It won't matter what deal SG or TM offer, it will not be as lucrative for FIFA as the normal scenario for them which is they do it themselves....
Not necessarily. I think the Atlanta Falcons have the most generous packages and even they list it as 'select' events. Basically, unless you are...
Canada and US have just a ton of special rules that generally make things easy. Mexico is a whole different level of beast tho. ha
I did give hard numbers. 22 countries have wait times greater than 6 months. 8-10 of those are not going to send many if any fans to the World...
It is about needing. If the US doesn't need it, they don't have to do it. Just because they are hosting doesn't mean they have to allow special...
of that 45%, what % do you think is Mexico? I would assume at least half, if not 3/4.
This is what I think the US's response to the World Cup will be. The US doesn't 'need' foreigners to come to the US to fill the stadiums for the...
No you won't. If I recall, both Mexico and Canada accept US travel 'visas', basically they have an understanding that if the US vets you, they...
Ok, this conversation again... The articles about this really just spin everything so negatively. I remember the headache of getting my visa for...
CONCACAF is its own special breed of soccer. As a US fan we have come to accept the crap pitches and biased refs who during the best of times...
I fully agree that if we dont get a shocker team from Africa that they should be the heavy favorites with South America. Concacaf will be...
Africa "should" be a favorite along with South America in the playoff. OFC will be a non-factor and Asia 9 is likely a team of the quality of...
Yes, the US will not start anything before noon. When European teams host they do what is best for them. FIFA is already making it better for...
Agreed but CONCACAF won't get interesting for a long time. It has A LOT of teams most of which are minnows.... and then among the minnows there...
A lot? I don't think any federation in CONCACAF is actually ran well.
foreign fans will be pleasantly surprised by KC imo. As someone who has been to 5 World Cups, I do a few token tourist things but all I really...
Peru is like Argentina... they can do whatever with the one away jersey because the home is sooooo iconic and won't vary that much. I love...
Kansas City won the "we need a stadium in the middle of the country" competition over Denver and Nashville.
Brazil is not hitting 34. they would need 27 points from 12 games. They still have 2 matches against Argentina/Ecuador and 1 each against...
They need a lot more than 10. Since CONMEBOL adopted this format 19 has only been enough for 7th (the playoff) 2 years and one was the year...
What does MLS have to do with it? None of the US starting 11 plays in the MLS, they are all in Europe. Also at the World Cup the US tied both...
Someone will definitely screw up, either by drawing England or through stupid results. But with such large pots, there will be such a massive...
I mean, we will know the pots at least. If lets say sweden end up pot 4 i would remove their chance at qualifying. also if a portugal somehow...
don't like your letter system but agree with this for the most part except that Canada and the lower end of Asia are too high. Qatar were the...
interesting stuff. I don't agree with it however. I think they will treat it like 2 24 team tournaments like he says as 495 possible...