World Soccer XXXI: Golden Generation?

[Spartanforlife4]

Is it me or does this seem like the worst hype for a World Cup in some time? US didn’t even make it in 2018 and there seemed to be more talk about it.

 

[ticapnews]

The World Cup kicks off in under an hour and I have not seen excitement this palpable since the Pinedale Mall Turkey Drop in '78

 

[Bronco]

Is it me or does this seem like the worst hype for a World Cup in some time? US didn’t even make it in 2018 and there seemed to be more talk about it.

It has been a year long grind of negative stories. Corruption, price gouging, and something as simple as being let into the country to play the dumb games is in question. I am over it already.

 

[unofan]

Mexico crowd booed the US hard in the new opening ceremony. Deservedly so.

 

[ticapnews]

At least the Nazis and the Italian Fascists were smart enough to use the Olympics and World Cup to gloss over their regimes. This child rapist war criminal and his sycophants are engaging in Reverse Sportswashing: using the spectacle of the event to embarrass the nation and make us look terrible around the globe.

 

[Jimjamesak]

Mexico crowd booed the US hard in the new opening ceremony. Deservedly so.

Meh, we could be giving every country a billion dollars and Mexico would still boo us at a soccer match.

 

[ticapnews]

Any word on whether Fox is going to use the water breaks to air commercials or stick with 3 minutes of analysis and replays? Because Telemundo is staying with the action on the pitch and eschewing that ad revenue....

 

[unofan]

Alan Parsons Project? Is this the 1990s?

 

[Russell Jaslow]

Joel Gaetjens who scored against England in 1950.

And he wasn't even an American.

 

[ticapnews]

Mexico 1
South Africa 0 9'

 

[ticapnews]

What's the over/under on the number of times Landon mentions smog? So far it's three in 14 minutes....

 

[RaceBoarder]

Any word on whether Fox is going to use the water breaks to air commercials or stick with 3 minutes of analysis and replays? Because Telemundo is staying with the action on the pitch and eschewing that ad revenue....

Hydration Break is brought to you on FOX by Coca Cola (via Powerade)

 

[ticapnews]

Hydration Break is brought to you on FOX by Coca Cola (via Powerade)

....and they still ran commercials....

 

[unofan]

Yep, the hydration break is the wedge in the door for official tv timeouts in the future. They already ruined hockey with those, they're going to ruin soccer too.

 

[Jimjamesak]

Red Card!

Sampaio is buying ice cream!

 

[RaceBoarder]

And just think, we have 10-12 more matches like this where one team is fully outclassed instead of the usual 2-3 we see in group play…

 

[ticapnews]

And just think, we have 10-12 more matches like this where one team is fully outclassed instead of the usual 2-3 we see in group play…

And this one involves a host team. Imagine what the stands will be like for games like Saudi Arabia-Cape Verde and Uzbekistan - DR Congo...

 

[Jimjamesak]

And just think, we have 10-12 more matches like this where one team is fully outclassed instead of the usual 2-3 we see in group play…

What? You’re not looking forward to Brazil-Haiti or Spain-Cape Verde or Argentina-Jordan?

 

[Jimjamesak]

South Korea-Czechia should be better tonight.

 

[Jimjamesak]

Re: Red Cards

There were four red cards total in 2022.

There were three in the opening match today.