2026 Rokslide World Cup Thread

[ozyclint]

Reserve judgment until you've played a European team.

 

[Lane Avery]

Reserve judgment until you've played a European team.

Why Europe? The best teams are South American so that should be the real test.

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[ozyclint]

What, all 2 of them?
Brazil and Argentina are the only 2 that have won a cup after Uruguay's 2nd win in 1950

 

[Lane Avery]

What, all 2 of them?
Brazil and Argentina are the only 2 that have won a cup after Uruguay's 2nd win in 1950

Well we were originally talking about the U.S. versus other countries and now its the U.S. versus other Continents. We should probably pick one and keep it consistent.

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[Pharmseller]

Are people in this thread really arguing that other countries produce athletes at any scale comparable to the U.S.? How many Olympic medals do we need to win to show the difference.

Heck the U.S. doesn't really even care about Soccer and yet we still qualify for the World Cup almost every time.

If we had the same culture around Soccer that we did with Football or Basketball, then we'd be blowing teams out of the water. All of these "Soccer" countries with all of these "great" athletes haven't been looking so great this year.

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Lane is a fookin’ genius.

 

[Lane Avery]

Lane is a fookin’ genius.

Producing elite athletes is one of our superpowers. We are pretty much competitive/win in every single sport on the planet. Most countries only have maybe 1-2 sports they excel at. Some aren't good any sports. Even in hockey we just won a gold medal and it isn't even a popular sport here. The Woman’s team has won the most world cups of any nation.

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[CJ19]

Well played USA. Australia are back to normal.

Reserve judgment until you've played a European team.

Well we were originally talking about the U.S. versus other countries and now its the U.S. versus other Continents. We should probably pick one and keep it consistent.

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USA is a good team and I think it showed most of the game. We have very solid and experienced players at every position including some speed and skilled technical players. Australia looked good towards the end of the game. Aus had more legs at the end probably because they used their subs a little earlier than the US. Looked like we may have gotten a little tired.

I think Australia has a very good chance at going through as Paraguay looks like they are going to struggle if they need to go forward in attack. I think Australia can hit teams on the counter with the speed they have up front and I think that will work against a Paraguay team that may need to win in Australia v Paraguay in Game 3. USA should rest some starting players and avoid cards since they have clinched the group with a game to spare. A great position to be in for the USA.


As far as people talking about which teams are good or better than others. Here is my tier list. I tried to get the S and A tiers in somewhat in a ranking relative to each other but from B tier down I just threw them in. All S tier teams are serious contenders as potential winners. Any team in the A tier have a reasonable chance to go to Quarters and with some contenders for the Semis but a run to the finals is a long shot for these teams. B Tier teams will be happy to get out of their group and thrilled to win a knockout game. C and D Tier are happy to be here and making out of the group is a major achievement.

 

[Lane Avery]

USA is a good team and I think it showed most of the game. We have very solid and experienced players at every position including some speed and skilled technical players. Australia looked good towards the end of the game. Aus had more legs at the end probably because they used their subs a little earlier than the US. Looked like we may have gotten a little tired.

I think Australia has a very good chance at going through as Paraguay looks like they are going to struggle if they need to go forward in attack. I think Australia can hit teams on the counter with the speed they have up front and I think that will work against a Paraguay team that may need to win in Australia v Paraguay in Game 3. USA should rest some starting players and avoid cards since they have clinched the group with a game to spare. A great position to be in for the USA.


As far as people talking about which teams are good or better than others. Here is my tier list. I tried to get the S and A tiers in somewhat in a ranking relative to each other but from B tier down I just threw them in. All S tier teams are serious contenders as potential winners. Any team in the A tier have a reasonable chance to go to Quarters and with some contenders for the Semis but a run to the finals is a long shot for these teams. B Tier teams will be happy to get out of their group and thrilled to win a knockout game. C and D Tier are happy to be here and making out of the group is a major achievement.

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I agree mostly with your list, but Spain has got to be much better to have a chance at winning.

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[CJ19]

I agree mostly with your list, but Spain has got to be much better to have a chance at winning.

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I know most people agree with your spain take. I think the germans are machines. Thats just my personal hunch.

 

[Bigred323]

Somehow missed this thread

Been an awesome World Cup so far. Went to Japan vs Netherlands and just got back home from Canada vs Qatar. 5 more games to go for me. Has been a blast.

Will be heading to LA this week for US vs Turkey. Can’t wait!

 

[TxxAgg]

Somehow missed this thread

Been an awesome World Cup so far. Went to Japan vs Netherlands and just got back home from Canada vs Qatar. 5 more games to go for me. Has been a blast.

Will be heading to LA this week for US vs Turkey. Can’t wait!

Wow! That’s a lot of games to attend. Love it!

 

[Bigred323]

Wow! That’s a lot of games to attend. Love it!

I drew 8 games ( had to sell one set of tickets) and had bought 1 set from a buddy from the very first drawn

 

[Pharmseller]

That hand/eye coordination is pretty handy for a game you play with your feet.

Hand/eye coordination is neurological, it extends to the feet.

 

[TxxAgg]

 

[Bigred323]

Anyone interested in one ticket to Canada vs South Africa?

I’ve got one I’m trying to sell. $605

 

[TxxAgg]

That could be a very fun game!

 

[ozyclint]

Reserve judgment until you've played a European team.

Ha ha, this aged well.

 

[CJ19]

Ha ha, this aged well.

probably not the game to evaluate since the entirety of the US starting line up except for Weston MacKennie was rested for most of the game. The USA B choices outplayed Turkey in an open game that was end to end because there was nothing to play for regarding world cup advancement. The nature of the game meant both teams just wanted to play and that meant attack and space to exploit in both teams defenses. Watching the game pretty much confirmed what we know about the USA team. The back up in every position is a down grade although still serviceable at world cup level when placed amongst the starting team. Weakest spot on the team depth wise is centerback which is concerning. Biggest disappointment in the game was that I was hoping for Weah to look more threatening on the ball going forward and he didn't. If Weah and Aaronson have to be our wide threats, the USA is significantly weaker going forward esp if weah plays like that.

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