2026 World Cup Thread

[4thandFive]

Man lol…this game is BANANAS.

 

England goes up 2-0.

Mexico gets one back and is attacking.

England gets red card.

Mexican goalie fouls England in the box and Kane makes it 3-1. 
 

BANANAS.

[CoachScott619]

If you aren’t watching right now you are missing out. Mexico England is insane. 

[Paul L]

England Mexico is one of the craziest games I have ever seen.  Is football coming home?

[DanielOnorato]

Hell of a game 

[Paul L]

I’m so freaking nervous. 

[jkates]

1 hour ago, jkates said:

I hate everything about Mexican soccer.

I love watching Mexico lose.

[ArizonaLonghorn]

Dumb question from someone who doesn't watch much futbol 

When there's a foul in the box why doesn't the player who drew the foul take the penalty shot instead of a designated sniper? 

Just curious ...

[Paul L]

2 minutes ago, ArizonaLonghorn said:

Dumb question from someone who doesn't watch much futbol 

When there's a foul in the box why doesn't the player who drew the foul take the penalty shot instead of a designated sniper? 

Just curious ...

The laws of soccer are written that anyone on the field may take the kick. 

[CoachScott619]

I wish there was a World Cup every year because it really makes waiting for football season a lot easier 🤘🏻

[ArizonaLonghorn]

36 minutes ago, Paul L said:

The laws of soccer are written that anyone on the field may take the kick. 

Yeah I know, but I was wondering why they did it that way instead of having the fouled player take the penalty kick.  It would spread out the goal scoring and make the kick more exciting (lower percentage).

[JR Smith]

30 minutes ago, CoachScott619 said:

I wish there was a World Cup every year because it really makes waiting for football season a lot easier 🤘🏻

Every 2 years in between the World Cup, Copa America and the EUROs happen. International competition between teams in South America and Europe. What sucks is the years in between 

Edited 11 hours ago by JR Smith

[Califashorn75]

I wish it were at least semi-annual. Waiting four years is too long. 

[Paul L]

7 hours ago, ArizonaLonghorn said:

Yeah I know, but I was wondering why they did it that way instead of having the fouled player take the penalty kick.  It would spread out the goal scoring and make the kick more exciting (lower percentage).

I don’t know why they decided to do it that way, but that is how it has always been done.  I don’t think it would make it any more exciting.

[Paul L]

6 hours ago, Califashorn75 said:

I wish it were at least semi-annual. Waiting four years is too long. 

The woman’s World Cup is set 2 years off from the men’s. 

[harveycmd]

It's still soccer. There's not any time of the year that football, basketball or baseball isn't happening.

[JR Smith]

7 hours ago, Califashorn75 said:

I wish it were at least semi-annual. Waiting four years is too long. 

If you mean every 2 years instead of 4, I mentioned earlier that Copa America and the EUROs happen every 4 years as well but it's situated 2 years from the World Cup. So every 2 years there's some type of international soccer competition that happens during the summer whether it's strictly Europe or South America or the World Cup. It's a little better than nothing for 3 years in between but you're still bored out of your mind for those 2 summers in between each competition. 

[Rocky P]

16 minutes ago, JR Smith said:

If you mean every 2 years instead of 4, I mentioned earlier that Copa America and the EUROs happen every 4 years as well but it's situated 2 years from the World Cup. So every 2 years there's some type of international soccer competition that happens during the summer whether it's strictly Europe or South America or the World Cup. It's a little better than nothing for 3 years in between but you're still bored out of your mind for those 2 summers in between each competition. 

You have the olympics in between the world cup as well

[Beldar]

9 hours ago, CoachScott619 said:

I wish there was a World Cup every year because it really makes waiting for football season a lot easier 🤘🏻

Watched more than i ever have. One thing I have learned, refs suck in soccer too.

 

[Blake Munroe]

Gentlemen I got HOSED yesterday on some world cup action 😞

[Oldest Horn]

Somebody needs to explain the whole extra time thing, from how it’s determined to how the extra time is kept. It sure looks like a mechanism for the officials to keep their thumbs on the scale. 

[Aspann85]

38 minutes ago, Oldest Horn said:

Somebody needs to explain the whole extra time thing, from how it’s determined to how the extra time is kept. It sure looks like a mechanism for the officials to keep their thumbs on the scale. 

It’s based on how much time is wasted on things like injured players rolling around, celebrations after goals, etc. There is a time keeper who has a stopwatch when all that is taking place and radios it down to the ref afaik.

[Oldest Horn]

42 minutes ago, Aspann85 said:

It’s based on how much time is wasted on things like injured players rolling around, celebrations after goals, etc. There is a time keeper who has a stopwatch when all that is taking place and radios it down to the ref afaik.

That I get. But no one knows exactly when it ends or how folks are notified when there’s extra time added during extra time. 

[DanielOnorato]

1 hour ago, Blake Munroe said:

Gentlemen I got HOSED yesterday on some world cup action 😞

Id be raisin' Kane if that happened to me

Edited 46 minutes ago by DanielOnorato

[TexasMDcoach]

The "sissy" flopping is out of control especially on some of the South American teams. Wish they would yellow flag some of that stuff, especially when a guy is "dying" and then all of a sudden gets up with no aftereffects.