2026 FIFA World Cup Thread

#153      
IlliniFaninHoosierLand
South Africa stuns South Korea 1:0.

South Africa finishing 2nd in this group has to be the surprise of this tournament with how poorly they played to start out.

I'd contend Canada catches a little bit of a break facing South Africa rather than South Korea on Sunday afternoon in L.A..

Also, based on what I've seen in this tournament (and honestly what he's done in MLS this season), Son might be done as a goal scorer at this point in his career.
 
#155      
KBLEE
IlliniFaninHoosierLand said:
Looks like Mexico's Round of 32 opponent at the Azteca could potentially be Scotland.
Click to expand...

Not sure where you are getting this. There is little chance that Scotland advances. They are on 3 points with a -3 GD. South Korea is on 3 points with a -1 GD and they are still not even a lock to advance.
 
#156      
KBLEE
I am hoping that Scotland advances. Here is their path:

1782418612491.png
 
#168      
KBLEE
IlliniFaninHoosierLand said:
I don't know if that graphic is legit considering who ever generated it doesn't know how to spell Ecuador.
Click to expand...

The Ecuador win may have put the nail in Scotland's coffin. They could still qualify, but all of the following must now happen:

1782472773556.png
 
#172      
the juiceman cometh
OrangeBlue98 said:
Not a big deal for me. A bunch of subs not being organized defensively is completely unexpected. The US earned the right to make that game a friendly.
Click to expand...
Game didn't matter but what's interesting to me about this "backups" or "subs" narrative is that while the US started out with mostly backups (and Türkiye was about 1/2 backups), the US subs were all guys who started against Australia and/or Paraguay, while Türkiye went deeper into their bench, putting in guys who hadn't played a single minute in the tournament. By the time that last goal was scored, the US had more of its typical starters on the field than Türkiye, who was down to just Güler and the goalie.

Great game, US has been playing great, Türkiye played horribly first two games but credit where it's due in this one.

tatupu70 said:
What happened to Weah-he looked lost out there yesterday. He's pretty much unplayable at this point.
Click to expand...
I can't remember the last time I've see a player be so consistently bad at timing his runs.
 
#173      
OrangeBlue98
the juiceman cometh said:
Game didn't matter but what's interesting to me about this "backups" or "subs" narrative is that while the US started out with mostly backups (and Türkiye was about 1/2 backups), the US subs were all guys who started against Australia and/or Paraguay, while Türkiye went deeper into their bench, putting in guys who hadn't played a single minute in the tournament. By the time that last goal was scored, the US had more of its typical starters on the field than Türkiye, who was down to just Güler and the goalie.

Great game, US has been playing great, Türkiye played horribly first two games but credit where it's due in this one.


I can't remember the last time I've see a player be so consistently bad at timing his runs.
Click to expand...
McKenzie and Robinson didn’t play in the first two games. Scally barely played. Those three were not good on the second TUR goal in particular.
 
#174      
the juiceman cometh
OrangeBlue98 said:
McKenzie and Robinson didn’t play in the first two games. Scally barely played. Those three were not good on the second TUR goal in particular.
Click to expand...
Sure, but like I said all 5 subs US brought on were regular starters. Turkey started the game with 6 regular or somewhat regular starters, and subbed out 4 of them for non-starters. So by the time the winning goal happened, the US had more of its regular starters in than Turkey.
 
Back