World Soccer XXX: We Have Men Too!

[Jimjamesak]

I’ll never root against Ukraine in so much as tiddlywinks, but the whistle should have blown well before that third goal.

Strong disagree. Ukraine had a late substitution that necessitated more added time. Doubly so in a one goal game.

[Jimjamesak]

I completely forgot that “Finalissima” was today.

It’s the Euro winners versus Copa America winners game that UEFA and CONMEBOL came up with as a **** you to FIFA.

Argentina beat Italy 3-0 because Argentina has Messi and Italy sucks.

[Spartanforlife4]

Wales pretty fortunate so far. Could easily be down 2-0/3-0 and it's only 20 minutes in.

[Jimjamesak]

Canada cancels their friendly with Panama after the players refuse to play over dispute over World Cup pay.

[Jimjamesak]

As broken by Rick Westhead (same reporter who broke Blackhawks/Kyle Beach story):

Context: Canada Soccer signed a 10-yr deal in 2019 with Canadian Soccer Business, an independent company that is owned by Canadian Premier League team owners. CSB represents CS on all of its media & sponsor deals. Where does $$ go? Players say they want answers.

I’m curious if Canada has similar laws to the US regarding National Governing Bodies and financial reporting? For further context, US Soccer has to fully report all their financials every year.

[Slap Shot]

The US tied Uruguay in a friendly. I did not watch nor have I had a look at who played for either side.

[mookie1995]

Canada cancels their friendly with Panama after the players refuse to play over dispute over World Cup pay.

They mad the chicks get more C$ than they?

[Spartanforlife4]

I’ve been watching more of those Tifo videos from
the Athletic UK and the stories are interesting, but there’s something lacking. Maybe I’m too used to Jon Bois deep dives but the Tifo videos seem to jump around sporadically, mentioning a topic in a leading manner and then not discussing it in further detail, and the graphics seem wildly inconsistent, jumping between straight up showing the narrator’s script and trying to cram a bunch of images into a flow chart to the point that the detail is lost.

[Jimjamesak]

They mad the chicks get more C$ than they?

As noted in a previous post, it sounds like they’re mad the money is (seemingly) going to the CFL owners who run the Canadian Premier League.

The Canadian Soccer Association has long been known as an organization run by amateur idiots. For as much as people complain about the USSF here or the FMF in Mexico, the CSA is hundreds of times worse.

Look at what happened this week for Canada compared to the US and Mexico: The US and Mexico scheduled multiple friendlies against World Cup teams in preparation, Canada scheduled one against Iran. People found out about that friendly and said “what the ****, we have sanctions against Iran, why are they coming here?” so the CSA has to cancel the friendly against Iran and hastily scheduled the game against Panama (that got canceled anyway).

So the US and Mexico have had full preparation for the World Cup while Canada has had nothing.

[Jimjamesak]

The US tied Uruguay in a friendly. I did not watch nor have I had a look at who played for either side.

Fun fact: The result may be voided because the referees allowed Uruguay an illegal, extra sub.

[ticapnews]

Fun fact: The result may be voided because the referees allowed Uruguay an illegal, extra sub.

Voiding a tie in a friendly. That may be the most useless thing since Diet Water.

[Jimjamesak]

Voiding a tie in a friendly. That may be the most useless thing since Diet Water.

Not entirely worthless, the US gained 0.03 points in the FIFA Rankings!

;-)

[Jimjamesak]

Australia beat the UAE 2-1 in the Asian playoff. They play Peru in the Intercontinental playoff.

[RaceBoarder]

So it's Barstool, so take this with pile of Salt pushed with a Cat D-14, but....

It seems as if Equador may possibly be getting the boot from Qatar....

[Jimjamesak]

So it's Barstool, so take this with pile of Salt pushed with a Cat D-14, but....

It seems as if Equador may possibly be getting the boot from Qatar....

This one has been brewing for a while. Ecuador is accused of using a player, Byron Castillo, in eight qualifiers that was born in Colombia, using a falsified birth certificate and passport and therefore ineligible.

Chile supposedly submitted proof to FIFA and now, allegedly, FIFA has to decide how to handle things, either forfeit those eight matches and move Chile into a qualifying position or forfeit every match and move Peru to automatic qualifying and Colombia into the Intercontinental Playoff.