2026 WC USA (et al): Worldwide Opponents Watch [all R's]

I still don’t think goals in a third place match should count for a golden boot

 

Fortunately soccer is allowed to be fun…for some fans at least.

 

Congrats, England...This is the highest place since 1966

 

I’m glad we could (co)host their best run in quite a while.

 

I liked the scoring, but that wasn’t a real game.

The third place game should be replaced with an all-star game with players from all the eliminated teams if we just want a spectacle.

I’ll take the scorigomi though

https://www.sixonefivesoccer.com/world-cup-scorigami/

 

I had fun. Takes me back to youth soccer and high scoring matches.

 

That's a good idea..

 

Thats one of those you check bank accounts after the game. Olise in particular, lol.

 

This thread has been amazing. Been in here for 60+ matches (which is absurd to think).
Only one more to go . . . bummer.

 

already best world cup ever, but hope the last one adds an exclamation point to the whole show

 

Hopefully for us we can get over some hurdles and beat big teams consistently now in nations league and in the euros to give us the confidence that we aren’t just the 4th and weakest leg of semi final type sides.

 

This thread is the one that has the most pages, views, replies in all of bigsoccer...lol

 

Soccer without its life strangled away by excessive coaching.

 

What do poor Frenchmen drink to forget? A couple bottles of wine? Some wicked cognac or armagnac? Maybe he's into absinthe with the sugar cube sort of icky like heroin.

 

Just imagine if Olise had picked England over France. That would have shifted fortunes for both France and England. And a player developed entirely in the English system.

 

For it to be the best ever you’re going to need a good game tomorrow.

 

Topping the last final is a tall task

 

Top 4 sides have pulled away from the sides 5th and below.

There’s nearly 120pts between England in 4th and Brazil in 5th which is enormous considering between major tournaments how little movement there is. After that 5th downwards is very marginal to the next 7 or 8 teams.

 

Keeping expectations at a minimum.

 

From the beginning the four semifinalists were the clear top 4 teams in the tournament.

 

There's no reason for players or fans to care about the Third Place Match at the World Cup. Easy fix: Winner of the Third Place match gets automatic qualification to the next World Cup. Problem solved, you're welcome FIFA.

 

Kudos to you for a well-reasoned response to what was just a s***-take

 

I still can't believe that wasn't a red.