2022 FIFA World Cup of Marketing (with soccer tournament)

[chasfh]

What, no FA Cup thread? Where else am I gonna talk about Dag & Red’s stunning 1-1 draw against a clearly superior Gillingham XI?

[lordstanley]

Polska! 

[buddha]

argentina's group is very interesting now because every team has a chance to advance going into the last day.

mexico must win.  saudi arabia can advance with a tie if argentina gets waxed by poland.  argentina can advance with a tie if saudi and mexico tie.  poland has the best odds and can definitely advance with a tie.

gonna be a fun last day.

[lordstanley]

35 minutes ago, chasfh said:

What, no FA Cup thread? Where else am I gonna talk about Dag & Red’s stunning 1-1 draw against a clearly superior Gillingham XI?

An option on my tv right now. 

[lordstanley]

Very interested to see how Canada comes out tomorrow. If they can play like they did against Belgium, they should get a draw or better vs. Croatia. 

Edited November 27, 2022 by lordstanley

[buddha]

4 hours ago, lordstanley said:

Very interested to see how Canada comes out tomorrow. If they can play like they did against Belgium, they should get a draw or better vs. Croatia. 

i have $10 on canada qualifying from the group, so they better win!

[Deleterious]

World Cup Ratings: USA Vs. England Posts 20M Viewers Across Fox & Telemundo

[buddha]

13 hours ago, buddha said:

i have $10 on canada qualifying from the group, so they better win!

welp...

[lordstanley]

10 minutes ago, buddha said:

welp...

Hope for you it’s C$10.  That’s only $7.50. 

[Hongbit]

17 hours ago, lordstanley said:

Very interested to see how Canada comes out tomorrow. If they can play like they did against Belgium, they should get a draw or better vs. Croatia. 

The lack of ice hurt them badly today.  

[buddha]

9 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

Hope for you it’s C$10.  That’s only $7.50. 

i had senegal making it out of the group too.  my early summer bets are not turning out so good.  lol.

[buddha]

you would think that a coach from canada would know not to poke the bear.  nice job rookie.

[Hongbit]

Not sure what to think today.  USA has gotten better each time out and hopefully a natural progression will continue and they will dominate the midfield and finally finish crosses.  Let’s also hope today’s Zimmermoment doesn’t end up in the back of the goal.

On the other hand,  Iran has looked good in the 2nd half of both games.  They play hard.  If they lose this may be the last time we may see some of their players and I’m not just talking on a soccer field.  

US 2

Iran (proudly pronounced I-Ran) 1 

[MichiganCardinal]

GOALLLLLLLLLLLLL

[MichiganCardinal]

I don't watch a lot of soccer, but isn't nine minutes of stoppage time like a massive amount?

[ewsieg]

I feel like a GQP'er monitoring a precinct.  I see stuff happening, but I don't understand it.

I understood why the goal that was waved off was offsides, but surprised that the first goal wasn't questioned.  From the gif's I see on it, it looks blatantly offsides (at least from the angle I saw).

I never realized that you would voluntarily play a man down.  I get wanting to keep your best player in, but is it that much of a drop off that playing the 12th best player in your country that you'd prefer to play short handed?  That seemed insane to me.

[MichiganCardinal]

As an ardent supporter of the USMNT for the past five days, I'm really proud of this club.

[buddha]

the memes and tik toks around the world cup are always tremendous.

watch out dutch, here we come!  get ready to stomp on some tulips!  time to rename holland, michigan!

but seriously, the dutch arent that great.  its hard to tell with this us team.  its midfield is playing tremendously well right now, but the only team with a world class midfield they have played is england, and england werent exactly going all out when they played the us.  the dutch must win.

now, this is a louis van gaal dutch team.  expect slow ball control and a real attempt to mitigate even the slightest of defensive mistakes.  target daley blind, he's slow af.  hope memphis is still hobbling.  hope the us can stay with gakpo cause he's the real deal and about to be sold for $100 million.  ecuador overran the dutch in midfield and controlled the game, its not out of the realm of possibility that the us could do the same.  however, the dutch defense and forwards are much better than the americans.  especially in central defense.  

[Hongbit]

The boys made it out of group!  Congrats and I’m glad they proved me wrong.  

This young midfield is sensational and that’s with Mckennie not nearly at 100% health.   It’s going to fun to watch these kids grow up the next decade.   Defense was also very stout.  I loved that Berhalter benched Zimmerman.  Great move.   They were able to generate a little more offense today but the lack of quality chances overall is frustrating.  It’s a nice matchup against a rebuilding Netherlands team.   This Gakpo kid is on fire and they will have to stay with him.   I like their chances on Saturday.  

[Deleterious]

Just caught the replay. They must be saving Freddy Adu for the next round.

[buddha]

7 hours ago, ewsieg said:

I feel like a GQP'er monitoring a precinct.  I see stuff happening, but I don't understand it.

I understood why the goal that was waved off was offsides, but surprised that the first goal wasn't questioned.  From the gif's I see on it, it looks blatantly offsides (at least from the angle I saw).

I never realized that you would voluntarily play a man down.  I get wanting to keep your best player in, but is it that much of a drop off that playing the 12th best player in your country that you'd prefer to play short handed?  That seemed insane to me.

pulisic's goal?  it was clearly onside.  not sure what angle you were looking at.

Edited November 30, 2022 by buddha

[Hongbit]

The VAR on the Weah no goal.  So close.  Full head, leg, and shoulder must be behind the line.  

[buddha]

6 hours ago, Hongbit said:

The VAR on the Weah no goal.  So close.  Full head, leg, and shoulder must be behind the line.  

stupid decision

[buddha]

oh messi.  messi, messi, messi.

[lordstanley]

I suspect that there will be another goal or two in final 15 minutes of the late games, but if not Poland will edge Mexico for 2nd on the 5th tiebreaker, which is fewer yellow cards.