FIFA World Cup 2026 - In Mexico,USA and Canada/Worstgen Kicktipp version 2.0

Toby D. Dog

Toby D. Dog

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I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again. Unfortunately, this country doesn’t like soccer. It’s gotten bigger than it was when I was growing up, but it’s still pretty irrelevant in the American zeitgeist when you compare it to American football or basketball.

If this country changes its attitude toward the sport, it could win a World Cup eventually.
 
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Crocks

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Toby D. Dog said:
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again. Unfortunately, this country doesn’t like soccer. It’s gotten bigger than it was when I was growing up, but it’s still pretty irrelevant in the American zeitgeist when you compare it to American football or basketball.

If this country changes its attitude toward the sport, it could win a World Cup eventually.
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The first step, my friend, is to stop calling football "soccer."
 
Okamakama

Okamakama

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MonochromeYoru said:
yes

it aint easy to come back from 0-2. means Belgium stayed in it and did not give up. It's a 90 minute game. Dont matter when you score be it 85 or 89.
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This was my exact thought, and why I said Belgium were deserved winners. Great mentality to win even on a bad day. It does not mean I am happy Senegal lost. They've had it rough the past year, and I wanted them to have a little joy, but that's football.

Crocks said:
If you had been robbed, you would understand. No sugarcoating.
And it’s not as if I were being literal, like I’m going to form a highly trained group to hijack five planes just because my country’s national team lost a Eurocentric football tournament.
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I don't see it as a robbery. This would have been like me wishing death on Chiellini for basically yanking Saka to the ground in the most cynical of fouls in the dying minutes of extra time during the Euro 2020 final... that was basically a robbery.

Toby D. Dog said:
I’m a New Yorker before I’m an American.
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I actually respect this. In the past, before a push toward nationalism, a lot of people identified more with their local regions than the entire country. I feel like that should be especially true for the US where most States are basically countries.

I am sort of the same in England. I consider myself Bristolian before I consider myself English.
 
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Buusatan94

Buusatan94

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Okamakama said:
This was my exact thought, and why I said Belgium were deserved winners. Great mentality to win even on a bad day. It does not mean I am happy Senegal lost. They've had it rough the past year, and I wanted them to have a little joy, but that's football.



I don't see it as a robbery. This would have been like me wishing death on Chiellini for basically yanking Saka to the ground in the most cynical of fouls in the dying minutes of extra time during the Euro 2020 final... that was basically a robbery.



I actually respect this. In the past, before a push toward nationalism, a lot of people identified more with their local regions than the entire country. I feel like that should be especially true for the US where most States are basically countries.

I am sort of the same in England. I consider myself Bristolian before I consider myself English.
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I can understand. Though still putting your allegiance to a city or club or region too strongly before your country can be a problem.

From what I have heard and read, it's actually long been a long problem for England national team that the players couldn't overcome their allegiance toward their club and rivalries with the other players coming from rival clubs, preventing the players from developping a real chemistry and to work as a team.

Spanish national team in the 2000s and 2010s had more success, because despite the strong rivalry between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona for example, the players were able of overcoming this feud when playing as a national team and to have real chemistry together.
 
K!NG HARA$H!MA

K!NG HARA$H!MA

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Buusatan94 said:
I can understand. Though still putting your allegiance to a city or club or region too strongly before your country can be a problem.

From what I have heard and read, it's actually long been a long problem for England national team that the players couldn't overcome their allegiance toward their club and rivalries with the other players coming from rival clubs, preventing the players from developping a real chemistry and to work as a team.

Spanish national team in the 2000s and 2010s had more success, because despite the strong rivalry between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona for example, the players were able of overcoming this feud when playing as a national team and to have real chemistry together.
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They had leader Like Casillas and Puyol that effectively bullied thugs like Ramos and snakes like Pique
 
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Okamakama

Okamakama

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Buusatan94 said:
I can understand. Though still putting your allegiance to a city or club or region too strongly before your country can be a problem.

From what I have heard and read, it's actually long been a long problem for England national team that the players couldn't overcome their allegiance toward their club and rivalries with the other players coming from rival clubs, preventing the players from developping a real chemistry and to work as a team.

Spanish national team in the 2000s and 2010s had more success, because despite the strong rivalry between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona for example, the players were able of overcoming this feud when playing as a national team and to have real chemistry together.
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In a football context, sure, but nationalism is such a modern concept in reality. The scale becomes too large to properly identify with. Also, the issue with England wasn't the players believing they were Mancs, Scousers, or Cockneys. It was, as you said, wholly connected to our football pyramid. It doesn't help that our sports media really heaps on the pressure and is almost eager to devour our entire team when they inevitably fail.

But this aint the place for politics, really.
 
Jesse Pinkman

Jesse Pinkman

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Buusatan94 said:
I can understand. Though still putting your allegiance to a city or club or region too strongly before your country can be a problem.

From what I have heard and read, it's actually long been a long problem for England national team that the players couldn't overcome their allegiance toward their club and rivalries with the other players coming from rival clubs, preventing the players from developping a real chemistry and to work as a team.

Spanish national team in the 2000s and 2010s had more success, because despite the strong rivalry between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona for example, the players were able of overcoming this feud when playing as a national team and to have real chemistry together.
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Iker Casillas and Del Basque were prime reason behind this . Barca and Real Madrid had peak rivalry between those period.

Casillas had good relation between them he was called Saint Iker for some reason.
 
Jesse Pinkman

Jesse Pinkman

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Not having relegation-promotion is the biggest setback in MLS. I also don’t like the draft system. Basically, it stops kids from entering clubs at a young age. In Europe, players start playing at major clubs from the age of 6. That’s how world-class players are grown.
 
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