FIFA 2026 A.D. MEN'S WORLD CUP:OFFICIAL THREAD

[jusplay4fun]

France beat Paraguay 1 - 0 on a PK. Interesting game. France wins and moves on, despite rough play by Paraguay.

Odd that France got 3 Yellow cards and Paraguay got zero. BUT, France wins.

[HitRed]

VS

[HitRed]

Gg all

[jusplay4fun]

England beats Mexico in Mexico City 3 - 2, and play one man down (as did USA) for most of the second half. They face Norway, who beat Brazil. There have been lots of exciting action and games.

[Apatheist]

ENG-ER-LAND!!!

Not sure the King will ask for the red card to be rescinded though.
Two hosts down, one to go...

[Apatheist]

-------------U.S.A. wins today..........Then MEXICO and U.S.A. win their next match/game........THEY WILL FACE EACH OTHER...Quarterfinals...CANADA keeps winning......NORTH AMERICA IS HOSTING, AND DOMINATING WORLD CUP 2026 A.D......U.S.A. or MEXICO , could face CANADA in the Semifinals... ... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)...

No surprise to anyone (who knows the game and isn't blinded by jingoism) that this was never going happen.
USA may get past Belgium, who were lucky to scrape through the last round, but I don't see them going any further. Time for the proper football nations to take over now.

[jusplay4fun]

-------------[size= U.S.A. wins today..........Then MEXICO and U.S.A. win their next match/game........THEY WILL FACE EACH OTHER...Quarterfinals...CANADA keeps winning......NORTH AMERICA IS HOSTING, AND DOMINATING WORLD CUP 2026 A.D......U.S.A. or MEXICO , could face CANADA in the Semifinals... [/size]... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)...

Canada and Mexico are NOW OUT.

USA to play Belgium today.

Mexico lost to England 2 - 3, as I posted a bit earlier; Canada lost 0 - 3 to Morocco on Saturday.

[jusplay4fun]

USA 1 - Belgium 4

The US Team did not play well; Belgium did. Congrats to Belgium.

[Silvertop]

Well earned win for Belgium even after Trumps divine intervention. Bring on Spain !

[Apatheist]

Nice to see that Trump's latest attempt at bending the rules to suit himself did not bear fruit.
Infantino has embarrassed himself - hopefully he'll be booted out and we'll get someone stronger next time. Even Sepp Blatter, who was himself extremely corrupt, thought it was a step too far.

[ConfederateSS]

--------------REMATCH.............FRANCE beat MOROCCO in 2022 A.D. ........As MOROCCO gave a awesome run......THEY MEET AGAIN THIS TIME IN 2026 A.D....
-------------------AS MOROCCO GIVES AFRICA IT'S BEST CHANCE TO WIN IT'S 1st WORLD CUP... .......MOROCCO is on a 34 game win streak.....LOOKING FOR 35...... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)...
------------------------They Play July 9th.......Right now, The Players might be taking in some FREEDOM TRAIL sights , around Boston .....In AMERICA'S 250 ...
------------------------On U.S. Soil , An AFRICAN COUNTRY WON The 1996 A.D. GOLD MEDAL in SOCCER/futball.....NIGERIA....Over coming horrible events/odds.....Making it to AMERICA.......When the got here...They had no money....Almost had to go home....Their head person in charge , had to leave his post in disgrace....They had no place to stay.....They found a place 75 miles from ATLANTA...A run down, place......They had to wash their clothes in a bath tub, On the day of their game vs Brazil....They arrive early to the stadium...Security wouldn't let them in....Their coach blocked the street with his van...If we can't come in, no one will...They were allowed in....They were again stopped, from entering the field....Security told them, the logo on their shirts was not allowed...They turned their shirts inside out.....took the field, prepared,practiced for their game with Brazil........Inside out shirts, in AMERICA we call that rally stuff...Like turning you baseball caps inside out for a rally.....Well it worked....Brazil was leading 3---1 with 15 minutes to play...Nigeria scored 2 goals in that time to tie the game 3--3....Went on to beat Brazil in overtime.....Beat Argentina 3--2 to win The Gold Medal ...
--------------------Maybe there's some African magic in AMERICA....For THE ATLAS LIONS(Morocco)...This World Cup...

[Apatheist]

*ITS, not IT'S.
It's called Extra time, not overtime.

You know, you can edit your post so that the signature goes at the end instead a third of the way down it.

