All in all, we’re just another brick in the Tim Howard. If you watched the U.S. World Cup game yesterday (and you understand human nature in the era of the Internet), it probably will not surprise you that there is now a White House petition to rename Reagan Airport after Tim Howard. Even in a loss, he was great, he was meme-worthy, and he was entirely hashtagable. Come on, the guy even once scored a goal.

+ WaPo: How Tourette’s-afflicted Tim Howard went from international ridicule to World Cup history.

+ Several World Cup teams banned sex during the tournament. All of them have been eliminated. (This could explain why so many losing players were high-fiving each other on the way off the field…)

+ Dan Froooommer and David Yanooofsky examine which countries shout “Goal” the loudest on Facebook.