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Discussion in 'Columbus Crew' started by CybrSlydr, Sep 16, 2015.

  1. Captain Invader

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Oct 25, 2005
    Lake County (Ohio)
    I, along with my wife, were a few rows up in the upper deck in the corner where Wynalda scored. I can not remember the price of the tickets.
     
  2. Kyle Crew

    Kyle Crew Member+

    Feb 23, 2013
    Columbus, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Pretty much.
     
  3. Kyle Crew

    Kyle Crew Member+

    Feb 23, 2013
    Columbus, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'm sure it will be working just fine.
     
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  4. kgilbert78

    kgilbert78 Member+

    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    United States
    Dec 28, 2006
    Cowlumbus, OH
    Club:
    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Sometimes the Canadians go on strike. Randomly. Or just don't open fast. Happened to us a few years ago.
     
  5. DrunkandDisorderly

    Mar 17, 2008
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    FIFA will make sure that doesn't happen. There might be some union bosses who mysteriously disappear.
     
  6. Paul171121

    Paul171121 Member+

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Dec 14, 2018
    There may be issues crossing the border w/r/t those who came to Canada or US on a visa. It isnt so simple to fly from say Cali, Colombia to Vancouver, drive to Seattle, and get back to Vancouver.

    Here is a scuffed interview with a congressman about that. He is a congressman, so there isnt much information, but somethings involved in did not think about https://open.spotify.com/episode/33CgyaxXRS7G15taaCLbzD?si=X6SNMefPQWSe1rUd708eYA
     
  7. Bill Archer

    Bill Archer BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 19, 2002
    Washington, NC
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    So at this point it has become obvious that FIFA arranged for.the supplemental window so that someone could sign CR7 before the CWC.

    Infantino did an interview yesterday where he practically begged somebody to pony up for.the guy. Then again, the man would pimp out his wife to.fill up some seats.

    I doubt if any team is going to want to pay the kind of money hes making now but a.short term deal is possible, aside from it making the tournament an even bigger farce than it already is.
     
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  8. LaMacchia

    LaMacchia Member+

    Jul 12, 2008
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    One of the things that makes soccer so intriguing is that it’s both simple yet endlessly complex and inscrutable. What do most people fundamentally misunderstand about the game?
    All the things people take for granted. The passing and the physicality of the players that you see is not what you’re used to. A pass of a professional football player is not the pass of your friend that you play with when you’re in the park. A cross in a game looks like the cross that you finished; it’s not. Pinging a diagonal ball 70 yards straight away to your winger while under pressure, dropping it just on the other side of the opponent’s right back, for your winger to control under pressure — you’re not in a pocket like a quarterback, able to see the field.

    And if I go deep into other stuff — dribbling at full speed, you are always on one leg. You have to keep control of the ball while you’re under pressure, and you need to shift the ball to a different side because a defender is coming and then protect the ball, still able to see the game. People say, “Oh, come on, I would’ve scored that goal. Oh, come on, I would’ve made that pass. Oh, come on. I would’ve stopped him.” No, you wouldn’t.​

    Great interview with Thierry Henry: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/soccer-genius-thierry-henry-says-he-was-driven-by-fear.html
     
  9. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Guinness

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  10. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Guinness

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    https://www.si.com/soccer/fifa-lowe...ket-prices-minimal-interest-messi-inter-miami

    The "get-in" price for Miami and the Egyptian team is now down to $55.

    The real laugh is this:

    FIFA president Gianni Infantino shared he is not worried about the worrying ticket sales when speaking with The Athletic back in April: “When I see some of the stadiums in the United States filling itself when some teams are coming to play some friendly games, exhibition games, then I’m not worried at all to fill a stadium when teams are coming to play a World Cup, to play for, you know, something, something real.”

    See, Gianni, here's part of the issue: Those exhibitions are household name A-list Champions League teams. Al-Ahly and Urawa Red Diamonds aren't exactly those teams.
     
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  11. KCbus

    KCbus Moderator
    Staff Member

    United States
    Nov 26, 2000
    Reynoldsburg, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    If the Club World Cup means Miami and LAFC are going to be more fatigued at the end of the season, I'm for that.

    Other than that, I still give no f**ks.
     
  12. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Guinness

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Let's not confuse this with the Intercontinental Cup, shall we? (Talk about redundancy...then again, it's entirely conceivable the FA Cup and EFL Cup feature a split between the same teams.)

