This is the fox25 morning news. And good morning, everybody. 6 00 on this thursday morning, it is august 18. We appreciate you being with us this morning. I am gene lavanchy. Sara a and i am sara underwood. Warm air sticking around today and meteorologist shiri spear says not quite all sunshine today. She is in the fox25 Storm Tracker Weather Center with where you will find the brightest conditions out there. Reporter yeah, to brightest conditions this morning will be north of the mass pike. South of the mass pike, this batch of rain that thank will be shifting it is lightening up as it goes. It is kind of losing steam and losing energy and that means patchy lighter rain. I havent seen more than a patch of rain. Close to worcester. Worcester at 65 degrees. Worcester at 70. 63 in lawrence staying dry there. Norwood at 59 degrees at risk for a little bit of that morning rain. It is not even going to last all morning long here. Futurecast 8 a. M. Showers from barnstable nicking worcester
In a pod. Complete new england News Coverage starts right now. This is the fox25 morning news. Gene good morning, everybody, thank you for being with us this thursday morning. It is august 18th. Im gene lavanchy. Sara we have a warm day ahead, but it is not all sunshine. Shiri seeing patchy showers, but at least the humidity down. Shiri actually feels pretty comfortable but if you are in worcester, for example, or douglas, might want to grab the umbrella, a little bit of light rain this morning. Attleboro to rehoboth and norton and plan on a little bit of light rain there as well, not going to be high impact because it is so widely scattered, 71 in boston, this is all going to slide south of the city. City stays dry today, 60s in the suburbs as youre waking up this morning and we got these showers that are going to be drifting eastward through about ten or 11 00 this morning. Southward. Thats where we are going to get the scattered stuff the next couple of hours. Metrowest, it is cloud
The world away from the world cup. But its almost feeling like a front row seat. So many people here, i didnt think there were going to be so many people. Its like so crazy. Reporter this has become kind of like a world cup west coast headquarters. Crowding around a screen with a few thousand of their newest closest soccer fan friends. Its amazing yeah right and so much culture and ethnicity. Everything. You know you got it all. Reporter this game is a big chance for u. S. Soccer to shine on the world stage. Taking on a top team like portugal. Thats bringing out soccer fans of all shapes and sizes in a country thats not supposed to like soccer. Right now . Soccer is something that does resonate with a big percentage of people in the u. S. Reporter but win or lose, this is about soccer fans who get a kick out of watching soccer with other soccer fans. And it may be just about the next best thing to being in brazil. Id love to travel and dont have the opportunity to go there. But you can
Schedule. They open in boston october 8 and play their first home game the next night in nming until. La kings comeen end of october. When eagles kickoff in september it should be interesting to see much time marcus smith sees as rookie. Chip kelly is reserving judgment on smith until he sees him in pads come Training Camp next month. Its hard to evaluate especially that position just like defensive line without pads on. Sometimes theyre two entirely different people. You can observe athletic ability, change of direction. We still have a whole lot that we have to kind of delve into when we get the pads on. Finally they say dogs are mans best friend. Apparently not best friend were sportscasters. Check this out marlins reporter trying to do his live report before the game in new york get out of there the dog trying to steal his water thats not for you just as he gets rid of one another goes for the cup of water and yeah bark in the park day in new york just a disaster and then he tries
U. S. Portugal was bigger than a game. We were supposed to be in spain. Go to the world cup. We went to the game a couple nights ago. There was a bunch of honduran fans and ecuador fans. They wanted a picture with the u. S. Theres a montra and old traditions for portugal match. Bravado put to the test before 40,000 in a stadium in brazil, 20,000 more packed an iraq concert atmosphere in rio that dozens of nations colors you see reflecting the millions and millions more around the world, bearing world cup witness. The most daunting audience, 11 men from portugal, the old world masters. Among them, the king of soccer, ronaldo. It only Takes Minutes for reality to strike the american side. A miss. Oh, my goodness. Reporter now, it becomes a fairytale, american drama. The sphere in the stadium, red hot, literally. The heat index above 90 degrees forcing the first world cup water break. The americans rally soon after finding their opportunities. Defense led by goalie tim howard denying port