[jusplay4fun]

*ITS, not IT'S.
It's called Extra time, not overtime.

You know, you can edit your post so that the signature goes at the end instead a third of the way down it.

Apatheist, ConfedSs does not like corrections or suggestions on his style, font size, or spelling. He does not believe in editing, either; IT'S NOT important to ConfedSS to correct or even admit his errors. His signature placement? ITS importance is insignificant when he post stream of consciousness musings. This may save you some effort and frustrations.

Overall though, ConfedSs is a good guy and tries to make this website FUN and a good place.

[Apatheist]

You give up too easily, jp. He's already taken the first step. Stick with it.

[jusplay4fun]

You give up too easily, jp. He's already taken the first step. Stick with it.

and first step? You think this is NEW??

And do you think you are the FIRST to suggest such things to ConfedSS?

Re: Winter Olympics
Post by jusplay4fun » Tue Feb 24, 2026 4:27 am
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And your spelling errors and ALL your Grammar and Punctuation errors are horrendous, to the point of OFFENDING anyone trying to merely READ your posts. And I won't address here your overuse of LARGE and HUGE Font size.

And I am NOT the ONLY one to offer negative comments on your STYLE of posting. I point out your errors and you get ALL PISSED and throw out insults by calling me Red Pen. At least you acknowledge that I am a professor. I care about:

a) good discourse,
bI how to express ideas lucidly and coherently,
c) how to support an idea with ACTUAL evidence, and
d) how to make cogent points to argue a specific idea or larger issue.
e) Most importantly, I try to listen and read to understand and get a better understanding of the world. I am NOT so blind or myopic to avoid acknowledging good arguments or ideas that I may not agree with INITIALLY.

Re: Great Battles in History
Post by jusplay4fun » Thu Jun 30, 2022 2:00 pm
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Speak and post intelligent things, ConfedSS. Get your facts and spelling CHECKED, please.

Re: The USA Left led Military ,worst Defeat/blunder in 200 y
Post by jusplay4fun » Tue Aug 31, 2021 9:45 pm
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WoW, LOOK at ALL the RED squiggle lines showing grammatical and spelling errors by ConfSS. Do you ever look to proofread and fix the errors, ConfSS?

Re: The USA Left led Military ,worst Defeat/blunder in 200 y
Post by jusplay4fun » Sat Aug 28, 2021 7:12 am

riskllama wrote:
why not have him start with basic grammar like spelling, punctuation & sentence structure? aren't you supposed to be a teacher or something???

It is obvious that ConfSS:

1) failed his class in basic grammar;

2) struggled in the classes in which writing skills are evaluated; (I do so in my science classes that I teach, btw);

3) any and all attempts to assist him in such matters have been ignored;

4) finding and correcting all such errors of ConfSS would demand far too much of my time;

5) despite all his writing errors, I comprehend his basic points.

[ConfederateSS]

---------------------ANYONE CAN GET A GOLD MEDAL.........One from 1960 A.D. ROME OLYMPICS in Track....WILMA RUDOLPH...She also over came struggles,basically, a cripple, who turned things around, to dominate HER FIELD....One From That 1996 A.D....ATLANTA OLYMPIC NIGERIAN SOCCER TEAM........FROM JON COLLINS-BLACK.....He hid 5 Treasures across THE USA....THEY ARE IN ONE OF 5 TREASURE CHESTS...........HE TELLS THE STORIES...IN HIS TREASURE BOOK..."THERE'S TREASURE INSIDE"......................FOR.... ..APATH...................,,,,,,,,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.................................................. .... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)...
------------------I DON'T GIVE A F*CK ABOUT PROPER ENGLISH LANGUAGE.......THAT'S WHY IN AMERICA WE SAID.........F*CK OFF ENGLAND...KICKED YOR A$$ 250 YEARS AGO..............AMERICA 250

[ConfederateSS]

--------------The Problem is.............TALKING ON THE INTERNET..........IS LIKE TALKING TO SOMEONE ON THE STREET CORNER............PEOPLE CONFUSE THE FACT THAT YOU ARE TYPING..................BUT YOU ARE REALLY JUST TALKING......................NOT WRITING A TERM PAPER..............NOT THE KING/QUEEN'S ENGLISH..........
--------------------------YOU ARE JUST TALKING ..................................... ...................... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)........
------------------------------WORDS MEAN SO MANY THINGS ON THE STREET...........SLANG,etc..etc.................
------------------------------DO THE GRAMMAR NAZIS..........GO AROUND IN PUBLIC CORRECTING EVERYONE THEY MEET AND TALK TO ON THE STREET............NO......THEY WOULD GET THEIR A$$ KICKED ......