    Then again, between the 2022 World Cup in friggin November, the 2030 edition being split between six different countries, the shitshow of the 2034 World Cup and the 2038 World Cup being in CONCACAF or Oceania (which probably means Oceania), it's easy enough to care very little about that.
     
  13. Paul171121

    Paul171121 Member+

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Dec 14, 2018
    Latest rumor it will be new Zealand and USA.
     
  14. kgilbert78

    kgilbert78 Member+

    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    United States
    Dec 28, 2006
    Cowlumbus, OH
    Club:
    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    If I'm around for the 2038 World Cup, I'll be happy.
     
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  15. Pauncho

    Pauncho Member+

    Mar 2, 1999
    Bexley, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I resemble that remark!
     
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  16. Kyle Crew

    Kyle Crew Member+

    Feb 23, 2013
    Columbus, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The idea was spoken out loud, that's it. Let's not start talking about a trans-pacific world cup just yet.
     
  17. TKyle

    TKyle Moderator
    Staff Member

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Dec 28, 2014
    Nordecke’s Porch
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Holy travel times, batman!
     
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  18. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Guinness

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Considering the World Cup might be 72 teams by then, it'll be like both countries having their own World Cup. AFC and teams from eastern Africa and Europe will start in NZ and teams from CONCACAF, CONMEBOL and western Africa and Europe will start in the US.

    The semifinals and finals will all be in the USA.

    Nevermind the fairness or honesty of the draw in order to make that happen.
     
  19. Kyle Crew

    Kyle Crew Member+

    Feb 23, 2013
    Columbus, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    There is no way it will be that many. I have trouble seeing them go past 48. I mean, every team that should/deserves to be there is basically guaranteed to be. Maybe a fringe team in Africa misses out due to their qualifying setup, but that's about it. I mean, FFS Jordan and Uzbekistan just qualified today. Jordan and Uzbekistan. We are gonna have some Women's World Cup scores in 2026.
     
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  20. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Guinness

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Anything for FIFA to make their billions.
     
  21. Kyle Crew

    Kyle Crew Member+

    Feb 23, 2013
    Columbus, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    At a certain point though, just like with the CWC, people ain't traveling around the world to NZ to watch Algeria vs Jordan or Uzbekistan vs Poland. Hell, if they go to 72 we're taking about Honduras vs Albania or Togo vs Bolivia or something. People ain't paying to watch that, in person or on television.
     
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  22. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Guinness

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The 2003 Women's World Cup had double-headers, but you can't exactly do that with the men's game, no matter what the circumstances.

    2pm -- Poland vs Uruguay
    5pm -- Algeria vs Jordan
     
  23. kgilbert78

    kgilbert78 Member+

    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    United States
    Dec 28, 2006
    Cowlumbus, OH
    Club:
    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Paraphrasing First Samuel:

    CONCACAF has made its 100 Million while FIFA has made it's 100 Billion.
     
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  24. jairadballerina

    jairadballerina Member+

    Sep 15, 2004
    C-Town
    They didn't say where in the US...this is a big win for American Samoa!
     
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  25. Bill Archer

    Bill Archer BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 19, 2002
    Washington, NC
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #1900 Bill Archer, Jun 6, 2025
    Last edited: Jun 6, 2025
    Well, but that's the thing. NZ doesn't have much in the way of venues to begin with. The All Whites play in a 25,000 seater and there may be a couple more but they mostly have rugby and criket stadiums, which are a) small and b) not really suitable for FIFA unless someone wants to dump a ton of money.

    South Korea was happy to dump hundreds of millions of dollars on stadiums they knew they had little use for, but I doubt the good taxpayers of New Zealand would share that kind of enthusiasm.

    Secondly, New Zealand is part of the Oceania confederation, the weak red-headed stepchild of FIFA. Oceania consists of a bunch of barely-there islands. I don't know how many tickets they're going to sell in Papua New Guinea.

    (Sepp Blatter pushed through approval for them to join CONMEBOL ten or so years ago but nothing happened)

    It's just hard to see FIFA putting half of a World Cup in a country with a population of around five million. Last I heard, they have more sheep than people.

    I just can't think of a single reason why they'd put anything there. The travel costs alone are prohibitive for North America and Europe, which is where the money comes from.

    I'm skeptical.
     
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