Champs2019
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Champs2019
@DawgsIndy
Fan of Butler Bulldogs and STL Blues. Real Estate. Crypto
Katılım Ağustos 2020
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JUST IN: Norwegian fan refuses to join the viral World Cup Viking Row, calling it “stupid” & historically inaccurate.
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@iowaddced @ClayTravis That’s not true either but it’s been awhile. There was also never a red issued by VAR before this tournament and now it’s inserting itself everywhere. The game is evolving and you can’t ignore that
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@DawgsIndy @ClayTravis Yes but qualifying red cards do not carry over to the actual World Cup, no player has ever gotten a red in the World Cup and played the next game except Balogun
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Ronaldo, taking the field now for Portugal, had two games of his red card suspension removed by FIFA on appeal. If it hadn’t been, he would have missed the first two games of the World Cup. Zero outrage from anyone over this appeal being granted. Explain the difference. Thanks.
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@DawgsIndy @JMechling_36 Yeah probably, but Ghana was good in 2010. They were a Suarez handball away from defeating Uruguay and reaching the Final 4.
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The issue with the USMNT losing in the R16 every World Cup is that we never play other teams that lose in the R16. I’m watching Switzerland vs Colombia and these are two certified R16 losers. Netherlands and Belgium? Those are Quarterfinals losers. We just need a luckier draw.
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But wait, I’ve been told for years that a problem with youth soccer is that we don’t have our best coaches coaching our youngest players. But now, if they do coach young players, you don’t want to pay them?! Make up your mind America!
Jim@JimJim50863703
@AlexiLalas Yes, the point of coaching youth soccer should not be for a coach to make as much money as possible. If you want to make money coaching soccer, coach at higher levels and not youths.
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@JMechling_36 We got Mexico in 2002 and advanced, so you are correct. The goal is not an easier draw but to eventually become and Top 8 and better nation.
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U.S soccer fans screaming that our problem is LeBron James doesn’t play soccer. (Messi is 5’7, Maradona was 5’5)
Total U.S youth soccer players: 20 million (Belgium is 400k)
Stop blaming the youth or access to the game. My Son’s U-15 team in Memphis was better than U-15 Man City. (My Son trailed there for weeks so I saw the difference up close)
The breakdown in U.S soccer starts about that age group. Clear pathway for EU players.
In U.S., the U.S Soccer monopoly puts their kids on the national team which gets them big clubs in EU. (Ask yourself how the team had a former coaches Son and a former Director of U.S Soccer on the pitch last night)
The current up and coming U15 star is the U.S Soccer announcers Son.
Soccer is a sport many players can fake it. We have an entire team of Nepo babies stealing living. (Outside of a few)
And despite having so many youth players we still scrounge Europe looking for anyone with a U.S passport .
The U.S Should be winning the World Cup by now but the monopoly that controls MLS and U.S Soccer is failing the country.
It’s not the kids.
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Alexi Lalas asked Thierry Henry a fair question, but Henry responded like a liberal that refuses to allow their positions to be properly challenged.
Why all the uproar for Balogun & shaming FIFA, but there’s no peep from fans and analysts about Ronaldo being allowed to forgo his multi-match suspension in the World Cup?
People just like to hate Lalas because it’s the popular position online to do so…
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8 of Egypt's starting XI play in Egypt Premier League across two teams - Al Ahly (5) & Pyramids FC (3).
Meanwhile the share of USMNT World Cup minutes going to guys in the domestic league has dropped from over 50% back in 2002 to under 15% the past two Cups.
Makes you think.
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@iowaddced @ClayTravis There is no rule like that… they just didn’t want him to miss it so they suspended the punishment under the same rule! The red card wasn’t removed
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@ClayTravis No Ronaldo’s red card was from a World Cup qualifier ages ago not the World Cup, and fifa has a rule that red cards from those do not carry over, multiple other players got the same exemption. Why are you blatantly lying lol
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@PatMcAfeeShow He is lying pat. You are telling me they said his suspension would be upheld and then Donald makes a call and all of a sudden it is lifted?
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Welp this settles it.. I was a little worried I was gonna have to suppress some “this doesn’t feel right” guilt while celebrating THE SHIT AHT OF AMERICA but now I know..
THE DECISION WAS MADE BY AN INDEPENDENT VOTING COMMITTEE
🗣 CONSCIENCE CLEARED BABY
NOW WE GO FLO 🇺🇸🇺🇸
FIFA Media@fifamedia
FIFA President Gianni Infantino: “I have seen the public comments regarding the decision of the independent FIFA Disciplinary Committee related to the suspension of Folarin Balogun, and I would like to reiterate a fundamental principle of FIFA’s governance. “FIFA’s judicial bodies are independent. They operate autonomously, apply the FIFA Disciplinary Code, and decide cases based on the applicable regulations and the specific facts before them. Their independence is essential to the credibility and integrity of football, and this must always be respected. “Yes, I regularly discuss matters related to the FIFA World Cup with the President of the United States, and on this matter, I did receive a call from President Donald Trump, just as I receive calls from heads of state, government officials, football stakeholders and business executives from around the world on many different issues. During our conversation, I explained that there was an ongoing legal process involving FIFA’s independent judicial bodies and that the case would be decided in due course by the competent bodies. That is how FIFA’s system works, and it is a principle that I will always uphold. “I read the decisions of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee when they are issued. Sometimes I am surprised by them. Sometimes I agree with them, and sometimes I disagree. “What I always do, however, is respect those decisions and the autonomy of the bodies that make them. Whether we personally like a decision or not is irrelevant. Respect for independent institutions and the rule of law is what protects the integrity of our competitions and the credibility of FIFA at all times.”
