World Cup 2026

[wildturkey]

One of the worst events I ever saw. VAR was not designed to rule the pitch, tey were not authorized to make calls only support or deny the referees calls, just like instant replay in the NFL, a tool for accuracy. FIFA should be ashamed of themselves and the VAR team disqualified althought he damage is done,

The officiating in this cup is absolutely terrible

Yep

Two things can be true at the same time

Egypt choked that game away

FIFA's VAR system this Cup has been horrid

 

[gohuskresurrected]

So everyone bitching about FIFA corruption now should look at this guy Chuck Blazer - Wikipedia. This clown made his way up to the point where he could be a key figure in a huge scandal. The organization is a ******* mess. It's been like that for a long time. Enjoy the soccer but don't think that winning a competition that these buffoons put on really means anything at this point.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfer]

So everyone bitching about FIFA corruption now should look at this guy Chuck Blazer - Wikipedia. This clown made his way up to the point where he could be a key figure in a huge scandal. The organization is a ******* mess. It's been like that for a long time. Enjoy the soccer but don't think that winning a competition that these buffoons put on really means anything at this point.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfer]

Down to 8:

5 from Europe
1 from Africa
1 from Scandinavia
1 from South America

 

[Think McFly Think]

France V Morocco TOMORROW at 4 PM EST.

 

[gobigred]

France V Morocco TOMORROW at 4 PM EST.

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[R.J. MacReady]

No freaking matches today ...I feel like I'm going through withdrawals.

The FS2 replays will hopefully get me though.

 

[Think McFly Think]

Thank you for answering my 1st ever question in here. Can I ask why you don't think it would help?

Yes.

The major sports in America have been cemented already for over a century.

NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL.

There has never been a big focus on soccer and that’s on all levels from being a kid and through high school and college.

The MLS for this reason has never gained any traction and why it remains a poor product, paling in comparison to other leagues around the world.

This is not even mentioning the attention span of your average American, they’re not going to devote an hour or two of time for something that hasn’t been ingrained in their minds as far as sports culture already.

Would be like showing my Grandfather a tutorial on playing Magic: The Gathering, a poor analogy but that’s really how much many Americans don’t care about soccer.

Everyone gets their info from social media now, and all most people are focused on is corruption and flopping. People don’t care about storied histories and things of that nature when they’re being told soccer is garbage from every which way. (Not saying it’s right but any perception of soccer from a common American would be the most recent news)

We’ve gone too deep without soccer that it’s seemingly impossible for it to become a 5th major sport here, and the fact that the USMNT doesn’t have a great deal of success doesn’t help either.

Sure the women have but I don’t need to tell you why that doesn’t matter.

Hope this helps! Anyone feel free to tack on anything I missed or make adjustments.

 

[Airraidtech]

 

[Airraidtech]

 

[boltfan72]

If you need a good laugh

In their defense, most teams put on a much better show than the USMNT did against Belgium.

 

[jarntt]

And why not sir ?

Because you seemingly are here for the sole purpose of promoting it

 

[jarntt]

The Paris suburbs are gonna be dicey later...

 

[boltfan72]

6 European teams in the quarterfinals. And if Egypt had finished their game, the entire Western Hemisphere would be shut out. Wow.

 

[boltfan72]

I’m the same. We just played a friendly a few months ago and they scored 5. Doku against 38 year old Ream scares the hell out of me.

The over confidence is coming from people that watch soccer every four years. The reality is we have a 38 year old captain and an MLS keeper. We can win this game but unless 2014 Tim Howard shows up we need to score 3 or 4.

 

[Caliskinsfan]

 

[Tainthappening]

6 European teams in the quarterfinals. And if Egypt had finished their game, the entire Western Hemisphere would be shut out. Wow.

Remove Brazil and Argentina... not a lot of representation from Western Hemisphere.

Several of South/Central American nations just too small (and poor) to consistently stay at top.

Immigration to European nations that have academies and better resources have an impact on this as well (number of European teams in final 8)... 96 of participants in this tournament born in France, only 11 members were actually born in Morocco on their team... all the others in Europe.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

So everyone bitching about FIFA corruption now should look at this guy Chuck Blazer - Wikipedia. This clown made his way up to the point where he could be a key figure in a huge scandal. The organization is a ******* mess. It's been like that for a long time. Enjoy the soccer but don't think that winning a competition that these buffoons put on really means anything at this point.

Nah, but ya get that massive penis trophy

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Yes.

The major sports in America have been cemented already for over a century.

NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL.

There has never been a big focus on soccer and that’s on all levels from being a kid and through high school and college.

The MLS for this reason has never gained any traction and why it remains a poor product, paling in comparison to other leagues around the world.

This is not even mentioning the attention span of your average American, they’re not going to devote an hour or two of time for something that hasn’t been ingrained in their minds as far as sports culture already.

Would be like showing my Grandfather a tutorial on playing Magic: The Gathering, a poor analogy but that’s really how much many Americans don’t care about soccer.

Everyone gets their info from social media now, and all most people are focused on is corruption and flopping. People don’t care about storied histories and things of that nature when they’re being told soccer is garbage from every which way. (Not saying it’s right but any perception of soccer from a common American would be the most recent news)

We’ve gone too deep without soccer that it’s seemingly impossible for it to become a 5th major sport here, and the fact that the USMNT doesn’t have a great deal of success doesn’t help either.

Sure the women have but I don’t need to tell you why that doesn’t matter.

Hope this helps! Anyone feel free to tack on anything I missed or make adjustments.

@Think McFly Think ^ .....^ @TheTechnicalExpert

 

[Sam Squanch]

Remove Brazil and Argentina... not a lot of representation from Western Hemisphere.

Several of South/Central American nations just too small (and poor) to consistently stay at top.

Immigration to European nations that have academies and better resources have an impact on this as well (number of European teams in final 8)... 96 of participants in this tournament born in France, only 11 members were actually born in Morocco on their team... all the others in Europe.
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Some African nation is going to wise up and find a way to retain the talent they are ceding to Europe and they will win the World Cup. Imagine all of the African players on France, Netherlands, UK, etc playing for the African nations that they have heritage from. What if Saka, Musiala, and Olise would play for Nigeria, or M’Bappe and Tchouameni would play for Cameroon. There’s a ton of talent from these places. One of these nations is going to figure out how to do it, and will make their national soccer team legendary. I think the main hurdle is the travel for Qualifiers.