Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
^ Group Stage always makes my head hurt, but I think you are spot on with England. If we get a point vs. them and Wales loses, we are in a great position.
2022 FIFA World Cup Thread
Iran will get at least a point from one of those 2 games
danielb927
Orange Krush Class of 2013
- Rochester, MN
Absolutely. If we get a point vs. England and beat Iran, we'd be at 5 points... I can't imagine many teams with 5 points have ever failed to advance. I think the only way would be a 3-way tie for 1st. So indeed, if we take a point vs. England I would like our odds regardless of what Wales does.
The U.S. is now 0-5-5 in their last 10 World Cup matches against UEFA competition. Last time they defeated a UEFA team was in the group stage in 2002 when they defeated Portugal 3:2.
For anyone on here who needs a chuckle:
I guess we can also add...
-Goal differential vs England
to the list. A 2-1 loss to England vs a 3-0 loss to England might be the difference.
Argentines had 3 goals in the match that were ruled offside.
Wow Group C is flipped on it's head. Leaves a path for Mexico to win the group.
Ransom Stoddard
Ordained Dudeist Priest
- Bloomington, IL
FIFA controlling parts of the kit that people can't actually see. It's almost like they think George Orwell wrote an instruction manual.
Ha ha! That part about Canada though.
Ha ha! That part about Canada though.
My favorite part of that video is the convo between Messi and Ronaldo.
Gotta admit I kinda felt bad for the young Australian defender Atkinson trying to chase around Mbappe for much of the 2nd half.
KBLEE
- Montgomery, IL
It was mentioned on the studio broadcast this morning that Harry Kane picked up an ankle injury in the Iran match Monday and is questionable for the match on Friday against the USA. As a USA fan I'm OK with that, as it definitely increases our chances. As a Spurs fan it makes me want to pull my hair out.
danielb927
Orange Krush Class of 2013
- Rochester, MN
Exciting 2nd half. Japan was clearly on the front foot, but as we all know, many a team has "looked the better side" for a half (or even a full match) and still failed to score. Nice to see them not only equalize, but pull off the win!
IMO, it's a pretty easy problem to solve. They need to do post-match reviews and assign yellow cards for diving. These yellows would count towards suspensions, etc., just as if they were issued in-game.
The NHL does post-game reviews with fines and public announcements to shame the players for diving. Seems to work pretty well.
Japan was as high as +2800 to win after Germany scored the first goal.
US team parked the bus much too early (like basically the whole second half). Just like football, a prevent defense in soccer only prevents team from winning. What a nut punch. If US doesn’t advance will certainly be a perfect example of what might have been.
I’m not much of a soccer fan — basically watch WC and maybe a US match or two in none WC years. The flops are ridiculous and make the games almost unwatchable. While the sports popularity worldwide isn’t an issue, I do really think flopping has something to do with why the sport struggles with popularity in US. When there are regularly 10, 20, even 30 times more flops in a game than there is scores, there is an issue.