No one could blame you if you thought this Men's World Cup was going to be a disaster.
The president of the United States isn't exactly a welcome
mat for the world and there have been plenty of embarrassing stories for the country.
There was the mom of Kate Bird's goalkeeper who wasn't let into the United States
to watch her son play until the team started doing well and people clamored for her entry.
The team from Dr. Congo hadn't made a men's world cup in 52 years and hardly made this one because the United
States was supposedly worried about Ebola even though no one on the team had Ebola.
If you were watching Senegal Norway last week and were watching wondering where all the Senegalese fans were.
They weren't let into the country, but you probably noticed we let in like a million Vikings.
I wonder what's different about their fan bases.
Oh, and who could forget we're literally bombing one of the countries that up until Friday was playing here.
Missiles aren't the problem.
But, but somehow the vibes at this World Cup are mostly positive.
The World Cup might just be healing us on today's Explained from Vox.
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