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I haven’t seen New Zealand get this far inside Egyptian lines since the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force landed in Helwan to prepare for the defense of Greece against the Axis powers in 1940 #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Egypt put two on the board this quickly since the Khedivate of Egypt added two additional crescents to its flag in 1881 to indicate sovereignty over Egypt, Sudan, and Hejaz #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Austria caught offguard by a South American attack like this since the Royal Navy cruisers Ajax, Achilles, and Exeter damaged the Kriegsmarine pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee during the Battle of the River Plate, leading to its scuttling a few days later and the retreat of its crew to #Argentina as well as #Uruguay. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Norway do this well in a North American expedition since it established the L’Anse aux Meadows settlement in present-day #Canada ca. 1014 #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Portugal get such a decisive edge over Uzbekistan since Francisco da Costa Gomes marshaled the Flechas unit of the Portuguese secret police as well as other counterinsurgency forces on the Frente Leste, to drive out the Soviet-backed People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen a #Ronaldo double like this since Ronaldo Lemos became a fellow of Ashoka in 2015 and was reappointed to the Social Communication Council the same year. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMondial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Switzerland seize the initiative like this since Swiss troops besieged the French fort at Hüningen near the denouement of the Napoleonic Wars, setting the stage for its eventual demolition as per Article III of the 1815 Treaty of Paris #canada #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen South Africa stun a #Korean side like this since its 2 Squadron SAAF planes joined the Pressure Pump air campaign against Pyongyang on 11 July 1952. #canada #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Sweden slot one home like that since Charles XII led the Swedish Empire to victory over a much larger Polish-Saxon Army at the Battle of Kliszów in 1702. #canada #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen the United States get a concession from Turkey like that since James Madison secured freedom of passage through the Mediterranean by winning the Second Barbary War over the Regency of Algiers, which was at the time under Ottoman suzerainty. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Turkey get one back that quick since the Treaty of Sèvres was instantly scuttled by Turkish nationalist backlash and the subsequent Treaty of Lausanne ensured no Allied partition of the former Ottoman territories. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Norway get one back this quick since Operation Doomsday, name notwithstanding, secured Germany’s immediate surrender and then transitioned into a peaceful Allied occupation. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Egypt sneak one past #Iran like that since Gamal Abdel Nasser began financing Ayatollah Khomeini’s resistance to the shah over 15 years before the 1979 Revolution. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Austria pull of a miracle like that since its archduchy organized a successful defense of Vienna against an Ottoman invasion in only six days in September 1683. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Canada work its way past a South African defense like this since William Dillon Otter led Companies G and H of the Canadian Maritimes to victory against the Orange Free State at the Battle of Paardeberg in 1900. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Japan break out into open space in #Texas like this since Sadatsuchi Uchida led a fact-finding mission to create rice farms on the Gulf Coast in 1902. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen #Germany get into this much trouble against a South American side since the excursions of the submarine U-507 spurred #Brazil to enter World War II against it on 22 August 1942 #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Morocco regain the initiative against a timid Western European power like this since Sultan Mohammed III thwarted the Expedition of Larache in 1765. #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen negative Dutch tactics defeated like this since #chess master Howard Staunton developed Staunton’s Gambit as a response to the Dutch Defence, showing how to sacrifice a white pawn for an early kingside attack against black. #netherlands #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC

I haven’t seen Sweden caught flatfooted like this since a Danish-Norwegian flotilla captured 30 Swedish supply ships at Dynekilen harbor in 1716 #usmnt #WorldCup #CopaMundial #CoupeDuMonde #soccer #football #futbol #fifa #FIFAWorldCup #America #sports #Mexico #canada #MastodonFC