FIFA World Cup 2026 thread

[HoonDing]

"When you look at football in the US, soccer in the US, we seem to never call it that because we have a little bit of a conflict with another thing that's called football. But when you think about it, shouldn't it really be called football? We have to come up with another name for the NFL" - Donald J. Drump

[rjshae]

Our President won his first participation trophy. He must be very proud.

[rjshae]

At first I wondered why there's a draw for the first round, since the remainder are all random anyway. But now it makes sense: the first round draw determines the possible opponents after leaving the group stage.

I don't see an obvious group of death this time; maybe the closest is group L, with picks in the top three of pots 2-4.

[Zoraptor]

New Zealand is all set to continue her unbeaten (since 1982!) run at football world cups by humbling Egypt, Iran and Belgium.

[rjshae]

USA gets to play Australia in Seattle. Should be fun!