***Official 2026 World Cup Thread***

Surprised at amount of people rooting against Argentina. If we aren't in it I want the teams with generational stars going as far as possible.
Messi is great, but I hate rooting for favorites when I don't have a rooting interest. Spain? France? Argentina? Might as well root for the Yankees.

Give me the Swiss, Morocco, and whoever wins England/Norway.

Hell, maybe even Belgium, although I have some real resentment about the Third Partition of Luxembourg, those Walloonian bastages

***Official 2026 World Cup Thread***

I agree on baseball and hockey, but NBA talent is still mostly American. Yes there are some really good ones that aren’t, but 75%+ are American guys. There is like 7 or 8 guys maybe that would be considered stars, the rest are role players.
And how much do even average professional basketball players make compared to a typical soccer player in the premiere league? There's definitely no financial incentive for top basketball athletes to play soccer.

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