World Cup 2022 - Qatar

pruitt2 · Post by **pruitt2** » Thu Jun 16, 2022 4:41 pm

Monterey gets a masked wrestler.

Dallas gets Dak Prescott.

We get our drab mayor. THAT is classic Toronto.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Thu Jun 16, 2022 4:45 pm

Pretty bummed not to have a DC/BAL venue, but Philly is a very easy drive, but I may not even be in this region in 4 years, so...

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Jun 16, 2022 6:35 pm

pruitt2 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 4:41 pm Monterey gets a masked wrestler.

Dallas gets Dak Prescott.

We get our drab mayor. THAT is classic Toronto.

Who did Houston have?

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Thu Jun 16, 2022 6:52 pm

A 9/11 survivor.

Sorry.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Jun 16, 2022 6:54 pm

If it wasn't Scarface, they fucked up.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Jun 17, 2022 9:25 am

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 6:52 pm A 9/11 survivor.

Sorry.

Another thing we have more of than Washington!

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Thu Jun 23, 2022 11:38 am

FIFA have approved 26 man squads for the WC, up from 23

Post by **Sabo** » Thu Jun 23, 2022 1:06 pm

Baloney wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 11:38 am FIFA have approved 26 man squads for the WC, up from 23

Also, all of the subs can be called to play instead of the previous limits. That will benefit the major teams.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Jun 23, 2022 1:10 pm

Sabo wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 1:06 pm
Baloney wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 11:38 am FIFA have approved 26 man squads for the WC, up from 23
Also, all of the subs can be called to play instead of the previous limits. That will benefit the major teams.

I thought they did that at the last WC. Or was it Euro and I am misremembering?

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu Jun 23, 2022 2:35 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 1:10 pm
Sabo wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 1:06 pm
Baloney wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 11:38 am FIFA have approved 26 man squads for the WC, up from 23
Also, all of the subs can be called to play instead of the previous limits. That will benefit the major teams.
I thought they did that at the last WC. Or was it Euro and I am misremembering?

At the last Euro you could name a 26 player squad but only 23 for each match. Sounds like this WC, it's 26 across the board.

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:04 pm

Does it matter? Over under on total minutes for spots 24-26 across the entire tournament. 30?

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:10 pm

HaulCitgo wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:04 pm Does it matter? Over under on total minutes for spots 24-26 across the entire tournament. 30?

I think it matters for injuries or specialist kind of guy. Extra roster spot would have been huge for the US in 2014 when Altidore went down. Could have had Landon coming in.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:38 pm

Zardes!

For those of you who are still reading, I really wish we had a free kick and corner specialist for late in games. Acosta is okay, but not world class and not somebody you would put in for that purpose.

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:46 pm

Uhhhh... you want me to do what? Me?!? U know I suck right? Guy runs on field to remind kid to remove warmups... skies it. PK keeper might be nice if youve got one.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Aug 09, 2022 8:42 pm

Just heard Roger Bennett's interview with Matt Turner, and he mention his first ever appearance in college, where he let in a goal so bad, it featured on SportsCenter. Probably not many clips from Fairfield v. Iona making SportsCenter. Googling it, there were lots of articles on various sites at the time. Who'd of thunk this kid would become the USMNT's probable #1?

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Aug 09, 2022 8:45 pm

The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Aug 09, 2022 8:42 pm Just heard Roger Bennett's interview with Matt Turner, and he mention his first ever appearance in college, where he let in a goal so bad, it featured on SportsCenter. Probably not many clips from Fairfield v. Iona making SportsCenter. Googling it, there were lots of articles on various sites at the time. Who'd of thunk this kid would become the USMNT's probable #1? He mentioned the additional salt in the wound of hearing a foghorn after the goal, but fuck that is obnoxious!

And interesting to me and a few of you, Turner is half a Jew! Never knew that. Rog said Mazel Tov on the family and Turner responded with L'Chaim. His grandparents had their name changed when they fled Lithuania from Turnovski.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Wed Aug 10, 2022 8:54 am

schedule change...WC starting a day earlier. Let's Qatar kick off the tournament.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Aug 10, 2022 9:30 am

Seems odd to change it now. Seemed odd to not have them lead off the tournament in the first place. This whole WC seems odd.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Wed Aug 10, 2022 9:31 am

This makes a lot of sense. It also means that the tournament will start on a Sunday at 11AM Eastern, which is very interesting for Fox.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Wed Aug 10, 2022 9:36 am

Rex wrote: ↑Wed Aug 10, 2022 9:31 am This makes a lot of sense. It also means that the tournament will start on a Sunday at 11AM Eastern, which is very interesting for Fox.

