2026 World Cup thread

[brn623cl]

The Tartan Army may be down to a couple of regiments headed to face Brazil in Miami.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

Since I don’t follow soccer how in the hell did Italy fail to qualify?

 

[Key]

Yes the field is diluted and yes making it out of the group is no cause for celebration. But man, this has been so much fun. Do the Scots make it in a condensed field? Congo and their beautiful baby blue unis? Cape Verde and its great draw with Spain?

So far it’s been a lot of fun.

 

[brn623cl]

I’m proud to say 9 days into the WC and I still haven’t broken down to take the $17.76 Fox Nation promotion.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Since I don’t follow soccer how in the hell did Italy fail to qualify?

Worse than that — this is their third failure in a row.

They just aren’t that good these days. This time they made it to a UEFA playoff and beat Northern Ireland, but then lost to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

I’m proud to say 9 days into the WC and I still haven’t broken down to take the $17.76 Fox Nation promotion.

I dunno how I've stayed disciplined enough to not take that bait, either. It's been a struggle.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

I'm about tired of qualifying every random filler stat with "men's WC."
I'm pretty sure any sensible person watching knows that's what we're talking about. If they don't, then they aren't sensible enough to be worried about.

Well, you're just wrong.

Deal with it.

 

[brn623cl]

Well, you're just wrong.

Deal with it.

When you watch North Carolina Oklahoma this weekend the graphics will say MCWS, though everyone can figure that out too. It’s just the way it is.

 

[DanOregon]

I like the new strategy the US is adopting. Get the ball to the goal mouth, you never know what will happen.

 

[dixiehack]

I think it is OK to think people will assume “World Cup” means the event on screen at that very moment. Next year when they are discussing some record Marta or Megan Rapinoe has, it will be OK to just say “World Cup” then too.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Feels like Brazil is thissssssss close to a deluge of goals.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

haggis was banned in the U.S. in 1971.

God bless America.

 

[John]

I was yesterday minus a few days old when I learned haggis was banned in the U.S. in 1971. However, the state of Massachusetts has temporarily “legalized“ haggis.

I had it twice on my honeymoon in Scotland last summer. Much better than I thought it would be, but it was also battered and fried. We also haven't sought it out since we returned home

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Feels like Brazil is thissssssss close to a deluge of goals.

Yeah. But Haiti-Samba makes David vs. Goliath look like a near-even matchup.

 

[Driftwood]

Well, you're just wrong.

Deal with it.

Or maybe you are.
Deal with it.

 

[brn623cl]

Yeah. But Haiti-Samba makes David vs. Goliath look like a near-even matchup.

Haiti should be looking around the bowels of the Linc just to see if Big Dom is there to offer protection.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

UNEXPECTED CROSSTHREAD!

Ella Langley is now a World Cup hero. And I think her German sales are about to go through the roof.





Also, their flight was canceled and they were gonna miss the German game, but I think somebody in private air came through with a plane for them.

 

[brn623cl]

Down to 47 countries that can win the World Cup

 

[micropolitan guy]

I like the new strategy the US is adopting. Get the ball to the goal mouth, you never know what will happen.

The next step in our progression should be, do it in both halves instead of just the first.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

That was quick. Already 1-0 to Paraguay.