{"id":216496,"date":"2026-07-09T20:16:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/a-dream-dies-ugly-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T20:16:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:16:56","slug":"a-dream-dies-ugly-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/a-dream-dies-ugly-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"A dream dies ugly – USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the Daily Briefing. Here\u2019s what\u2019s breaking this morning:
Jane Onyanga-Omara here<\/em><\/strong>, bringing you the news to know on Tuesday.
The U.S. men’s national team saw its World Cup dreams come to a screeching halt<\/a> Monday, falling 4-1 to Belgium in the round of 16.\u00a0 It was a flat and uninspired performance<\/a> for the USMNT, which had been outstanding for much of the World Cup on home soil. All three host nations now have been eliminated<\/a>.
Take a look<\/span><\/strong>
Cristiano Ronaldo left the pitch for the last time<\/a> at a World Cup, after Spain proceeded into the World Cup quarterfinals Monday with a 1-0 defeat of Portugal. Ronaldo, 41, one of the most legendary scorers in the history of soccer, burst into tears<\/a>, soaking up the final moments of the game.\u00a0\u201cI’m at peace,\u201d he said<\/a>. \u201cI’ve given my best.\u201d
Things to talk about<\/span><\/strong>
Janet Zitting remembers the day she realized her family wasn’t like others. “I remember when I was 8 or 10, I was talking to one of the neighbor kids,” Zitting, now 32, recalls<\/a>. \u201cI’m thinking in my head, ‘Wow, she only has one mom. That’s so sad.'” Zitting\u2019s family practiced polygamy. She was raised by her dad and four moms and she has 44 siblings. She’s gone viral on TikTok<\/a>.
Have feedback on the Daily Briefing?\u00a0Shoot\u00a0an email to NFallert@usatoday.com<\/em><\/small>.<\/p>\n

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Welcome to the Daily Briefing. Here\u2019s what\u2019s breaking this morning:Jane Onyanga-Omara here, bringing you the news to know on Tuesday.The U.S. men’s national team saw its World Cup dreams come to a screeching halt Monday, falling 4-1 to Belgium in the round of 16.\u00a0 It was a flat and uninspired performance for the USMNT, which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":216497,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}