2026 World Cup Thread

[Califashorn75]

Messi just scored his 17th goal in World Cup play. He's the GOAT. 

[HonkEm]

1 hour ago, Califashorn75 said:

Messi just scored his 17th goal in World Cup play. He's the GOAT. 

Not watching, but heard he has 2 now...anyone?

[CJ Vogel]

Ronaldo has come to play!

2 goals in this first half today.

[Califashorn75]

Ronaldo is 40+ but remains in incredible shape! 

[Brad Beatty]

Haiti’s fans are hyppppppppppedddddddd

[Jedi Master Bevo]

[ElCafetero]

Colombia robbed of goal all bc FIFA wants Ronaldo to win

[Paul L]

Sweden vs Japan.  

[CJ Vogel]

6 minutes ago, Paul L said:

Sweden vs Japan.  

IMG_8889.mov

Looks like a blast!

[Coop2395]

Paraguay absolutely pissed down their leg

[WestlakeLonghorn]

The 

3 minutes ago, Coop2395 said:

Paraguay absolutely pissed down their leg

the same Paraguay that just beat Germany? 🤣

[4thandFive]

Wow. Germany out by a team the USA beat 4-1. 
 

#GoUSA

[Califashorn75]

Paraguay ranked 40th by FIFA and Germany 10th! What a nail biter. Those penalty kicks are wild. 

[Coop2395]

37 minutes ago, WestlakeLonghorn said:

The 

the same Paraguay that just beat Germany? 🤣

To be fair this was sent after Paraguay missed back to back PKs and couldn’t save another. Clearly you can pee down your leg and still win! 

[Califashorn75]

The strategy in those penalty kicks is to anticipate by a mili-second where the goalie is going to defend the kick. The striker has a ton of pressure too. It's wild. Reminds me of a winning field goal. 

Edited 9 hours ago by Califashorn75

[JR Smith]

what a game Morocco played.

[CoachScott619]

World Cup has been amazing would love to see more sports adopt something like this.

[chennups]

3 hours ago, CoachScott619 said:

World Cup has been amazing would love to see more sports adopt something like this.

You mean like the olympics? Or just one sport specific event--like Rugby and Cricket.  Also, basketball has the FIBA championships every 4 years, and baseball has the World Baseball Classic.

 

The problem with those as compared to soccer is that soccer is just so much more widespread.  Not many countries play cricket or rugby (basically just former British colonies except the US) competitively.  Even basketball and baseball are not really played at a high level in too many countries (maybe Japan or Korea and some caribbean/south american countries?) wheras the Spanish league, Italian league, Premier league are all considered better than the MLS.  Even the Dutch and Turkish leagues have a history of producing competitive teams and there's all the teams in South America and now the African Continent.

 

Anyway, my favorite part is seeing the visitors trying texas BBQ and Chik-fil-a and drinking all the beer in places like Boston.  I live in Philly and all the Croatians and Ghanians were out this past weekend.  Amazing.

[chennups]

sorry i meant baseball not being played @ high level world-wide.  basketball definitely has some european leagues.