2026 Rokslide World Cup Thread

[dsotm]

Pretty poor effort, Pulisic needs to retire from national team, MLS players have no business being selected going forward.

 

[OregonJK8]

Just finished up the last game of my World Cup run. Spain vs Portugal. Have always rooted for Cristiano since his Man U days so even though they lost, I was able to witness his last World Cup game. 2nd time I saw him as I saw him at el clasico in 2018.

Now for the USA!!

Cristiano has had an amazing run!

 

[OregonJK8]

Pretty poor effort, Pulisic needs to retire from national team, MLS players have no business being selected going forward.

I was hoping for more!

 

[Sccritterkiller]

I was hoping for more!

Been watching USA for 32 years...except '02 this is as far as we ever get. 32 years and we still loose in the 1st knockout round.

 

[Aussie Dan]

The two sports are so vastly different it's just a silly comparison to make. Most Soccer players can't block a 300lb. lineman. Conversely, most NFL players can't run 7-11 miles over the course of a 90 minute match.

This is the correct take. Very very different sports.

Have a look at Aussie rules football, pretty damn good combination of the speed of soccer and the toughness of NFL.

 

[Jimbuck]

This is the correct take. Very very different sports.

Have a look at Aussie rules football, pretty damn good combination of the speed of soccer and the toughness of NFL.

I'll tune into games whenever I catch it on TV. Absolutely awesome sport! Those guys are some serious athletes.

 

[Aussie Dan]

I'll tune into games whenever I catch it on TV. Absolutely awesome sport! Those guys are some serious athletes.

For sure, lots of people outside Australia don't even know the sport exists

Got a favourite team or just a fan of the sport in general?

 

[Jimbuck]

For sure, lots of people outside Australia don't even know the sport exists

Got a favourite team or just a fan of the sport in general?

Just a general fan of the game at the moment- I'm still trying to better understand rules and tactics. Yeah it's surprising so many folks just aren't aware of it. Honestly it's become a little difficult for me to watch the NFL since stumbling into Aussie rules football. With all the commercial breaks, timeouts and stoppages in play it's hard to get invested in NFL games these days. Do you have a favorite team?

 

[Pharmseller]

It's the USA and soccer, nobody cares. We need to care a lot more.

Why? It’s soccer. Why do we need to care?

 

[TheDoublR]

Now we know #10 ain't the guy time to move on.

He played so bad

 

[butcherboy]

Why? It’s soccer. Why do we need to care?

Why should we care about the NFL? A bunch of wannabe thugs. Always in trouble with guns, girls, violence, etc. pathetic.

 

[Pharmseller]

Why should we care about the NFL? A bunch of wannabe thugs. Always in trouble with guns, girls, violence, etc. pathetic.

I’m not the smartest guy in the world, so help me understand your statement. Evidently you think I said we should care about the NFL, but I can’t find any post where I said that. Can you help me out?

 

[KurtR]

Why should we care about the NFL? A bunch of wannabe thugs. Always in trouble with guns, girls, violence, etc. pathetic.

Because fantasy football is awesome and really by percentage there are a small amount of players in trouble it’s just they make the top news story.

 

[WCB]

Holy crap...I will admit I don't watch soccer and haven't watched a full game (intl and definately not MSL but have watched high school when my wife coached and my sister in law in college) I don't believe ever. I have never seen so many grown men rolling around on the ground crying in my life. Maybe someone here that played men's soccer can enlighten me...is it literally taught to dive and cry? Is that the culture of it? Because I know in watching some women's soccer including my sister in laws college games...they seem a lot tougher and have more of an edge than men.

Also, is urgency not a thing? The U.S. were down 1 and then 2 and played ticky tac fairy toe instead of just putting some balls on the net and seeing what happens. Then trying to make fancy pants crossing passes inside the box....how tf do you plan to score with 2 shots on goal? Make the goalie make some saves even if they are at distance my lord.

 

[Beendare]

The last half of that ARG v COL was one for the ages. What a battle. ARG down 2 nil late in the match- no problem!

The USA match was tough to watch and it had very little to do with the refs. On one play, the ball pops up high in the air 20' from our goal and 3 USA defenders just stand there and watch the ball hit the ground. It looked like a HS team out there. Shape was terrible, many times they had no one to pass to. Defense- Ha! They just got mowed over like there were no defenders.

Sadly, USA is still not there when it comes to World Class soccer and apparently no hot shot coach can change that.

 

[Pharmseller]

And “nil” is another thing. Just say zero.

 

[SteveAndTheCrigBoys]

He played so bad

So did Tim Ream. He was a liability...so was Freese

 

[butcherboy]

I’m not the smartest guy in the world, so help me understand your statement. Evidently you think I said we should care about the NFL, but I can’t find any post where I said that. Can you help me out?

Evidently you think I thought you said we should care about the NFL. You simply stated a question asking why should we care about soccer so I did the same thing asking why should we care about the NFL.

They don’t know that we know they don’t know we know.

 

[butcherboy]

Holy crap...I will admit I don't watch soccer and haven't watched a full game (intl and definately not MSL but have watched high school when my wife coached and my sister in law in college) I don't believe ever. I have never seen so many grown men rolling around on the ground crying in my life. Maybe someone here that played men's soccer can enlighten me...is it literally taught to dive and cry? Is that the culture of it? Because I know in watching some women's soccer including my sister in laws college games...they seem a lot tougher and have more of an edge than men.

Also, is urgency not a thing? The U.S. were down 1 and then 2 and played ticky tac fairy toe instead of just putting some balls on the net and seeing what happens. Then trying to make fancy pants crossing passes inside the box....how tf do you plan to score with 2 shots on goal? Make the goalie make some saves even if they are at distance my lord.

I can’t stand the flopping and pounding the ground. If the ref calls a foul then just get up, take the free kick and continue play. My family went to a NM United game for my birthday in Albuquerque over the 4th and that was a lot of fun! Almost 15,000 people in attendance for a semipro game. When they got fouled and the ref blew his whistle they just got right up and continued play like they should. That’s how I taught my son and girls to play.

The flopping probably comes from European influence. It’s a way for them to slow the game down and try to get an advantage over the other team. It’s ridiculous the way they act though. If they go down and the ref sees a foul he will call it. Just get up and play.

 

[hikenhunt]

I played competitive, year-round soccer for a while and still love watching it. The flopping/rolling on the ground makes it hard to watch sometimes. MLS/FIFA/etc. have to know that no one likes to watch that. I'm glad they are yellow carding flops to the ground without contact. They need to start yellow carding the rolling-around-on-the-ground shenanigans. That would end it pretty quick!