The Best GIFs and Memes From the World Cup So Far




It’s been exactly two weeks since the World Cup—the quadrennial international soccer tournament that requires at least one country to be up way past its bedtime for an entire month—began in Brazil. And, not too surprisingly, it’s been a wonderful hot mess of action. So far, someone’s gotten bit, someone else nearly lost a nose, and the entire United States collectively looked at one another and went, “We might make it to the next round!” And that’s just the beginning.


Meanwhile, talk of the World Cup has (much to the dismay of non-soccer fans) overtaken social media and, like other major sporting events before it, become fertile ground for the making of memes and GIFs. The latter format, of course, is almost perfectly suited to soccer, which has long periods of calm ball control punctuated by near-miraculous goals and near-fatal collisions. In honor of the U.S. team’s big match against Germany today, we decided to collect some of our favorite GIFs and memes from the World Cup so far (we’re only halfway through the tournament, though, so don’t presume this is the only time we’ll post these). Check them out in the gallery above.



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