Howie, Terry, Jimmy and the rest of the gang going manning cast style? CBS must be salivating over the idea of having their big pre-game competitor pushed to FS1. No way FIFA lets game 1 go to FS1 right?

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Wed Aug 10, 2022 9:42 am

The World Cup followed by Bears/Falcons. What a world

Pruitt3 · Post by **Pruitt3** » Wed Aug 10, 2022 9:57 am

Rex wrote: ↑Wed Aug 10, 2022 9:42 am The World Cup followed by Bears/Falcons. What a world

Qatar! Ecuador! Game of the year!

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Wed Aug 10, 2022 10:07 am

Rex wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:38 pm Zardes!

For those of you who are still reading, I really wish we had a free kick and corner specialist for late in games. Acosta is okay, but not world class and not somebody you would put in for that purpose.

Aaronson is taking corners and set pieces at Leeds. Well, so far, splitting that with Honorary New Jersian Jack Harrison.

I've been extremely annoyed with Pulisic, especially on corners. That is a real danger aspect of our game and that dude hits them way too hard and short all the fucking time.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Aug 10, 2022 10:38 am

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed Aug 10, 2022 9:30 am Seems odd to change it now. Seemed odd to not have them lead off the tournament in the first place. This whole WC seems odd.

The original schedule had Qatar/Ecuador the first game of the four on Monday. But then someone probably said it's stupid to have Qatar play at 1 in the afternoon on a Monday so lets move the game to 7 primetime. But now it's not the first game which pisses off FIFA. So now they want to move it to 7 the night before.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Wed Aug 10, 2022 11:47 am

and they get another night's rest before game 2...competitive advantage?

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:27 pm

IIRC, it's always been that way, or at least in recent memory.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:32 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 10, 2022 11:47 am and they get another night's rest before game 2...competitive advantage?

Just checked, in the 6 WC since USA 94, 3 times all of Group A played on day 1, and 3 times just the host and their opponent opened play with one game on the first day.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Fri Aug 12, 2022 9:51 am

USA jersey leak

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Aug 12, 2022 10:04 am

Pretty crazy that one person has fucked 2/3 of the UEFA PoY finalists.

Post by **brian** » Fri Aug 12, 2022 10:21 am

wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 9:51 am USA jersey leak

The good ol' blue, blue and blue.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Aug 12, 2022 10:29 am

I hope his head, arms, and legs grow back before November!

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Aug 12, 2022 10:48 am

I don't care about the lack of red (although I bet they could have worked some minor designs inside of the white numbers?), I like those a lot.

Post by **brian** » Fri Aug 12, 2022 10:50 am

mister d wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 10:48 am I don't care about the lack of red (although I bet they could have worked some minor designs inside of the white numbers?), I like those a lot.

I was being sarcastic but they do look very good. Certainly a step up on a lot of the designs for previous WCs.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Fri Aug 12, 2022 10:52 am

I'm just glad to be rid of those awful swirly disasters. I tend to buy new jerseys when they come out... didn't even contemplate that for a nanosecond with the current one.

Good riddance.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Fri Aug 12, 2022 11:30 am

Hmmmm

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I guess that’s why we didn’t go with red socks

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Aug 12, 2022 1:22 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 10:48 am I don't care about the lack of red (although I bet they could have worked some minor designs inside of the white numbers?), I like those a lot.

This is the best uniform in a really long time, I'm loving it. I would have said I hate most of the uniforms over the years, but I looked at the chart below, and in retrospect, I like about half of them. I just hate them when they are new, but now I feel nostalgic towards a lot of the old ones.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Fri Aug 12, 2022 2:09 pm

The only ones I truly don't like are the 94's. And that's not retroactive, I hated those things from the jump. I have 5 different jerseys, but haven't bought anything from 2016 on... Gonna rectify that with this, methinks.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Aug 12, 2022 2:21 pm

This dude was an intermittent Swamper for a while, and in addition to his excellent Swamp-inspired Blackpool t-shirt, I've twice bought the ringer tee version of this design from him.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Aug 12, 2022 2:25 pm

rass wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 2:21 pm This dude was an intermittent Swamper for a while, and in addition to his excellent Swamp-inspired Blackpool t-shirt, I've twice bought the ringer tee version of this design from him.

That is a great looking kit.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Mon Aug 15, 2022 12:47 pm

Why must we have to suffer like this?