The stars showed out on a Monday night at the World Cup, and Jason Longshore has it all covered. Lionel Messi broke the all-time World Cup scoring record with a brace against Austria in Dallas, surpassing both Miroslav Klose on the men's side and Marta on the women's side to stand alone at 18 goals across six tournaments. And Thiago Almada, the guy Atlanta United fans watched grow up in this city, set it up with a perfectly timed dummy at the top of the box. Kylian Mbappé scored twice for France through a two-hour lightning delay in Philadelphia to reach 16 World Cup goals. And Erling Haaland added a brace of his own as Norway topped Senegal to go through to the round of 32.
Jason previews all four matches on Tuesday's schedule, including why the Portugal and Ronaldo situation is turning into a telenovela, why England vs Ghana is the match of the day, and why Colombia vs DR Congo could be the wildest game of match day two.
The 3-4-3 covers Christian Pulisic returning to full training with the USMNT, Mauricio Culebro speaking publicly for the first time since arriving in Atlanta, the new Italian Football Federation president, and Germany losing Nico Schlotterbeck for the rest of the tournament.
Then Stoppage Time kicks off on YouTube with Madison Crews and the returning legend Jarrett Smith joining Jason for a deep dive on the Argentina-France collision course, the full tournament bracket as it currently stands, the Norway pedigree question, the Scotland situation, and plenty of talk about sticker packs.
