The whole tournament is called the World Cup Finals as opposed to the Qualifiers. That’s always been the terminology.
But, yeah, the final game is the singular final.
2026 World Cup - General Discussion & Non-USA teams thread
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But, yeah, the final game is the singular final.
So is that 51, 52, or 53 states now?Croatia = Canada ?
Does the MATHS.check out?
Team Uruguay originally had plans to fly home via a private flight after their tournament was over. Since they didn't make it to the Round of 32, their football federation cancelled the charter and is making them book their own individual commercial flights to their next destination. Ouch.
One thing I’ve learned following Twitter and message boards the past few days…a lot of people don’t know and/or understand the Offside rule in soccer, but it doesn’t stop them from criticizing refs, VAR, and FIFA. Same with added time. The amount of people bitching about Iran getting screwed by officiating is insane for a team that didn’t get at all screwed.
Agreed--I just don't understand the angst. It was the correct call. People just like to ***** honestly.
It doesn’t matter if you ref youth soccer, high school soccer, college soccer, or adult leagues. Fans and coaches constantly are calling out that the ref doesn’t know the rules. The players are generally more respectful, though not so much in adult leagues. Refs learn to ignore it, or just laugh about it, because if they don’t, it drives them away from being an official.
I give some deference to the aforementioned complainers, in that rules, or interpretation of such, do change a bit over the years. But it’s not too hard to learn the changes, and that’s what the refs have to call/enforce. More often, the people complaining have a terrible angle for the call, or just see everything through a prism of what’s good or bad for their team.
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This is a tough one. it certainly gets called as a foul (and a PK) or as a non-foul. It's really on the border.
"It just means more" hate from the football federations in South America when your team doesn't meet expectations. Ouch is right.
Messi has a nice lead. He continues to be in the ideal position for scoring goals. What impresses me so much about him is how he doesn't waste movement and at his age that conserves energy. He's also an unselfish player.
If there are any dual citizenship Uruguayans players I hope they remember that when asked to be on team USA.
Uruguayan sponsored flights have a bit of an infamous reputation with their athletes.
On my Crew board, we've been joking about how "Owen" has the lead this time--"Owen Goal"...
Brasil vs. Nippon on FOX now.
What’s with all the Japanese players going for the Pony Boy look with blonde hair?
What’s with all the Japanese players going for the Pony Boy look with blonde hair?
Lovely. Brazil is so much better, it’s not even funny. I like Brazil, I find nothing not to like, but had been rooting hard for Japan.Japan!
Brazil is screwed.Liverpool‘s Becker is in goal for Brazil.