I’ll just watch the BBC blog or whatever. No reason to give this nonsense TV ratings.
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Well, InterMiami might have matches scheduled, cuz MLS and wrong-scheduled, and international breaks.
Can’t find enough soccer stars to help with the Draw:
Seeing as Corners (among other set pieces) are becoming “a thing,” it is important not to give them incorrectly. Most (90%?) are pretty obvious. Should also check Goal kicks, then, for mistakes.
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This could also qualify as WTF!
Consider them all at least MAGA-adjacent.
Would be cool if there was a lot of booing whenever tRump opened his mouth to speak.
Peace Prize to one of the biggest bullies on the planet, picking on the weak. Good job FIFA.
When is this over so I can see the results?
Like watching someone paint a house, I imagine, since I’m not watching this nor have I ever watched someone paint a house.
I’m going to check the news in an hour or so for a Draw update. I made the mistake of watching it from the start last time: an hour of my life I will never get back.
I don’t even know which network is showing it. Fox? Are they still the FIFA broadcaster in the USA?
I’m now watching it on the Canadian equivalent of ESPN. The actual draw was fun until Canada got two European sides in its Group.
Not over yet??
It’s over for US and Canada. US got a much easier Group than Canada.
While I agree, I don’t know that the US would be a favorite to make it out of the group. Both Australia (30) and Paraguay (21) are rated above the USMNT (34) in world ELO ratings. Turkey (15) would be the most likely to make it out of Euro playoff C, and they would be the best team in the group. Seems like a fairly balanced group.
In FIFA rankings the US is much higher.
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For those who don’t want to go looking elsewhere (but might be willing to click to embiggen):
The “weak” and “strong” assessments are from The Atlantic.
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CAN need to hold off one of the Euro teams (good luck) then beat the living crap out of Qatar for the GD’d GD.
Regarding match times…
Will be interesting to see when the following matches will be played:
Match #26 SUI v UEFA Path A at SoFi on Thursday 6/18.
Over/Under is Noon.
Match #59 UEFA Path C v USA at SoFi on Friday 6/26.
And, will final matches all play at the same time, per tradition to prevent results of one match in Group from affecting other match in Group?
Or, will Qatar and Saudi’s pile money into Swiss Bank Accounts so that their matches are played a reasonable time in those countries?
I respectfully disagree with many of the assessments.
Spain got a super easy group.
Cabo Verde
Saudi Arabia
Uruguay
Group of Death is either Group L or Group F