It is so, so insignificantly small in the face of everything else about the COVID-19 pandemic, but the fact that there are no sports happening right now makes everything else that little bit worse. We’re all trapped inside, scared and without our usual distractions. Our options for Live Sports Things Happening Now are basically watching race car drivers (and also sometimes Thibaut Courtois, for some reason) race each other virtually, or wondering how the New York Giants are going to screw themselves over in the NFL Draft this time.

Plus, even if sports in general resume sooner, the cancellation of the Copa América means we Brazil fans won’t be able to see the Seleção resume play until September at the earliest. So to provide a little distraction and keep this site from getting too quiet while we wait for soccer to return, I thought we’d take another stab at something we tried a few years back during the long wait between Brazil games but never finished: a March Madness-style bracket to determine the greatest goal ever scored for the Brazil national team, with the contenders chosen by you, the readers.

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