***Official 2022 World Cup Thread*** (2 Viewers)

[tymarsas]

Oh, weird. So, in theory, the defense can push you way up your half??

They can, but is generally bad strategy for the defence. Leaving that much room for the other team to run into can be very dangerous. It would be like a DB playing right up on a WR without being allowed to bump him.

 

[The Gator]

Well now, that was enjoyable.


And without their best player Jota playing.

 

[The Gator]

Had there been a Swiss Cheese defense comment made yet?

Could have been 8-1

 

[Zow]

Had there been a Swiss Cheese defense comment made yet?

Could have been 8-1

Just some Emmental jokes.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

That was maybe the best performance of any team. Spain 7-0 over CR was due to how dreadful Costa Rica was. The Swiss are a good side and were torn apart today.

That's a big statement. I haven't been able to watch all the games, but I felt like from highlights that Brazil could have had a similar score line yesterday but shut it down at halftime.

This is a good point and honestly believe it or not, I kind of forgot yesterday. I would have to rethink that maybe but for me the Swiss >> S. Korea and Portugal just punked them. Brazil was just playing for fun in the 2nd half and took the gas off. Portugal dominated pretty much 80+ minutes.

It sounds like a lot of the Swiss team caught the Qatar air conditioning bug that has been going around.

 

[tymarsas]

Oh, weird. So, in theory, the defense can push you way up your half??

They can, but is generally bad strategy for the defence. Leaving that much room for the other team to run into can be very dangerous. It would be like a DB playing right up on a WR without being allowed to bump him.

Just realized I read that wrong. They can push you up to half, not up your half since you can't be offside in your own half.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Ah, so put differently, you can't just wander onto their half prior to the ball being kicked up to you?

I apologize for the 20 questions but I'm genuinely confused.

Ask away, there are plenty here and in the other soccer threads that will answer and help.

Offside is probably the hardest one to explain and understand, so you aren't alone. Especially when you get into the finer points of it.

What's funny is that I played year-round club soccer until I was twelve and was told to quit by a doctor due to a knee problem. Went to camps, practices, tournaments, all the time. And I paid attention to the rules and stuff.

Despite the above, I realized today I didn't know (or had forgotten) how the rule work when all positional players were in the opponent's half.

I was just discussing it with my 13 year old who has been playing since she was 6.
Wait until you see a keeper get forward and how people lose their minds because he is usually one of the 2 and it confuses when he isn't in the goal.

And don't worry, I had to explain to an AYSO ref how offside work when he explained it incorrectly to a parent AR.

It's not that it is confusing. It's that it is stupid

 

[krista4]

I'm a huge soccer fan every four years ( ), for the World Cup, and to a lesser extent follow the Olympic matches and the Seattle FC. This has been the most excited I remember being for a World Cup, and not just for the US. These matches have been fire! I've been enjoying the hell out of this and wanted to thank the knowledgeable (and the not-so-knowledgeable) people in this thread for explaining everything so well and so patiently. I've been so into it this year that I found myself explaining to the other person who inhabits my house why a nil-nil draw was, in fact, very exciting! And I got to celebrate (via text) with my Moroccan-born paralegal over their win today.

In the PST time zone, I've loved getting up for early-morning matches and then watching through the day (don't tell work). Feeling very sad not to have anything to watch for a couple of days! See you on Friday.

 

[The Z Machine]

This has been the most excited I remember being for a World Cup, and not just for the US. These matches have been fire! I've been enjoying the hell out of this

Agreed about the games. Some really epic matches. Well, up until the round of 16.

Too bad it's in Qatar and that they bribed their way to hosting and a lot of laborers died building the infrastructure.

 

[krista4]

This has been the most excited I remember being for a World Cup, and not just for the US. These matches have been fire! I've been enjoying the hell out of this

Agreed about the games. Some really epic matches. Well, up until the round of 16.

Too bad it's in Qatar and that they bribed their way to hosting and a lot of laborers died building the infrastructure.

Yeah, agree with all of that. At first I didn't even want to watch due to the Qatar stuff, but I'm glad I did.

