Not as expected....

 Well, these are just friendlies, right?  In a few days:

• At home, #4 England lost to #72 Iceland (again, remember the Euro 2016 Round of 16).
• At home, #2 France were held to a nil-nil draw by #49 Canada!
• #26 Hungary lost for the first time since 2022 to #60 Ireland but bounced back to beat #78 Israel.
• And both #14 Mexico and USA were down 2-0 and scored a second half goal... but while Mexico then tied it before losing in extra time to #5 Brazil 3-2, the U.S. poor passing led to a 5-1 trouncing at home by #12 Colombia.  How is USA #11?  And why is Berhalter still coach (the consultant company that determined he was still the best choice of coach should never get another job again)
• #6 Portugal split their games with Ronaldo, heading for his record 6th Euros, scoring twice.  

So USA faces Brazil in a friendly today so let's cross our fingers.  Luckily, USA's Group C is winnable with #45 Panama and #85 Bolivia but do have #15 Uruguay (remember, Colombia was #12).  Go USA and wouldn't it be great if two CONCACAF teams met in the Copa America final??  Well, I can dream...

As for the Euros, has any of these results changed your mind?  The deadline to enter the pool is Friday at noon (PDT).  We already have 18 entries.