2026 World Cup thread

[Sam Mills 51]

Waiting for ICE to come onto the field and shoot everyone.

Please don't give Tom Homan or Dear Leader any ideas. Bad enough that, somewhere, Puppy Shooter is probably tweeting "Suck It" again ...

 

[Batman]

Waiting for ICE to come onto the field and shoot everyone.

If it keeps FIFA from doing this again, there's probably a lot of people who wouldn't even be mad about that.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

If it keeps FIFA from doing this again, there's probably a lot of people who wouldn't even be mad about that.

Um, no. Unlike a certain orange-hued idiot, I don't think violence is the answer.

Just follow a former First Lady's message and Just Say No.

 

[Batman]

1. Ronaldo looks like Buckwheat
2. Madonna has been part of the soundtrack of my life, but it's time to go to the house.
3. Muppet band playing 7 Nation Army was fun.
4. I have no idea who that one group was.
5. Lasson and Beard were awesome, and that was a great get for them.
6. Why has Bieber ever been a thing?
7. Shakira's ass inspires me, and I'm not even an ass man.

1/2. Those two standing there in tracksuits alongside Madonna looked like they were about to bust up a bodega for Mr. Big in a 1980s action movie.

6. Bieber has always made me irrationally violent since the first time I saw his douchey little face in the "Baby, Baby, Baby" video. One of my all-time favorite pictures is from the celebrity game at an NHL all-star game some time in the early 2010s. Chris Pronger is checking him hard into the boards, and the photo has a reflection of it in the glass where you can see Pronger laughing his ass off.

7. Shakira's ass is one of the seven wonders of the modern world. Bill Simmons once wrote a column about Mariah Carey blowing away Whitney Houston when the two of them sang a duet on some benefit show. I feel like an appropriate follow-up would be Shakira nuking J-Lo in the ass-shaking showdown during the Super Bowl LIV halftime show.

Here's the picture of Pronger destroying Bieber with great delight:

 

[Batman]

Um, no. Unlike a certain orange-hued idiot, I don't think violence is the answer.

Just follow a former First Lady's message and Just Say No.

It was a joke, bro. There's been so much disgust over FIFA having a halftime show that I was joking there are plenty of soccer fans willing to sacrifice a dozen celebrities to ensure it never happens again.
We're here for a good time. Ease off the throttle a little.

 

[UNCGrad]

Is Argentina playing for penalities? Is that it's only chance?

 

[Sam Mills 51]

You're correct.

But ICE prompts strong reactions and I won't apologize for that. They have murdered people without explanation and that's a problem.

 

[HanSenSE]

It was a joke, bro. There's been so much disgust over FIFA having a halftime show that I was joking there are plenty of soccer fans willing to sacrifice a dozen celebrities to ensure it never happens again.
We're here for a good time. Ease off the throttle a little.

Besides, when was the last time.this board didn't rip a halftime show to threads?

 

[Batman]

Is Argentina playing for penalities? Is that it's only chance?

They're just waiting for the clock to hit 90 minutes. That's when they finally hit the gas.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Next time the U.S. could possibly host a WC is 2038. I think we will be on a 12-year rota until Chyyyna gets up to speed.

 

[DanOregon]

Figured Cantor was older than 62, then discovered he became "the Spanish voice" for WC soccer in the States when he was in his 20s. Amazing.

Can't wait for the trophy presentation, when Trump tells everyone "Thanks for coming and spending money, now get the hell out and go back to your hell-hole countries...You think I'm joking? "

 

[Batman]

Harder for the casual soccer fan to wrap your head around: Spain's Dani Olmo being the only player on the field with blonde hair and looking like Chris Simms somehow got on the pitch for a World Cup game, or Argentina having a player named Alexis Mac Allister?
Discuss.

 

[HanSenSE]

Argies still don't have a shot on goal, per the WWL.

EDIT: Calling it now. One-timer by Messi.

 

[UNCGrad]

If Team USA can ever figure out being able to control the ball and have it stick to them like good teams do, one market inefficiency they might be able to exploit is actually taking shots at the goal.

Spain should have at least three goals by now.

 

[Batman]

Next time the U.S. could possibly host a WC is 2038. I think we will be on a 12-year rota until Chyyyna gets up to speed.

South America would be due for another one by then, if there's a country there that wants it. It would have been six World Cups and 24 years by then, although they will host a few matches in 2030.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Figured Cantor was older than 62, then discovered he became "the Spanish voice" for WC soccer in the States when he was in his 20s. Amazing.

Can't wait for the trophy presentation, when Trump tells everyone "Thanks for coming and spending money, now get the hell out and go back to your hell-hole countries...You think I'm joking? "

I hope that crowd boos him more than a Canadian crowd boos Gary Bettman at an NHL game.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Won’t say ARG’s Martinez has stood on his head exactly but he’s positioned himself well every time.

 

[brn623cl]

Won’t say ARG’s Martinez has stood on his head exactly but he’s positioned himself well every time.

Rinse,repeat

 

[da man]

Every time they say Enzo Fernandez, I think he should be number 11.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Spaniards are pounding on the puerto pinche fuerte.