And in the wake of the Socceroos' embarrassing 1-0 loss to Qatar last month – which sent Ange Postecoglou's team tumbling down to an all-time low of 94th in the Fifa rankings – there's no better place to start than Nadi.
An embarrassing 1-1 draw in a Euro 2000 qualifier in Iceland was their first competitive outing under coach Roger Lemerre, and his side were again under pressure against Russia in Moscow, needing an 80th minute strike from Alain Boghossian to win the match 3-2.
Journalists have been silenced or jailed: Turkey comes an embarrassing 149th out of 180 countries for press freedom.
But the real strength for the Warriors has been their overall offense, despite an embarrassing 24 turnovers against the Clippers.
The games that now pass for governing in an increasingly embarrassing 112th Congress are menacing the nation's future.
Taylor sustained the injury late in the first period of the Rangers' embarrassing 6-1 defeat in Dallas on Sunday.
Low had rebuked his team, his forwards in particular, after Saturday night's embarrassing 8-2 drubbing in Toronto.
That made it an embarrassing 40 byes conceded in the match by a man with 46 one-day internationals and 25 T20 appearances for England behind him.
After a raucous, embarrassing 4-1 loss at Crew Stadium last weekend, Landon Donovan helped rally the team Wednesday in a 3-4 comeback thriller against the hapless Colorado Rapids.
A few minutes earlier, Valentine had followed the Mets' embarrassing 12-4 defeatothethe Braves by admonishing his players quickly and strongly.
With an embarrassing 17 fumbles, Collins has appeared unsettled for two months or more and has been criticized for playing stiffly.
