2022 World Cup

[GSG]

Since we're almost at the end:

What the World Cup will look like in 2026: 48 teams, more groups, more venues, more games

 

[BigRedBuster]

Yeah, we do, and that starts at the youth level, and we need those type of athletes to play soccer as well as football and basketball.   Too many of the great athletes, that could move the US from top 30 in the world to top 10 in the world, only play football and basketball and end up being practice players only.   Get some of these great athletes that can't shoot jumpers or can't catch a pass on the pitch and teach them the game, we can beat the likes of Holland and England etc and be in the mix for semi-finals and not like teams like Florida Gulf Coast where it's a miracle run and never heard from again.

Ive always said that the US could dominate world soccer if we had 80-90% of our athletes play soccer instead of football, basketball and baseball. 

 

[BigRedBuster]

I’m assuming the US has absolutely no chance of winning this game today.  
 

Although, upsets do happen. 

 

[BigRedBuster]

Tied at half and playing right with them.  I’m shocked. 

 

[Mavric]

First host team to lose their opening match, but that's probably not surprising.

US plays in a couple of hours.  

Ticketing app crashes and fans are having a lot of trouble getting into the stadium.  Good times.

 

[BigRedBuster]

Wow….ended in 0-0 tie. But, why the hell wouldn’t they try something on the last free kick?  WTF?

Hopefully, Iran blew their wad in the first match and we can beat them….or we are eliminated. 

 

[GSG]

Saw something on Reddit this morning (not sure if it was real or not) but basically they built these 20 feet high walls around the poor neighborhoods near the stadiums in Qatar so people wouldn't see them 

 

[BigRedBuster]

Wow...out or in? 

And, this goal knocked Germany out.

 

[BigRedBuster]

Nice  

 

[Cdog923]

The upsets have been nuts this tournament. Belgium, Germany and Uruguay are all already out. 

 

[Mavric]

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[sho]

Wow...out or in? 

And, this goal knocked Germany out.

The VAR official had to be from Poland just to screw over Germany on that call.  

 

[desertshox]

The VAR official had to be from Poland just to screw over Germany on that call.  

The Russian judge scored it as a 7.8.

 

[BigRedBuster]

The VAR official had to be from Poland just to screw over Germany on that call.  

LOL…but I think they have technology to make sure now. 
 

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-world-cups-new-high-tech-ball-will-change-soccer-forever/amp/

 

[Mavric]

Welp....

 

[sho]

very disappointing first half.   Missed that one that the Dutch handed us on a silver platter and since the days of Arenas, the script has been the same, the back 4 is and has been the weakest link of this team.   And I'm not really happy with how we are attacking the Dutch.    The best way i described it to my NFL friends, the Dutch have a lot of AJ Browns and Randy Moss type players.   We have players like Tyreke Hill and Julian Edelman and we are trying to play over the top of them.   We need to be little jitterbugs, quick touches and moves.   Cannot continue to play jump balls, that favors the much bigger Dutch.   Problem with this game plan, it requires being able to string passes together, also not our strong suit.