OT: The 2026 World Cup Thread

XLIX · Jul 5, 2026

Nice to see FIFA admit the red card was bogus. Wouldn't have mattered quite so much if the USA lost the game, but I guess this'll do.

rochrist · Jul 5, 2026

One-If-By-Sea said:
You do not understand the game.

Familiar territory for Triumph.

Gumby · Jul 5, 2026

Triumph said:
FIFA should make it easier to identify each team by jersey.

Some teams are self expandatory, but other are not.

Ok, here I don’t have a problem.

If you notice the colored dot next to the country name on the screen blended scoreboard, you will notice each team has a different color. Magically, it appears to be same color as [jersey for] all but the goalie.

Gumby · Jul 5, 2026

h0c2000 said:

The septic in me says….

…..They just want him to play and collect another yellow so he sits the game after.

Gumby · Jul 5, 2026

BobDigital said:
I don't dislike that Paraquay played with a more conservative style. That is fine. My issue is they kind of just played scared. They didn't try to gain control on the French side traditionally once. They kind of just waited to lose hoping against hope they could get to penalties kicks. That was not going to happen. They need to at some point get a real offensive push going. Did they threaten France 1 time? If so i forget.

They didn’t play conservative. They played dirty and in your face. I think you confuse conservative with no real intent to play offense, just to counter if a good opening presents and “ park the bus” otherwise.

Triumph · Jul 5, 2026

Gumby said:
Ok, here I don’t have a problem.

If you notice the colored dot next to the country name on the screen blended scoreboard, you will notice each team has a different color. Magically, it appears to be same color as all but the goalie.

I never noticed that dot.

What they ought to do is list the country up in the scoreboard with the goal that theyre defending. At the HALF reverse the names on the scoreboard to coincide with the reversal of the goals. For TV of course.

Tunescribe · Jul 5, 2026

h0c2000 said:

Hopefully the referee who issued that red card is disciplined or reprimanded somehow ... at least spanked.

Gumby · Jul 5, 2026

Triumph said:
I never noticed that dot.

What they ought to do is list the country up in the scoreboard with the goal that theyre defending. At the HALF reverse the names on the scoreboard to coincide with the reversal of the goals. For TV of course.

Yes cause that definitely helps the viewers in an oval stadium. Lol

Amazing that your arguments are so poor that a non-fan is taking the positions to defend soccer. Lol

ctpatsfan77 · Jul 5, 2026

Gumby said:
Ok, here I don’t have a problem.

If you notice the colored dot next to the country name on the screen blended scoreboard, you will notice each team has a different color. Magically, it appears to be same color as all but the goalie.

On Fox, instead of a dot, a stripe beneath each country shows the color.

mnpatfan · Jul 5, 2026

Haaland looks bored.

mosi's man · Jul 5, 2026

Norway beats Brazil. Shame it's so boring.

bormio · Jul 5, 2026

Brazil is a shell of what they used to be. Neymar never led the team to a title. Sure there was a missed PK, but Norway dominated Brazil

BTTA · Jul 5, 2026

XLIX said:
Nice to see FIFA admit the red card was bogus. Wouldn't have mattered quite so much if the USA lost the game, but I guess this'll do.

Is that what happened? What's the precedent? I'm new to FIFA.

ctpatsfan77 · Jul 5, 2026

BTTA said:
Is that what happened? What's the precedent? I'm new to FIFA.

They didn't call it bogus, per se; they just "suspended" enforcement of it for a year.

ctpatsfan77 · Jul 5, 2026

Tunescribe · Jul 5, 2026

BTTA said:
Is that what happened? What's the precedent? I'm new to FIFA.

Precedent ... or, President? Chances are $$$ had a say ...

Trump called FIFA president asking to review USMNT star Folarin Balogun’s red card suspension

President Donald Trump reached out to FIFA president Gianni Infantino directly to ask him to review the suspension of US men’s national team breakout star Folarin Balogun.

nypost.com

Guts · Jul 5, 2026

Guts · Jul 5, 2026

Tunescribe said:
Precedent ... or, President? Chances are $$$ had a say ...

Trump called FIFA president asking to review USMNT star Folarin Balogun’s red card suspension

President Donald Trump reached out to FIFA president Gianni Infantino directly to ask him to review the suspension of US men’s national team breakout star Folarin Balogun.

nypost.com

We got Daddy Trompas now meddling?
We winning the WC lol

bormio · Jul 5, 2026

Trumps gonna make our liberal friends hate soccer. He’s all-powerful

BTTA · Jul 5, 2026

Tunescribe said:
Precedent ... or, President? Chances are $$$ had a say ...

Trump called FIFA president asking to review USMNT star Folarin Balogun’s red card suspension

President Donald Trump reached out to FIFA president Gianni Infantino directly to ask him to review the suspension of US men’s national team breakout star Folarin Balogun.

nypost.com

Has that been done before? If it isn't routine, how can the rest of the world see it as anything other than a bully cheating?

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