A necessary increase nonetheless. With 12 teams, you have a boring group phase where (not 75%) 66% of 3rd teams still make it to knockout phase....
@almango , sadly, WWC ticket prices are expected to rise, compared to 2023. It is unclear to me whether the European bid will be able to deliver...
Historically speaking though, CA always had identity problems: - Plagued with inconsistent numbers of participants, where 29 of 43 past editions...
The number of over-aged u17 players competing in u17 WC should skyrocket. Having the same host for 5 consecutive years should help deploy...
That should not be a worry. Conmebol always made sure that its Asian sugar daddies were never grouped with Concacaf teams. CA 2019: JPN vs...
@Nico Limmat , I think you are confusing procedures. The FIFA Council has suspended multiple member associations during this century; a general...
Agreed: WWC attendance should be open to many more regions. But, I doubt that your concern about "other parts of the world" is genuine. The...
FIFA regulations and facts say otherwise....
Not sure how a simple "Memorandum of Understanding" with Conmebol will prevent FIFA/UEFA from sanctioning one of its members. Let us remember...
Obtaining hosting rights for multiple international tournaments does not preclude USA from organizing women's top football tournament. It is just...
Sure, because it went so well the last time someone else had a go. The Australian gov't taxed 32.5% of 2023 WWC prize money, but did not tax FIFA...
Well, BRA will make sure to drag it out before auctioning its vote for more coins: it withdrew 17 days before the FIFA Council voted. In Aug...
"Brazil's CAF block gravitate..."o_O What's your source on BRA having any influence over CAF members? Brazil does not even speak the same...
The original post said nothing about CA 2024 being "USA's Copa". If I understood correctly, that fan is concerned with USA's 2026 WC prep:...
Good catch. PAR had played zero 2014 WC qualifier matches when 2011 CA took place. Works as an example of CA performance being useless as WC...
True. URU is the best in-form team in Conmebol qualifiers. However, I try to not confuse Qualifiers performance with CA success. A short...
Funny how click-bait articles work: based its entire premise on a click-bait tweet from another site. A disclaimer is now appended to the bottom...
If CAN does it, then why other Concacaf members should not do it? Plenty of CAN MNT players were developed by soccer leagues outside of CAN, if...
OFC qualifiers format is not a good reason to award OFC with 3 youth WC slots. Why should the world pay for OFC's lack of inclusive youth...
Perhaps UEFA's bid book did not include Algarve due to its lack of a home club / home crowd. Not all venues will receive interesting matches, so...
Dittborn was never part of club O'Higgins FC. O'Higgins FC was *founded* after clubs promoted from 2nd div were forced to merge in 1955: CD...
Clickbait from a betting company, trying to lure naive bets against the house. As the tournament gets closer, the house will flip its odds to...
Earlier this year, local gov't officials in charge of Estadio Algarve were interviewed. It seemed they were worried about Estadio Algarve's...
You never know, POR might have to step it up if ESP gets burned by the Saudi money trail. Five days ago, ESP fed offices and officials'...
If everything goes as planned, MEX will play its CA 2024 quarterfinal match in the same venue as yesterday's NL final. CA 2024 *random draw* has...