[Apatheist]

@JP - I know I'm not the first. That wasn't the "first step" I was referring to. Wait and see.

[jusplay4fun]

Other than complain about the most egregious English (grammatical) errors by ConfedSs, I need not say too much more, RIGHT?

Back on Topic:

Argentina beats Egypt 3 - 2

Switzerland defeats Columbia 4-3 on PK, after a scoreless TIE at the end of Extra Time

[Apatheist]

Other than complain about the most egregious English (grammatical) errors by ConfedSs, I need not say too much more, RIGHT?

Quite so.

Back at the world cup...are Americans going to lose interest now that they're no longer in it? Mexicans are avid football fans, but it's a much lower priority for USA and Canada, so will they still be paying attention?

[jusplay4fun]

Other than complain about the most egregious English (grammatical) errors by ConfedSs, I need not say too much more, RIGHT?

Quite so.

Back at the world cup...are Americans going to lose interest now that they're no longer in it? Mexicans are avid football fans, but it's a much lower priority for USA and Canada, so will they still be paying attention?

The US TV Ratings will be much lower than for the game vs. Belgium. I watched some of the two games yesterday, but NOT the entire game for either contest.

Yes, there is less interest now that the USA Team is OUT. I doub that is unique to this nation.

[Apatheist]

Other than complain about the most egregious English (grammatical) errors by ConfedSs, I need not say too much more, RIGHT?

Quite so.

Back at the world cup...are Americans going to lose interest now that they're no longer in it? Mexicans are avid football fans, but it's a much lower priority for USA and Canada, so will they still be paying attention?

The US TV Ratings will be much lower than for the game vs. Belgium. I watched some of the two games yesterday, but NOT the entire game for either contest.

Yes, there is less interest now that the USA Team is OUT. I doub that is unique to this nation.

Probably true, but the nations where football is the national game (or very high up) will have a much higher percentage staying watching after they go out. Some will support the team that knocked them out, others will want to see them beaten. Losing to the team that wins it is one way of lessening the disappointment; one can convince oneself that, with a kinder draw, one's country could have got to the final.

[jusplay4fun]

Other than complain about the most egregious English (grammatical) errors by ConfedSs, I need not say too much more, RIGHT?

Quite so.

Back at the world cup...are Americans going to lose interest now that they're no longer in it? Mexicans are avid football fans, but it's a much lower priority for USA and Canada, so will they still be paying attention?

The US TV Ratings will be much lower than for the game vs. Belgium. I watched some of the two games yesterday, but NOT the entire game for either contest.

Yes, there is less interest now that the USA Team is OUT. I doub that is unique to this nation.

Probably true, but the nations where football is the national game (or very high up) will have a much higher percentage staying watching after they go out. Some will support the team that knocked them out, others will want to see them beaten. Losing to the team that wins it is one way of lessening the disappointment; one can convince oneself that, with a kinder draw, one's country could have got to the final.

I agree with ALL that, Apatheist.

[jusplay4fun]

Argentina comeback vs. Egypt was an amazing game.

Belgium win over Senegal was also impressive. Both games 3 - 2.

[Apatheist]

I suspect a lot of neutrals will want Belgium to win it, just to see Trump's expression when he has to present them with the trophy (assuming he doesn't manage to get them banned and the US reinstated). It occurred to me that there have been many powerful dictatorial hosts before, and while there are question marks over the bidding and awarding process, I don't recall any of them interfering in the actual tournament that way. The only comparable event that I can think of was Franco allegedly dropping heavy hints that he'd like to win the Eurovision Song Contest, which robbed Cliff Richard. From AI:

Cliff Richard’s song "Congratulations" is tied to a famous Eurovision Song Contest controversy from 1968, where the UK entry was the heavy favorite but ultimately lost to Spain's "La, La, La" by a single point.
A 2008 Spanish documentary alleged that the contest was rigged by the dictator Francisco Franco. The film claimed Franco's regime bribed European TV executives and judges to buy votes in a desperate attempt to boost Spain's international image and claim a cultural victory.