⚽⚽⚽Official 2026 World Cup Thread⚽⚽⚽

r_desihawk

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Jake Gyllenhaal Snl GIF by Saturday Night Live
let the hatrz hate but some us understand your clever service to the cause…i fully expect a 6-6 season also
 

noleclone2

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Austria is down 1-0 at half to Spain but if not for their goal keeper it would be about 4-0. Spain is playing well. To me top two teams by far are France 1 and Argentina 2 by a bit but Spain is looking like 3rd.
 

SeaPA

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Austria is down 1-0 at half to Spain but if not for their goal keeper it would be about 4-0. Spain is playing well. To me top two teams by far are France 1 and Argentina 2 by a bit but Spain is looking like 3rd.

Spain is immensely talented. I think France starting lineup is a little better, but not by much. Coming in, I thought they were the 2 best teams, slightly ahead of Argentina. Nothing's happened to change my thoughts on that.
 

noleclone2

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Spain is immensely talented. I think France starting lineup is a little better, but not by much. Coming in, I thought they were the 2 best teams, slightly ahead of Argentina. Nothing's happened to change my thoughts on that.
Yep and they showed it / reminded people today. Some real good teams in round of 16. Going to be fun.
 

Hawkfan_08*

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my son and I were talking about this during the game

He’s so much more reliable. Used to be one of those players who could make a great play and then do something really, really stupid in the span of a few minutes. Always seemed like he was on the cusp of getting into some unnecessary extracurricular activities. Don’t feel that way now.

I kind of feel like that is Berlhalter now, haha. It is so cool to see Wes play now. He grew up a lot playing at Juve and has had to battle hard for his minutes.
 
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St. Louis Hawk

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The Portugal goal was world class, both the pass and the header. What can you do if you’re Croatia? Guy just went and made a play.

And can Fox be any more befuddled on the rules? Replays of the Croatia non goal taken from the upper deck, like Assembly Hall in Indiana.

No reference to the chip in the ball or the signal when the Croatia player just nicked it?
 

SeaPA

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Algeria has outplayed the Swiss so far and has had a number of good scoring chances. Unfortunately for them, their forwards have been beyond pitiful. I dont think they could score on an empty net.
 

o_wausauhawk

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I don't think they'll pull a shocker, but Cape Verde is playing pretty well. They ain't scared of the moment thru 25 minutes
 

Yellowsnow51

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This is like women’s NCAA basketball.

The great teams have 5 ball handlers and people who can score and the mid majors have one really good player they need to have go off to have a chance.