2026 World Cup

[El Presidente]

Well done Belgium. Great performance. Well done USA for an excellent tournament run. 

[ha_banos]

So we are ok to stamp Haalands ankle then or not? Sorry I'm not quite clear on this.

[99call]

4 hours ago, ha_banos said:

So we are ok to stamp Haalands ankle then or not?

Rather you than me!

[ElLoboLoco]

4 hours ago, ha_banos said:

So we are ok to stamp Haalands ankle then or not? Sorry I'm not quite clear on this.

Stamp suggests intent and excessive force. Stamp is definitely a RED CARD. 😂😂

[ElLoboLoco]

Belgium is a team in the next rung up. USA Soccer is not there. It was a fun run and I appreciated the journey from the squad!

[JohnS]

I wonder if all the controversy over the interference caused the Belgians to step up their game and the Americans to play like 'proverbial stunned deer in headlights'. It was as if all that attention on whether Balogun should play or not caused a huge distraction in the US team. Ironically, if it was all 'left well alone', the US team may have lifted for this game because they would have had no alternative choice but to do so.

[BrightonCorgi]

FIFA said Trump's phone call had no impact on their decision. End of story.

[ElLoboLoco]

I don’t know man, to me Belgium looks like a more talented team but who knows what spark and grit can do in a single elimination match. Love or hate baseball, that 7 game series gives you the best snapshot of the team.

[ha_banos]

There's a lot to be said for home team advantage! And special relationships too!

[ElLoboLoco]

7 minutes ago, ha_banos said:

There's a lot to be said for home team advantage! And special relationships too!

  

[gormag38]

I'm not a soccer (football) fan typically but have been a casual fan for this World Cup. From a straight competition standpoint it was blatant that Belgium was just head and shoulders a better team. They trapped any ball they wanted to, could attack and score in a blink of an eye and were able to out sprint the USA whenever they needed. My country still has a LONNNG ways to go before they're able to hang with the big dawgs (if that ever happens). 

[Chibearsv]

@gormag38 said it well. For what little I know about soccer, Belgium simply appeared, faster, more skilled, and more prepared to play harder. USA was outmatched. 

[Boss Hog]

[ElLoboLoco]

Now that the World Cup is over I can finally get back to Stargate SG1. 😂

[LordAnubis]

43 minutes ago, ElLoboLoco said:

Now that the world cup is over I can finally get back to Stargate SG1. 😂

Whoa whoa whoa. What you watching? Yes my username and my email (commanderthor) is from SG1!

[BrightonCorgi]

2 hours ago, ElLoboLoco said:

I don’t know man, to me Belgium looks like a more talented team but who knows what spark and grit can do in a single elimination match. Love or hate baseball, that 7 game series gives you the best snapshot of the team.

We got our asses kicked by Belgium plain and simple.

[chasy]

Officially all in on Norway. Haaland is the closet thing soccer has to an American Meat Head. So I will be cheering him on.

[ElLoboLoco]

6 hours ago, LordAnubis said:

Whoa whoa whoa. What you watching? Yes my username and my email (commanderthor) is from SG1!

I am watching the TV Series with Richard Dean Anderson, Season 4, at the moment. Malcolm Reynolds from Firefly was my favorite leader but he got replaced by the third episode. SCIFI Nerd 🚨 

[Duxnutz]

8 hours ago, JohnS said:

I wonder if all the controversy over the interference caused the Belgians to step up their game and the Americans to play like 'proverbial stunned deer in headlights'. It was as if all that attention on whether Balogun should play or not caused a huge distraction in the US team. Ironically, if it was all 'left well alone', the US team may have lifted for this game because they would have had no alternative choice but to do so.

Arguably the gentlemanly thing to do was the player or coach encourage Balogun to sit the game out as a gesture of fair play. 

Based on the Belgian Trump dance after goal 4, I’d say that the Belgians were fired up and it probably helped them. The US team seemed a bit distracted, as seen by the goalie mistake. 

[cnov]

8 hours ago, JohnS said:

I wonder if all the controversy over the interference caused the Belgians to step up their game and the Americans to play like 'proverbial stunned deer in headlights'. It was as if all that attention on whether Balogun should play or not caused a huge distraction in the US team. Ironically, if it was all 'left well alone', the US team may have lifted for this game because they would have had no alternative choice but to do so.

Also the fact that if they won, they would have done it with the big tangerines influence. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. It was a lose-lose situation. 

[Çnote]

6 hours ago, ElLoboLoco said:

spark and grit

Are you talking about Argentina?

[BrightonCorgi]

I would expect Javier Milei to make a call if Messi got a questionable red card. I would expect Emmanuel Macron to make a call if Mbappé got a questionable red card.

[ha_banos]

Helluva last 15 minutes of the Argi Egypt game. Some great finishes. And great red cards given to the bench 🤣

[LaoFan]

Insanity...

[JohnS]

27 minutes ago, LaoFan said:

Insanity...

You bet it was! How did Argentina come back from the brink of elimination? Much like the way Belgium came back to beat Senegal in the Round of 32, but even more dramatically!