***Official 2026 World Cup Thread***

[NorthCyd]

Position on the field? No, it means very little when two ****** teams are playing. Both Paraguay and Turkey are ****** teams. Overall, Turkey is probably better, but an early 1-0 score in favor of the slightly less crappy team makes up for the difference.

Not trying to make you mad. Have a good one

 

[CysFive]

Turkey suffered the curse of the frosted tips. Never get frosted tips.

 

[enisthemenace]

Not trying to make you mad. Have a good one

I’m not mad Man. For real. I’d hate for someone to judge the sport off of a game like that though. If you don’t like it, you don’t like it. It’s all good. I’m only saying that particular matchup/game isn’t what I’d cue up for someone who is on the fence.

 

[jdoggivjc]

Some people are going to hate this, but next Thursday if I were making the decisions I’m absolutely not playing Pulisic and I’m at least considering sitting anyone that has a yellow card. The Türkiye game means absolutely nothing outside of pride at this point.

 

[nfrine]

Even Shai Gilgeous-Alexander thinks Paraguay flops too much

Marcus Smart says hold my beer...

 

[Clonehomer]

Some people are going to hate this, but next Thursday if I were making the decisions I’m absolutely not playing Pulisic and I’m at least considering sitting anyone that has a yellow card. The Türkiye game means absolutely nothing outside of pride at this point.

I don’t know why you would hate it. The game has zero riding on it. Türkiye has been eliminated, so they’re not going to worry about hard fouls or cards. I would play 11 backups in this one. No one is in the running for the golden boot. The only negative is the disappointment from the fans that have supported you so much. But, Pot has talked about winning the tournament now. And that’s the best thing to do to win the tournament.

 

[BryceC]

This is why the sport doesn’t take hold in the US. The flopping is way worse than the nba. And why can’t they have more than one referee? Hockey has four refs in a shoe box.

This would be like showing a Euro only Iowa football and then saying this is why the sport doesn’t take hold over there.

 

[Hoggins]

What a result! Now sit everyone for Turkey

And we are rooting against Belgium right? Since they are the highest ranked team in Group G and are the likely opponent in the round of 16

 

[BigJCy]

 

[Clonehomer]

Quarterfinal and semifinals on weekdays at 2:00. Wouldn’t do a lot of favors to grow the sport if the US were able to make it that far.

 

[jdoggivjc]

I don’t know why you would hate it. The game has zero riding on it. Türkiye has been eliminated, so they’re not going to worry about hard fouls or cards. I would play 11 backups in this one. No one is in the running for the golden boot. The only negative is the disappointment from the fans that have supported you so much. But, Pot has talked about winning the tournament now. And that’s the best thing to do to win the tournament.

considering there were people upset that he didn't Willis Reed or Kirk Gibson it yesterday and risk further injury by playing in a game that we literally didn't need him for...?

 

[AlaCyclone]

Quarterfinal and semifinals on weekdays at 2:00. Wouldn’t do a lot of favors to grow the sport if the US were able to make it that far.

Those times were set for Euro TV.
Hope the USMNT causes an inconvenience for us all.

 

[BigJCy]

Dutch up 2-0 on the Swedes 20 minutes in.

 

[FinalFourCy]

But it's not just covering the mouth. They determined that the only reason players were covering their mouths were so they couldn't get caught on video saying some really inappropriate stuff that was already red card worthy.

They weren't covering their mouths and talking about what's new on Netflix.

There is nothing one can say that is worth playing one man short

Hard to get into a sport that’s this soft

 

[jdoggivjc]

The Dutch are making Sweden look like a third world footballing nation

 

[enisthemenace]

The Dutch are making Sweden look like a third world footballing nation

Pretty impressive performance for the Dutch.

Looking forward to Germany/Ivory Coast.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

There is nothing one can say that is worth playing one man short

Hard to get into a sport that’s this soft

Then ignore it. It's incredibly easy to do.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Oh Germany.

 

[3TrueFans]

There is nothing one can say that is worth playing one man short

Hard to get into a sport that’s this soft

Ok, see ya.

 

[Kaner04]

There is nothing one can say that is worth playing one man short

Hard to get into a sport that’s this soft

I don’t think you understand how much racist crap is said at even one soccer game. It’s rampant in this sport. Players can be bad. Fans are even worse