2026 World Cup - General Discussion & Non-USA teams thread

[manatree]

Cape Verde laughs at Spain. Remarkable when you consider that no one has ever heard of Cape Verde.

I never heard of it until a few years ago when I saw it listed as teh source for a can of mackerel.

 

[KingLando]

Now if Spain'a coach is tired tomorrow I might understand lol

 

[PSU89er]

Cape Verde laughs at Spain. Remarkable when you consider that no one has ever heard of Cape Verde.

Tell that to a guy from Praia.

 

[manatree]

I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but I just noticed that FIFA's rankings are dynamic during the actual match.

https://inside.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/men

 

[LionJim]

Belgium pretty lifeless in the first half. Lukaku just got put in and he scores within five seconds! Actually my second sentence was only going to be five words, lol.

Edit: own goal.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

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[LionJim]

5’ stoppage time.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[LionJim]

Draw. Rats. Egypt was the crisper side.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[LionJim]

One of my lasting World Cup memories: Diego Forlan and Uruguay in 2010.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

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[Tom McAndrew]

almost inevitable. Uruguay has been controlling the possession for most of the 2nd half.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

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[Tom McAndrew]

New Zealand strikes early in the match:

 

[SleepyLion]

Cape Verde laughs at Spain. Remarkable when you consider that no one has ever heard of Cape Verde.

I always thought it would be a nice place to vacation. Tiny islands in the middle of the ocean. No one would bother me.

 

[BobPSU92]

I always thought it would be a nice place to vacation. Tiny islands in the middle of the ocean. No one would bother me.

As long as you could get online, we’d bother you.

 

[SleepyLion]

As long as you could get online, we’d bother you.

I am pretty good about keeping the phone off when I'm on vacation. I hate that some places want you to use an app for menus, keys, schedules, etc. I just want to disconnect.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Iran answers to tie it up in the 1st half. Earlier, they had hit the post:

 

[Lil Nicky Scarfo]

I always thought it would be a nice place to vacation. Tiny islands in the middle of the ocean. No one would bother me.

I’ve had my eye on the Azores. They look amazing

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Quite a series of passes ends with New Zealand re-taking the lead:

 

[Tom McAndrew]

and Iran answers with an excellent centering ball, and a perfect header. This is quite an entertaining match.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Probably not a record that Oyarzabal or the Spanish team would have liked to have attained:

 

[BobPSU92]

From the crowd tonight, you’d think the game was being played in Tehran.

 

[BobPSU92]

Another game, another draw. No one wants to win this thing.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

One of the more competitive, and entertaining matches, I've seen in this World Cup. (With the caveat that I've only watched about half of them.)

 

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[PSU Mike]

As we ‘Muricans would say, “Four. *******. Ties?”

You wait like 4 years and this …

 

[LionJim]

From the crowd tonight, you’d think the game was being played in Tehran.

A lot of Iranian expats in LA. They hate the regime, love the soccer team.

 

[LaJollaCreek]

A lot of Iranian expats in LA. They hate the regime, love the soccer team.

There are also a ton of Mexican Americans there who have seen what bad regimes can do to ordinary people so there could have been some "neutrals" in that crowd. The fact Iran has to stay in Tijuana and fly in for their matches is criminal in itself for a competition at this level. So sad the US didn't really grasp what the World Cup is, but that is on FIFA who will go anywhere for the right price. The same with Urugay not being allowed to fly in or the Somali African Ref of the Year being denied entry only to be accepted in Canada. It's irritating we couldn't behave like adults for such a great world event.

The fans around the globe as decent humans are shining all over the place. The S. Koreans in Mexico are tearing it up and man I cannot get enough of those clips. Scottish have taken over Boston and the folks in Boston seem to love it. The Dutch Army in Fort Worth was a site to behold this weekend.