2026 World Cup

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Didn't see a thread for this. Nice start for Mexico.


Water breaks are just corporate greed dressed up as concern for player health. Change my mind.
I mean, it gets freaking hot in most of the USA. Have you ever played 90 minutes of soccer in 90 degree heat?
 

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Perfect start. Dest as an out and out winger is a masterstroke by Pochettino. Richards and Pulisic are our most important players, and our most brittle.
 

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Yeah, I’m a little annoyed by the commercials during the water breaks. They didn’t do that during the Qatar WC, and they didn’t do it during the friendlies in the run up to the start of the tournament. I thought it was really fascinating to watch the players. I’ll gather around Poch and his MacBook during the breaks. Meh.

Also, the Multiview feature on YTTV is handy, but I never really used it because I felt like it was hard to pay attention to anything. But it worked out great last night with the soccer game and the Diamond Heels. Didn’t miss a thing in either game.
 
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I'm not much of a soccer fan, what outcome should we want between turkey and Australia? A tie or one team to win?
 

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I'm not much of a soccer fan, what outcome should we want between turkey and Australia? A tie or one team to win?
We’d probably prefer an Australia win, as Türkiye is a much better team and it would help us win the group even with a draw against them. Honestly a draw would be a great result for us.

Winning that game against Paraguay, particularly with that goal difference, is huge. I would expect Paraguay to be competitive in both of their remaining games.
 

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Both Australia and Turkiye look dangerous. Australia has some attackers that will give our defense problems with their pace. Irankunda is a real problem.
 
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Who are y'all pulling for in addition to USA?

Spain-Cape Verde surprisingly competitive. CPV goalie with some nice saves, and some help from the crossbar.