OT: The 2026 World Cup Thread

[One-If-By-Sea]

USA onto the next round another good showing

It would be good to beat Turkey too.

 

[bormio]

Nobody in their right mind thinks the Americans can win this. But Poch is doing what Herb Brooks did. We are not playing to make the quarters, we are not playing to make the semis. We are playing to win the whole damn thing. Poch keeps telling them they can. They might just start to believe it.

 

[TommyD4207]

USA onto the next round another good showing

Did it with a bit of a rotated roster too. The Aussies aren't world beaters, but none of these teams suck.
70% possession is nothing to scoff at either.

 

[mosi's man]

There are 48 teams in the expanded roster this year, not 60.

All due respect, bur these are the best athletes in the world. If you believe in natural selection, then soccer clearly starts with the largest number of people aspiring to be great. About a billion kids grow up dreaming of playing professional soccer. They don't have to be tall, or large, or in cold climates (like hockey players), or from wealthy countries, etc. So the denominator is massive and dwarfs any other sport and right now, we are viewing the very best, the cream of a gigantic crop. It really is just math. It might be boring to many, but these are unbelievable athletes.

 

[Guts]

It would be good to beat Turkey too.

You would think they will try. They'd face the worst 3rd place team if they get the 9 pts I think

 

[TommyD4207]

You would think they will try. They'd face the worst 3rd place team if they get the 9 pts I think

Between that and goal differential they'll be right up there.

I like this group for the US tbh, these teams don't outright suck. It's better than the England Invitational group, for sure.

 

[Lavictoire]

I'm rooting for team USA and team Germany as my wife is from Germany. Watching the games I cant get over the FLOPPING! Every couple minutes after a bump or trip or contact there is a drop and rolling around in agony arms raised pleading to the heavens for justice. If the ball gets stolen from the other guy he instantly falls to ground flailing. I know for the Pats Willie McGinest might have faked an injury to give the defense a breather during that Manning/Colts drive I forget the year and game. But that's the point, it happens so rarely in the NFL that you remember it but this is an absolute joke in Soccer. Watching USA/Australia Friday after an especially embarrasing flop the announcer even said folks you have to accept this is part of the game. At least they do instant review on the fly and don't award the penalty most of the time and then the player is miraculously healed and continues to play. We need to replace doctors with soccer refs and clear out the hospitals.I will call it the game of Flopper. As a regular fan I would get tired of this foolishness real fast. They need to penalize the team somehow for excessive flopping. You get three flops per game and anthing in the final minutes better be an inury that requires removal from the game.