World Cup Thread

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I don't know much about soccer but I would assume the drama surrounding our player has fired the other team up. Probably would have played better without him but I don't know Jack diddly.
 

Anon1751592624

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Jul 3, 2025
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We just aren't very good at soccer and probably never will be (certainly elite). Our best players play other sports. It is that simple.

Every four years the country gets into it for a few weeks, and every year we get disappointed and soccer goes back to being the 5th or 6th most popular sport in the U.S. (football, basketball, baseball, golf, NASCAR).
 

Nightwish

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Major reality check unfortunately. The positive is the country got invested for a little while but worst case scenario is just not showing up after the red card controversy. Turns out it didn't matter at all.
 

Drogon

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Mar 14, 2017
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The 52nd minute mark is why I rarely watch soccer. A lof of what is a foul and isn't a foul is stupid af. Also, a lot of times whomever has the better players acting like they got shot in the leg writhing with agony get the benefit of the call too much.
 

Laparkafan

Heisman
Sep 5, 2004
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This is what it looks like when men's soccer is your nation's fourth most popular sport among youths, and also competes with track during high school track season for elite athletes. Until that changes, expect much of the same.
Football
Basketball
Baseball
Golf
So 5th at best?
 

HenryMuto

Heisman
Mar 31, 2012
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Should not have even been playing Belgium as Senegal blew a 2-0 lead with 5 minutes left in regulation time.

That was a tough watch tonight completely terrible pretty much all game. That 3rd goal was like WTF.
 

Ukbrassowtipin

Heisman
Aug 12, 2011
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Got into it bc of country pride, but just cannot get into this sport as a whole.

Hockey and baseball score way more and those are our "slower" or less offensive team sports

Flopping is out out of control...would it be so hard to say if you fall down like that you have to sit 10 mins...that way youre either actually hurt or you won't do it

Offsides is dumb...imagine telling a receiver in football they arent allowed to run past a db.