegal has zero points.
08:25Yeah, they don't have any points.
08:27Well, they need to beat up on Iraq and score nine goals in the process.
08:32So, your guy that you were talking about yesterday should have taken the buyout.
08:37Yeah, he should have taken the buyout.
08:38He could have won $900,000 if Harry Kane scored twice.
08:42He hedged and probably won, I would guess, close to $100,000.
08:45No, he hedged in market predictors for $80,000.
08:50Okay.
08:51Darren Revell was all over it.
08:52So, he got pretty close.
08:53He got pretty close to the buyout number.
08:55I don't understand.
08:55Why would you do that?
08:56Why would you even put the Harry Kane bet in?
08:59Like, if you want to pull out or, you know what I mean, wouldn't you just do the first three
09:05guys to score?
09:06I mean, that would seem to make more sense.
09:09He just wanted the bigger payout.
09:10Well, no, you got probably a lesser payout because they're not going to give you what it would be fully
09:15worth.
09:16That's why he did the prediction market and not the cash out because the cash out feature is less EV
09:23based off of your bet.
09:24So, that's why he's liquid enough to take $80,000 to put it into a calci to get a better
09:34EV or positive EV as opposed to the cash out through whatever book he used.
09:39Anyway, I think the World Cup, whether or not it's propaganda that Tom Brady said is best World Cup ever,
09:46I think it's been super exciting and mostly because the stars have been delivering.
09:50And yesterday, you got to see Cristiano Ronaldo deliver.
09:53Well, let me just say this back to the pool.
09:55He's played plumbers.
09:56Okay, let's be honest.
09:57He's played guys who are freaking roofers.
10:01Your daughter could have scored against them.
10:03I can get six points today because I've got Bosnia and I've got Brazil.
10:07So, if Bosnia and Brazil win, I go from 13 to 19.
10:10Yeah.
10:11And you're creeping up the ladder.
10:12You're in the mix.
10:13Don't count your chickens.
10:15I don't know.
10:15Pulling them will probably draw or lose.
10:17I mean, I took Turkey in the fourth round.
10:19They're terrible.
10:20This team is god-awful.
10:21I don't know.
10:22What was I doing?
10:231-800-636-1067.
10:26When we come back, we'll talk about the Nationals, the latest bullpen disaster here on The Fan.
10:31Let's get started.
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