 

[The Z Machine]

This has been the most excited I remember being for a World Cup, and not just for the US. These matches have been fire! I've been enjoying the hell out of this

Agreed about the games. Some really epic matches. Well, up until the round of 16.

Too bad it's in Qatar and that they bribed their way to hosting and a lot of laborers died building the infrastructure.

Yeah, agree with all of that. At first I didn't even want to watch due to the Qatar stuff, but I'm glad I did.

Me too. Not sure if you recall back in the day when we had sigs on here, for a long time mine said, "BOYCOTT WORLD CUP 2022."

Yeah, I gave in, just like people predicted. Because I'm weak like that.

 

[Sand]

So 7/8 of the top seeds advanced. I don't remember it going essentially straight down the line like that in previous WCs.

 

[AAABatteries]

So 7/8 of the top seeds advanced. I don't remember it going essentially straight down the line like that in previous WCs.

I think 2018 had four Pot 1 teams advance to quarterfinals (including host Russia who wouldn't have been Pot 1), three from Pot 2 and one from Pot 3. So not super chalky.

When you say 7/8 top seeds do you mean Pot 1 in the groups? I thought Spain/Germany and Belgium would have been top so I thought it was 6/8.

 

[NewlyRetired]

So 7/8 of the top seeds advanced. I don't remember it going essentially straight down the line like that in previous WCs.

I think 2018 had four Pot 1 teams advance to quarterfinals (including host Russia who wouldn't have been Pot 1), three from Pot 2 and one from Pot 3. So not super chalky.

When you say 7/8 top seeds do you mean Pot 1 in the groups? I thought Spain/Germany and Belgium would have been top so I thought it was 6/8.

6 of 8 is technically correct but Qatar was a top seed in name only. The Netherlands was really the top seed in that group IMO.

 

[AAABatteries]

So 7/8 of the top seeds advanced. I don't remember it going essentially straight down the line like that in previous WCs.

I think 2018 had four Pot 1 teams advance to quarterfinals (including host Russia who wouldn't have been Pot 1), three from Pot 2 and one from Pot 3. So not super chalky.

When you say 7/8 top seeds do you mean Pot 1 in the groups? I thought Spain/Germany and Belgium would have been top so I thought it was 6/8.

6 of 8 is technically correct but Qatar was a top seed in name only. The Netherlands was really the top seed in that group IMO.

I was counting Netherlands in the 6 so maybe it was 5/8? Netherlands, Belgium and Spain/Germany?

 

[Sand]

So 7/8 of the top seeds advanced. I don't remember it going essentially straight down the line like that in previous WCs.

I think 2018 had four Pot 1 teams advance to quarterfinals (including host Russia who wouldn't have been Pot 1), three from Pot 2 and one from Pot 3. So not super chalky.

When you say 7/8 top seeds do you mean Pot 1 in the groups? I thought Spain/Germany and Belgium would have been top so I thought it was 6/8.

I meant 7/8 that finished top of their group advanced past the round of 16. Croatia was the only #2 that won.

 

[NewlyRetired]

So 7/8 of the top seeds advanced. I don't remember it going essentially straight down the line like that in previous WCs.

I think 2018 had four Pot 1 teams advance to quarterfinals (including host Russia who wouldn't have been Pot 1), three from Pot 2 and one from Pot 3. So not super chalky.

When you say 7/8 top seeds do you mean Pot 1 in the groups? I thought Spain/Germany and Belgium would have been top so I thought it was 6/8.

6 of 8 is technically correct but Qatar was a top seed in name only. The Netherlands was really the top seed in that group IMO.

I was counting Netherlands in the 6 so maybe it was 5/8? Netherlands, Belgium and Spain/Germany?

Germany was not in Pot 1

Here is Pot 1

Qatar
Brazil
Belgium
France
Argentina
England
Spain
Portugal

 

[CletiusMaximus]

WTF its 9:15 local time and I can't find the game anywhere??

 

[Zow]

WTF its 9:15 local time and I can't find the game anywhere??

I'm ****ing working at 100% effort right now. Not happy.

 

[AAABatteries]

So 7/8 of the top seeds advanced. I don't remember it going essentially straight down the line like that in previous WCs.

