I'm loving all the salty tears from Aussie fans tonight. They just can't accept their team lost, blaming the ref for everything no matter if video evidence backed up his calls...lol.
OT: We may win the World Cup in 2026
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Paraguay wins 1-0, despite being down a man for the second half. US wins group, Turkiye is eliminated. Their upcoming match on the 25th is a dead rubber. (Don't giggle, look it up.)
Check out espn’s bracket. They already show who USA might face and it’s 1 of several 3rd place in group teams so should be a good draw for us in the round of 32. Round of 16 gets much tougher
They have been going with Türkiye for a while now. Definitely during the last Euro. Doesn’t matter now though. Tur-kee-yeh is eee-lim-in-nay.
According to the Athletic, if there is a winner in Wednesday's Bosnia/Herzegovina vs. Qatar Group B finale, we will almost certainly play that winner in the Round of 32.
If they draw, then it gets complicated.
If they draw, then it gets complicated.
We can take either of them as long as things go according to how they should
Round of 16 is where it’ll get difficult with a similar ranked/skilled opponent so who plays better will win
These name changes are not uncommon. Czech Republic became Czechia. (Not to be confused with Chechnya.) The Netherlands dropped Holland, they are now just The Netherlands. Swaziland became Eswatini. Macedonia became North Macedonia. That last change had geopolitical reasons which I understand. The others? Ain't none of our business.
Ah, the name on the front of the jersey syndrome. You probably think that Brazil has a tougher draw in Group C than the US in Group D because they have Morocco and Scotland there.
The FIFA rankings (updated through yesterday's games) say otherwise:
Group C Group D
Morocco 6 Australia 25
Scotland 41 Turkiye 32
Haiti 87 Paraguay 37
Average 44.67 Average 31.33
Group C has two teams ranked below the worst team in Group D. But seeing Morocco there instantly makes them a better group to you because you're looking at names and not how the group is composed.
Dropping Holland made sense as Holland is a region in The Netherlands. A while back Ukraine dropped the “The” so wonder why Netherlands didn’t drop theirs.
Like “The Bronx” but it’s just Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, etc
North Macedonia to distinguish from Macedonian region of Greece where Alexander was from to stop the row with Greece
Haha, this is a very solid group, all of top 40 in the world. No best in the world teams, but very even across the board.
I said I thought Pepi had given Poch some things to think about. Was still surprised that was his choice yesterday. Pepi, besides the run that caused the own goal after Balogun did all the work, ended up pretty quiet in the match, but worked hard.
I don't think Turkey has been overrated as much as variance has killed them...they've really outplayed both of their opponents and have gotten the shots they'd want, but haven't been able to convert. It happens sometimes in soccer.
BTW- Chechnya isn’t a country. Just a semi autonomous region in Russia. But still get your point!
1000th game in WC history
100th goal scored in WC ‘26 (Dutch)
100th goal scored by The Dutch in their World Cup history…
…..crazy!
100th goal scored in WC ‘26 (Dutch)
100th goal scored by The Dutch in their World Cup history…
…..crazy!
It was spectacular. Their speed and skill up front is impressive and Brobbey is a beast who is really coming into his own. People were questioning their offense before the tourney, but if they can bring it like that, with their strength on D and in midfield they could go pretty far.
Undav is a throwback to past, better German teams. He knows how to finish decisively. When I saw Amiri send that weak shot in during an excellent chance, I was like, we need more dudes like Germany had in the past. Undav answered the bell.
Yes it was - very entertaining and Ivory Coast probably deserved at least a tie given how well they played, but Germany never stops grinding and found some magic at the end.
Interesting graphic I saw earlier, with one more win, Mauricio Pochettino becomes the all time winningest USMNT coach in the World Cup.
It just shows how hard it is to win games - but to be fair Klinsman and others had to play much harder opponents in group stage except in 1994 when we hosted as well
So great job so far but we haven’t beaten anybody yet we shouldn’t have so kind of like RU football
I would sit him but with the gap btw games and the home crowds I wonder if Poch will keep his foot on the gas.
Maybe they play him until first hydration break the. Get him out of there
he must be fully healthy for knockout rounds
and I don’t want to see one guy playing they had a yellow card - no need to risk it
I think Poch might just do that. This is not like club play where teams often play Wednesday and Saturday, with just two days off. The team will be playing Thursday on five days rest. If players sit that game out, then we're talking eleven days rest. Exactly where is the line between rest and rust? I honestly don't know.