Time for a fond pause: the daily newsletter is going on break for the World Cup and will be back in your inbox when the Brasileirão resumes. Until then the best of the Ninho is scattered across the United States, Mexico and Canada, and we'll be watching it together. Nine of our own carry the badge into the tournament, and tonight the newsletter is just a place to wish them well: Alex Sandro, Danilo, Léo Pereira and Paquetá with Brazil; De la Cruz and Varela with Uruguay, everything crossed for Arrascaeta's calf to heal in time; Carrascal with Colombia; Plata with Ecuador. Wear it proudly, and come back to us healthy. When we pick this up again it's Chapecoense away on July 22, us second and seven behind Palmeiras with a game in hand, then Cruzeiro in the Libertadores last 16 in August. Two fronts, both wide open. Enjoy the Cup. We'll be right here when it's over.