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@NCHammer1980 @sirtimsutcliffe @CoachBeaumont This is called the World Cup Finals for a reason dumb ass
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@sirtimsutcliffe @CoachBeaumont Oh yeah. Look forward to seeing Italy in this World Cup then.
Let me know when they're on....
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1) Balogun is the fifth (5th) player in this WC to have a red card ban adjusted in some way to allow them to play.
2) Review of red cards is a constant in every professional soccer league and it's far from unprecedented to have the full penalty from a dodgy one removed. It's the norm for such decisions not to be final and unreviewable.
Nico Cantor@Nicocantor1
Even if Americans are happy that Balogun can now play (myself included), FIFA has just set an insane precedent: Any interpretable red card at the World Cup can now come under scrutiny in hindsight. The referees judgment isn’t final. It hints at the fact that FIFA can do as they please, even if it means disagreeing with the subjective decisions of their own referees. Imagine how Rafael Clauss (referee) and Juan Soto (VAR) are feeling right now? FIFA just undermined their credibility. This isn’t overruling something objective, a decision that’s based on fact. They’re rescinding a decision based on opinion. For as much as I believe Balogun didn’t deserve the red, it’s an interpretable decision. Anything can now be questioned after the fact. And it’s up to FIFA’s “judicial body” – whoever that is, wherever they are – to call make critical decisions as they see fit.
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🚨BREAKING: Someone just put $1M on Spain to WIN their match vs Cape Verde today
This pays out is $1,085,943.48 on Polymarket
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I find the 2 most insufferable group of people on the planet are lifetime educators and lifetime politicians. Both live in a fantasy world that lacks common sense and would not survive a day in the real world
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@moseskagan @Izengabe_ The issue is that in places like LA you can’t reasonably build a republican operation given the disparity. Pratt is once in generation chance that won’t come often to build around. You need to accept our city is dead
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@Izengabe_ Instead of complaining about the rules (which I admit are kind of gross), why not build a similar effort for your preferred candidates?
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Ballot harvesting is the corruption built into CA's voting system. Many of these late arriving votes come from ballot harvesting operations where paid operatives go out & collect thousands of ballots in the final days & make sure they vote the "right" way. Fraud here is insane.
Rob Pyers@rpyers
Blowout numbers for Nithya Raman in the latest L.A. County update, adding 59,930 votes that break 38.6% Raman, 34.1% Bass, and 17.9% Pratt and shaving a massive 12,404 off his lead for second. She now trails by just 20,672 votes.
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we’re the best team in the world. we worked harder for our league trophy. we held up against the Friendly Merchants and would have won if timber wasn’t injured. we’re not going to get a trophy but we were the best team in europe
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@AP_Soccer_ What about the inverse? Any idea what the most scarce tickets are for the group stage?
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World Cup group stage ticket availability update:
Group stage Tickets on sale 5/26/26.
~ 36,384. Approximately 600 less than on the 5/18/26.
Top 5 LMS phase group games with most tickets up for sale are:
1. Curaçao v Côte d’Ivoire ~ 3,492
2. Cabo Verde v Saudi Arabia ~ 3,140
3. Czechia v South Africa ~ 2,612
4. Jordan v Algeria ~ 2,553
5. Canada v Bosnia ~ 2,554
11 games with more than 1,000 seats for sale.
Top 5 group stage games with most tickets up for sale on FIFA’s resale platform are:
1. Austria v Jordan ~ 5,883
2. Jordan v Algeria ~ 5,544
3. Egypt v Iran ~ 4,990
4. Iran v New Zealand ~ 4,957
5. Saudi Arabia v Uruguay ~ 4,833
Top 5 group stage games with most tickets up for sale on all of FIFA’s platforms are:
1. Jordan v Algeria ~ 8,097
2. Austria v Jordan ~ 8,082
3. Cabo Verde v Saudi Arabia ~ 7,528
4. USA v Paraguay ~ 7,311
5. Egypt v Iran ~ 6,835
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i’m not sure. i’ve been thinking we’ll be pragmatic up until the end here
Alex@alexfrco
Suspect we’re going to see Arsenal play more freely vs PSG than they have at any point in the Premier League this season
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LAFC will be hosting Toluca at home in the 1st leg. After humiliating Galaxy 7-2, Toluca top the table on points. Galaxy really didn’t belong in this tournament.
That means Bouanga and Segura will not be playing at home at BMO. But will be available for the match in Mexico.
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