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Isn’t it fun calling things the new other things? Orange is the New Black. Caftan Body-ready is the new Bikini Body-ready. Watching animal YouTube videos is the new therapy.
In that vein, we are going to make a comparison that will likely annoy people, given the historied rivalry between Mexico and USA teams: Tim Howard is the new Memo Ochoa. Ok, maybe not, because Howard let two in. But he DID break the record for most saves in a World Cup game since 1966 (14 saves!), and this USA vs BEL game gave us serious deja vu — to a few weeks ago when Memo Ochoa was the only thing standing between Brazil’s victory over Mexico. And judging from the tweets flooding my timeline, Howard’s about to be as big of a hometown hero as Memo has become in Mexico. Especially since I’ve already seen people recycling some of the same “wall” jokes and memes (yeah I see you):
@GeeDee215 I'm gonna contact the artist of this piece and ask to get Tim painted in. pic.twitter.com/jXinfQtsLe
— Stacey E. Singleton (@staceyNYCDC) July 1, 2014
The USA goalie right now #USAvsBEL pic.twitter.com/70V3IPwdnM
— Darth Vader (@DepressedDarth) July 1, 2014
Correct hashtag is #TimHowardvsBEL, right?
— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) July 1, 2014
65% of the Earth is covered by water. The rest is covered by Tim Howard. #USMNT
— Christopher Licata (@Licatacs) July 1, 2014
Tim Howard just guaranteed at least 3 months of no liteskin slander
— Desus (@desusnice) July 1, 2014
Tim Howard pic.twitter.com/qdmJJD0n0f
— True Soccer Life (@trueSCRlife) July 1, 2014
— samir mezrahi (@samir) July 1, 2014
This game has been brought to you by Tim Howard pic.twitter.com/AsYHIPgCiT (Photo via @USATsportsImage) #USAvsBEL
— NewsHour (@NewsHour) July 1, 2014
Tim Howard could save anything – even publishing.
— Jonny Geller (@JonnyGeller) July 1, 2014
There’s nobody in Tim Howard’s mentions, because he’s blocking everyone.
— Mike Prada (@MikePradaSBN) July 1, 2014
WHERE'S THE REST OF @ussoccer?! #SufroComoTimHoward
— Monika (@monikafabian) July 1, 2014
Tim Howard is so great at blocking things the Republicans want to make him Speaker. #USMNT #IBelieveThatWeWillWin
— Paul Begala (@PaulBegala) July 1, 2014
We gotta rename all our MLK Blvds after Tim Howard
— Desus (@desusnice) July 1, 2014