It’s an even-numbered year which means I will watch some sports (exhibit A). The Winter Olympics, the Summer Olympiad and now, The World Cup.  A little background: years ago, I got cable and saw that I had the Fox Soccer Channel. “I will never watch this. I don’t care about soc–oh, is David Beckham playing?” I discovered that soccer had lots of hot men in shorts and nice legs and lean, muscular arms kicking a ball around. That’s how they get you. “Look at me, I’m a hot guy with an accent kicking a ball. The aim is to get it in the other hot team’s goal. Why, you ask? NOW YOU’RE HOOKED!”

This is my third World Cup and although I’m still not sure what constitutes an off-sides, I do enjoy the game. But what is almost as enjoyable as the matches at the World Cup are the extremely dedicated fans. Not just your run-of-the-mill clown wigged bedecked, face-painted fan. It’s the outrageously face-painted and crazily dressed fan. This year, I noticed a sub-set of those folks that I wanted to draw your attention to today: the sad, extreme fan. Last week, I tweeted this:

(Shout out to the one favorite on this tweet. Thanks, Mike.)

No, I haven’t started a Tumblr. If I did it would be called “Fuck Yeah, Sad Soccer Fans!” But wouldn’t you know there IS a Sad Soccer Fans Tumblr. Alas, it hasn’t been updated since the 2010 World Cup. So I guess it is my duty to share some Insanely Attired Disappointed Football Fans of the 2014 World Cup In Brazil:

The Wheel Of Cheesehead & his Dutch Friends disappointed after the opposing team scores.

This is a screenshot of this Crusades Cosplay Dude speaking about England’s lost.

This potty-mouthed marsupial was caught mouthing a bad word when Australia lost.

I have no words.

And the fans that started my new obsession:

Sad Spanish Bull Hat Fans.

Man, I wish I could find a photo of the other Sad Spanish Fan Type: the Morose Men In Flamenco Drag. Oddly enough, I spotted these dedicated Spain fans in the first match when they were trounced by The Netherlands. The second match which they also lost, did not have as many elaborate get-ups. But that match which ensured that Spain did not move on to the knockout rounds did have this guy:

New Tumblr Idea: Evil World Cup Fans. With Yarn Dregs.