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Wow I don’t remember ever hearing that before. Would be easy to double-check, I guess.

 

This is my favorite video so far.

It is wild in Buenos Aires Argentina 🇦🇷 right now pic.twitter.com/io1GCz59k0

— Kardoso Media | Travel Films (@kardosomedia) December 18, 2022

 

Man, I sure hope Messi doesn’t come to MLS. Would be like watching an immortal living in a pig pen.

So amazing that team held together. The GK of course was key. And in 4 years, I guess Mbappe will be truly unstoppable.

 

I won't forgive Fox for cutting away from the game way too soon. Sure they put up a little sign to tune into FS1 to watch the cup lifting but who the hell actually noticed that? We were all celebrating Argentina's victory and eating donuts. Next thing we know we're watching some infomercial (many people said Fox cut to a football game but for me it was fund raiser informercial). Nothing against fund raisers and it seemed like a worthy cause but the World Cup comes once every 4 years and for a million other reasons it was wrong for Fox to cut away.

Screw you Fox - I've already canceled my YouTube TV and with the money I'll save I'm subscribing to MLS Season Pass. I never need to hear Alexi Lalas and Rob Stone again. I never need to worry about Fox disrespecting soccer again.

 

I would like to hear from our in-house referees on how the ref'ing went in the final. I didn't even seem to notice the referee too much which is probably the best thing I can say.

Not one single VAR or off side 3d the entire game. Of course behind the scenes those things were in use I'm sure and I did actually see the off side 3d for one of Argentina's goals (on-side by a butt) but the game was not slowed down at all (at least not that I noticed).

 

I'd say overall he did a good job. The first penalty was just a little bit dicey, but I see those (clip of a dragging foot) called all the time. I'm sure the French are feeling hard-done, but really can't see that anybody was favored at least in this game.

Otherwise, after Collina and this guy, I think to retain any credibility as a ref I am going to have to shave my head (and eyebrows...)

 

Why does Argentina wear a pale blue and white football kit?

It's a story that involves the Byzantine Empire, Renaissance painters, Napoleon, and a revolution... pic.twitter.com/7LntiFTEdW

— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) December 19, 2022

 

Seriously!

I really don't get their reasoning.

In listening to today's sports broadcasts, hardly anyone is mentioning the World Cup Final!

It's time these biased sportscasters get on board with supporting soccer because soccer is here to stay!

Even though our Quakes suck, MLS has become huge growing from 10 clubs in 2004, 16 in 2010 and 29 across the USA and Canada in 2023!

Each club now either owns or controls their own stadium and most franchises are worth from $500 to almost $$800 million dollars.

I lived in Europe and I know how clubs work.

Aside form the elite, Champions League teams, the rest have 1, 2 or 3 good years, have a bad one, get relegated and go belly up.

Taking away maybe the same top 6-7 winning clubs in each league like the Serie A, EPL, Ligue 1, La Liga and Bundesliga, I don’t 't think there is any league on earth that has grown as much and in such a short period of time as MLS.

Let's get on board sports fans!

It’s time these biased sportscasters get on board as soccer here is here to stay!

 

Yeah, total disrespect for the game at it's biggest moment. For people watching live it was a major annoyance to flip to FS1. For me I was watching with about a 10 minute buffer which means I missed the moment they carried Messi around the stadium before I figured out I needed to switch to FS1. For others like your self who had to watch it recorded missed the whole thing. Fox purposefully gut punched soccer fans. It was an intentional insult to the sport. As you say they would never have done this for the Super Bowl.

Watching Messi win a World Cup is something I wanted to happen more than anything but I never dreamed it ever would happen. Then like a miracle it happens and I missed a chunk of the celebration because Fox doesn't care about soccer or its fans.

I've just learned that FIFA has given Fox the 2026 World Cup rights and that makes me feel sick.

PS. most of the post game celebrations can be found on YouTube.

 

I read in multiple media apps about fox doing this. Pathetic. Here in S. America (I'm in Chile for the moment) they showed about 3 hrs straight after the world cup, barley cutting to commercial so the audience wouldn't miss everything going on afterwards.
Then again it's the states, money+capitalism comes first in everything over there. God forbid the networks don't make their millions. They've already got your money, they don't care.

 

I had to watch on delay because, oddly, I don’t get Fox. In any case the rebroadcast cut away *before* the final PK!! I had to pull it up on youtube to watch the end.

I’m annoyed. Should have gone to a bar to watch it live. I’ll do better next time.

 

You're shitting me?!? Unbelievable. I get soccer is not the most popular sport in the states, but imagine them cutting to comercial on a game winning field goal or something. People would riot. The disrespect and smugness the media shows towards soccer is truly sad.

 

Wasn’t Fox telecasting NFL immediately afterward in most the US? FS1 is suitable for the ceremonial stuff.

Much ado about nothing re the postgame.

 

I watched the game in real time at O'Flaherty's downtown. The game ended and I went home. Because I didn't give two shits about the post-game celebration.

Same thing on Saturday night after the Bills won on NFL network. I watched the game, and when it ended I turned off the TV. If they ever win the Super Bowl in my lifetime, probably same. Why waste my time with silliness?

 

That’s why God created FS1.


Exterior of garage man cave.

 

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