Didn't take long for us to have a questioning of whether Qatar's GK should be replaced.
2022 FIFA World Cup Thread
If you count the disallowed goal due to offsides, Valencia has a hat trick for Ecuador in basically 30 minutes.
Game didn't finish til nearly Noon CT so hopefully the question of why the opening game was on FS1 has now been answered.
SuperMetroid
- Evanston
The world after that performance by Qatar
The world after that performance by Qatar
Most of the Qatar squad was okay. Their GK was shaky as hell though.
I don’t think I’ve ever commented outside of the basketball forum but here goes.
Even though I played a couple years of soccer as a kid in the early 80s, I’d typically been of the “soccer is boring” until my kid starting playing and I started coaching her. Which led to countless games of FIFA on PlayStation so I could teach her what offsides was. Since then, I’ll regularly watch Premier League games and international Friendlies whenever that are one.
I’m excited about the games, but I can’t wait to see the covers ups that occur when things don’t go as planned with thinking you can keep thousands of crazed soccer fans happy when drinking is such a part of their match routine. Already videos out of foreign press just doing a report and some guy comes along and shuts it down with the guy saying “you invited the world to your country. We have all the credentials to film here.” I just think as the tournament goes, it’ll be a powder keg waiting to explode.
Even though I played a couple years of soccer as a kid in the early 80s, I’d typically been of the “soccer is boring” until my kid starting playing and I started coaching her. Which led to countless games of FIFA on PlayStation so I could teach her what offsides was. Since then, I’ll regularly watch Premier League games and international Friendlies whenever that are one.
I’m excited about the games, but I can’t wait to see the covers ups that occur when things don’t go as planned with thinking you can keep thousands of crazed soccer fans happy when drinking is such a part of their match routine. Already videos out of foreign press just doing a report and some guy comes along and shuts it down with the guy saying “you invited the world to your country. We have all the credentials to film here.” I just think as the tournament goes, it’ll be a powder keg waiting to explode.
It just feels right being able to hear Ian Darke again on World Cup commentary.
FIFA app crashed earlier today which led to issues with England and US fans being able to get in to the matches.
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Ransom Stoddard
Ordained Dudeist Priest
- Bloomington, IL
Am I wrong in thinking this is all just to avoid pi**ing off the host country?
You're pretty much spot on.
Ransom Stoddard
Ordained Dudeist Priest
- Bloomington, IL
Grant Wahl was detained by security for nearly 30 minutes as he tried to enter the stadium wearing a T-shirt with a rainbow on it.
TIM WEAH SCORES!!!!! 1-0 USA in the 36th minute!
USA up 1:0 at half.
Americans dominated possession most of the 1st half. Still have to worry about Bale getting an opportunity to show what he can do.
Americans dominated possession most of the 1st half. Still have to worry about Bale getting an opportunity to show what he can do.
Big save by Turner there.
HIMothy Weah
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
F#{£!!!!!
Bale scores on a PK in the 82nd minute. 1:1
USA-Wales finish in a 1:1 draw.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
That was a nut punch, given we seemed like we should be up 2-0 at one point. While I do not follow MLS or international club soccer that much (I'll watch and support BVB when I can but nothing like my passion for the Illini, for instance), the World Cup is likely my second favorite sporting event after March Madness. I pretty much watch the Super Bowl casually, I mostly just check in on the World Series if the Cubs aren't in the Playoffs that year, the College Football Playoff has gotten boring, etc. However, I live for these World Cup games - something we haven't gotten to see for the US in EIGHT YEARS! Even last World Cup, when I was forced to cheer for my second (ancestral) team Germany due to the Americans' absence, Germany laid a complete egg! Lol.
Today was not the end of the world, but we now must avoid a loss to England to feel good. And that will be tough. Tie England and beat Iran, and we will likely advance. Three points today would have been huge.
danielb927
Orange Krush Class of 2013
- Rochester, MN
With that draw, have to think Wales/USA advancing from Group B is now gonna come down to (in order):
- No slip up vs. Iran
- Any result vs. England
- Goal differential vs. Iran
- No slip up vs. Iran
- Any result vs. England
- Goal differential vs. Iran