World Cup Master Thread

And they lost. Lew finally got his World Cup goal?

Mexico get their asses kicked. 

Game was closer than final score...Argentina isn't scaring anyone at this point. But yes, Mexico losing is like PJ Fleck losing...you take it all day long anyway you can get it.

Poor Kraut haters.

BK is envious of Keylor Navas' dye job.

Things are getting interesting.

Go Croatia and knock Canada out of the tournament.

Alphonso Davies is the best North American player I’ve ever seen. Puts Canada up 1 nil.

@Fedya posted:

Things are getting interesting.

Go Croatia and knock Canada out of the tournament.

Not cheering for your boy, Davies?😊

Davies is causing all kinds of trouble for Croatia.

Canada is a defensive mess.

@Goalline posted:

Not cheering for your boy, Davies?😊

Can't root for Canada.

As I like to joke with Canadians, Canada's #1 national sport is hockey.  Canada's #2 national sport if America-bashing.  The smug xenophobia combined with the idea in a fair amount of US media that Canada should be our #2 country because they're our neighbors makes me instinctively root against Canada.

@Goalline posted:

Alphonso Davies is the best North American player I’ve ever seen. Puts Canada up 1 nil.

I take that back. There has been no better player from this part of the world than the great Hugo Sanchez.

Today my favorite player plays my favorite World Cup team. Son vs Ghana.

Sorry, Goalline.

@Chongo posted:

Trees on the pitch...interesting development.

I think his vertical leap was measured using an index card. I think you had to fold it at least twice.

I do see a cone in the picture, though. Spared no expense!

@Goalline posted:

Canada is a defensive mess.

Canaduh is USMNT 20 years ago...all they have is pace...which can get you far in CONCACAF but not so much vs. top teams.

My English friend had an interesting perspective on USMNT...said they are by far the best team he's seen come out of USA in his time watching. I pointed out how poor our pace is...he said "but they do everything else so much better than they ever did before."

I then pointed out Walker Zimmerman...to which he pointed out "every country has their own version of Harry Maguire."

Antonee Robinson is going to be the FB I had hoped DeAndre Yedlin would be...not quite the pace of Yedlin, but fast enough and does everything else well. He is about to get paid...I just hope it's in England or Germany and doesn't get shipped off to Italy.

If they can figure out CB by 2026, this could be a squad that could actually get to the final 8 if things go well. Turner has grown more a few months at Arsenal than Zack Steffen did in his years at City. I think we have our keeper for the next 10 years.

@Goalline posted:

Alphonso Davies is the best North American player I’ve ever seen. Puts Canada up 1 nil.

Oh you just have wood for him cuz he was born in Ghana!

All kidding aside, he's a phenomenal player I wish was on USMNT.

@Chongo posted:

Oh you just have wood for him cuz he was born in Ghana!

All kidding aside, he's a phenomenal player I wish was on USMNT.

Another kid from Ghana dominating for another country? Ugh!

Every country have one now. Even Spain.

@Goalline posted:

Another kid from Ghana dominating for another country? Ugh!

Every country have one now. Even Spain.

To be fair, his parents were Liberian refugees in a camp in Ghana...so he's pretty much as Ghanaian has Tim Weah is American.

All told, this has been a weird WC as far as who has won and lost. Argentina loses to Saudi Arabia but then comes back to beat Mexico, Denmark ties Tunisia, Morocco and Croatia tie and then Morocco beats Belgium, while Japan beats Germany only to lose to Costa Rica, and on it goes. It's made for some more tension as several traditionally excellent teams are down to win-or-go-home mode.

@Chongo posted:

To be fair, his parents were Liberian refugees in a camp in Ghana...so he's pretty much as Ghanaian has Tim Weah is American.

LOL, so as Ghanaian as you?

@Fandame posted:

All told, this has been a weird WC as far as who has won and lost. Argentina loses to Saudi Arabia but then comes back to beat Mexico, Denmark ties Tunisia, Morocco and Croatia tie and then Morocco beats Belgium, while Japan beats Germany only to lose to Costa Rica, and on it goes. It's made for some more tension as several traditionally excellent teams are down to win-or-go-home mode.

Great World Cup probably caused by the fact that they only practiced one week together

@Goalline posted:

LOL, so as Ghanaian as you?

No, I have a brown heart, so I am closer to African than white. No matter what my skin says.

It's 2022 brother...we can be whatever we identify as.

I still identify as a West African prick. Some things never change.

@Goalline posted:

LOL, so as Ghanaian as you?

And whiter than Blair Kiel.

@Fedya posted:

And whiter than Blair Kiel.

What isn’t whiter than brother Kiel?

@Goalline posted:

I still identify as a West African prick. Some things never change.

Kiel is our resident North African prick

My people .

So get this. I got volunteered to pick up our neighbors kid  tomorrow from school 30 minutes away….smack dab in the middle of the game.

Mrs. Kiel “You can just record the game.”

Fuck me and if that damn kid talks while I listen to the game on radio, they’re getting dropped off in the hood.

I will only get to see the first half as that is my prep hour at school. I'll have to shut my door to keep everyone out while I watch...

@Fandame posted:

I will only get to see the first half as that is my prep hour at school. I'll have to shut my door to keep everyone out while I watch...

Threaten them with detention if they violate your space during that time.😂

Kiel needs his own reality show…

I think middle America could rally around a middle-aged racially aggrieved box wine slugging asshole.

Pitch it!

@Chongo posted:

Kiel needs his own reality show…

House Jerks of Tuscaloosa?

@Blair Kiel posted:

I think middle America could rally around a middle-aged racially aggrieved box wine slugging asshole.

Pitch it!

**with a bit of an Uncle Rico complex but soccer instead of football.

“Bet I can kick this ball over them mountains…”

”If I’d have been in goal we’d have won state…”

Wow, Senegal minus Mane up 1-0 on Ecuador...AFCON repping it hard this Cup!

So does Faux have the best coverage or should I look for another broadcast?

If you speak Spanish, Univision has you covered…..GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLL!

this is like Rocky 4

USA fails to advance, Berhalter needs to be fired. Too much of a pussy to resign.

Head the ball right to the keeper Weah...FFS