2026 World Cup Thread

[Dawson Yarbrough]

Sweet 16 baby!!!!

[AusMOJO]

Wish my Aussie boys all the best tomorrow against Egypt. Hoping to finally got out of the knock out stages for once lol.

[DanielOnorato]

Hoping Kevin Mar never refs a USA soccer game again

[Jordan91]

36 minutes ago, tommym said:

No way should have been a red card, yellow card yes. There was no intent or dangerous play.

One of the dumbest calls I have ever seen. Now he misses the next game. They better send that ref home because it was a horrible call. 

[CoachScott619]

The ref was garbage I really hope we can appeal that red card. Took our best player out of the biggest game we've ever played on Monday.

[4thandFive]

TERRRRRRRIBLE red card. Balogun wasn’t even looking when his foot hit the ground. Absolutely wrong call.

 

#IBelieveThatWeWillWin

[HonkEm]

Need to find a replacement for Pepi - USA gets the win, but we’ve got to stop pretending Pepi is the answer at striker. He’s a “right place, right time” guy who vanishes the second the match gets physical or requires someone to actually create something.  He's not fooling anybody at the international level.

 

[4thandFive]

They can appeal and it should get overturned…but I have no idea who reviews it and what the percentage is. 
 

But we won. 
 

And, more importantly, God loves you all (John 3:16).

[tommym]

Isn't Balogun suspend for the next game with the red card, I might be wrong.

[Rocky P]

2 minutes ago, tommym said:

Isn't Balogun suspend for the next game with the red card, I might be wrong.

He is

[Rocky P]

Went to downtown austin tonight for the match.  What an atmosphere!

Edited yesterday at 03:41 AM by Rocky P

[TTown]

Yeah and no appeal possible I just read. Well at least time to adjust. Only fitting on our 250th , we are still playing. What a great job no matter what happens. Hope the WC fans enjoy our 4th celebrations , should be awesome.

[Califashorn75]

13 hours ago, Dawson Yarbrough said:

Soccer rules are so inconsistent. If a guy lays down and cries long enough he can get a red card that wasn’t even bad enough for a yellow on the field. Calls like that remind me why I only watch soccer every 4 years. And he’s out the next game?? That’s wild. 

Similar to a football player faking an injury so the team can take a break, coaching directions, etc. Soccer players are drama queens. 

[Califashorn75]

There are great match ups today. Top 20 teams going at it. 

[akrupa23]

Why didn't the fans try throwing water bottles on the field to overturn the red card.... 

[HonkEm]

58 minutes ago, akrupa23 said:

Why didn't the fans try throwing water bottles on the field to overturn the red card.... 

Cause we are not Mexico, lol

If water bottles overturned red cards, Mexico would be undefeated since 1994

[CJ Vogel]

Should be a good match right now between Spain and Austria.

Lamine Yamal on the big stage is exciting.

[Paul L]

18 hours ago, AusMOJO said:

Wish my Aussie boys all the best tomorrow against Egypt. Hoping to finally got out of the knock out stages for once lol.

They already beat South Africa’s in a knockout game.  Would love to see them beat Egypt too. 

[HonkEm]

4 hours ago, CJ Vogel said:

Should be a good match right now between Spain and Austria.

Lamine Yamal on the big stage is exciting.

good match? NOT

[Paul L]

4 hours ago, Paul L said:

They already beat South Africa’s in a knockout game.  Would love to see them beat Egypt too. 

Disregard this post.  I had an idiot moment. 

[Califashorn75]

I have watched all of the top ranked teams play and I think this tourney is wide open. Any of the final 16 can win it. 

[Okcool]

On 7/1/2026 at 10:09 PM, 4thandFive said:

They can appeal and it should get overturned…but I have no idea who reviews it and what the percentage is. 
 

But we won. 
 

And, more importantly, God loves you all (John 3:16).

There is no appeal process with FIFA and the World Cup only in fhe professional leagues is there an appeal process.

Edited 5 hours ago by Okcool

[4thandFive]

4 hours ago, Okcool said:

There is no appeal process with FIFA and the World Cup only in fhe professional leagues is there an appeal process.

Yeah, I came across that after I posted it.

It was such a bad call. I’m just hoping we take down Belgium so Balogun can lift us past either Spain/Portugal. #USA #CountryRoads

[JR Smith]

Avid soccer watcher of a decade plus. This is the best the USA has ever looked but they'll get knocked out by Spain in the quarter finals. Very proud of team USA. Mexico may legitimately go farther which is crazy to me since the USA has been dog walking them the past couple of years lol but their home field advantage plus elevation have been unsurmountable for the opposition. 

[EHoff99]

My World Cup Predictions the rest of the way

Round of 32

Egypt def. Australia

Argentina def. Cape Verde

Colombia def. Ghana

Round of 16

Morocco def. Canada

France def. Paraguay

Brazil def. Norway

England def. Mexico

Portugal def. Spain

USA def. Belgium

Argentina def. Egypt

Switzerland def. Colombia

Quarterfinals

France def. Morocco

Portugal def. USA

England def. Brazil

Argentina def. Switzerland

Semifinals

France def. Portugal

Argentina def. England

Finals

France def. Argentina

France gets revenge for 2022 and Mbappe establishes himself as the 2nd best World Cup player of all time, only 2nd to Pele.

Was close to picking Norway over Brazil and Mexico over England. I could see those upsets happening. Spain vs Portugal is a toss up even though Portugal haven't looked that great. They were my preseason pick so I wanted them as least making a good run. France and Argentina just feel like the two best teams once again by a solid margin.