I think 2018 had four Pot 1 teams advance to quarterfinals (including host Russia who wouldn't have been Pot 1), three from Pot 2 and one from Pot 3. So not super chalky.

When you say 7/8 top seeds do you mean Pot 1 in the groups? I thought Spain/Germany and Belgium would have been top so I thought it was 6/8.

6 of 8 is technically correct but Qatar was a top seed in name only. The Netherlands was really the top seed in that group IMO.

I was counting Netherlands in the 6 so maybe it was 5/8? Netherlands, Belgium and Spain/Germany?

Germany was not in Pot 1

Here is Pot 1

Qatar
Brazil
Belgium
France
Argentina
England
Spain
Portugal

Yep, so 5/8.

 

[AAABatteries]

So 7/8 of the top seeds advanced. I don't remember it going essentially straight down the line like that in previous WCs.

I think 2018 had four Pot 1 teams advance to quarterfinals (including host Russia who wouldn't have been Pot 1), three from Pot 2 and one from Pot 3. So not super chalky.

When you say 7/8 top seeds do you mean Pot 1 in the groups? I thought Spain/Germany and Belgium would have been top so I thought it was 6/8.

I meant 7/8 that finished top of their group advanced past the round of 16. Croatia was the only #2 that won.

Gotcha - with Morocco and Croatia advancing it maybe takes a little sting out of Belgium not advancing and Canada getting zero points. Seems like, in hindsight, that maybe that group was the hardest.

 

[Tom Hagen]

I'm a huge soccer fan every four years ( ), for the World Cup, and to a lesser extent follow the Olympic matches and the Seattle FC. This has been the most excited I remember being for a World Cup, and not just for the US. These matches have been fire! I've been enjoying the hell out of this and wanted to thank the knowledgeable (and the not-so-knowledgeable) people in this thread for explaining everything so well and so patiently. I've been so into it this year that I found myself explaining to the other person who inhabits my house why a nil-nil draw was, in fact, very exciting! And I got to celebrate (via text) with my Moroccan-born paralegal over their win today.

In the PST time zone, I've loved getting up for early-morning matches and then watching through the day (don't tell work). Feeling very sad not to have anything to watch for a couple of days! See you on Friday.

I suggest adding the Euros to your list in 2024. Other than the US not being involved, I find it as enjoyable as the world cup. High quality of competition but you can still see crazy upsets like England beating Germany.

 

[QuizGuy66]

I thought the Swiss looked pretty good in the group stage and figured they'd put up a better fight than this.

Maybe a little better, but this is the Swiss, you can count on them to be 2 or 3 in a group depending on the draw, but no further than the round of 16...

So Switzerland is basically the Mexico of Europe?

-QG

 

[QuizGuy66]

I know there have been times where 7 of the 8 WC quarterfinalists we're from Europe (and IIRC the other was Brazil).

In a lot of way UEFA and CONMEBOL are the chalk (basically if there is a Cinderella it's a mid-pack European side like a Croatia or Bulgaria). And really outside of Uruguay you don't really see anything from South American sides outside the Big 2.

-QG

 

[NewlyRetired]

I'm a huge soccer fan every four years ( ), for the World Cup, and to a lesser extent follow the Olympic matches and the Seattle FC. This has been the most excited I remember being for a World Cup, and not just for the US. These matches have been fire! I've been enjoying the hell out of this and wanted to thank the knowledgeable (and the not-so-knowledgeable) people in this thread for explaining everything so well and so patiently. I've been so into it this year that I found myself explaining to the other person who inhabits my house why a nil-nil draw was, in fact, very exciting! And I got to celebrate (via text) with my Moroccan-born paralegal over their win today.

In the PST time zone, I've loved getting up for early-morning matches and then watching through the day (don't tell work). Feeling very sad not to have anything to watch for a couple of days! See you on Friday.

I suggest adding the Euros to your list in 2024. Other than the US not being involved, I find it as enjoyable as the world cup. High quality of competition but you can still see crazy upsets like England beating Germany.

The 16 team Euro was dynamite. Really incredible stuff. I was not as happy with the 24 team format, it lost a little of the luster for me.

In fact, I may even prefer the 16 team Super Copa America to the 24 team Euro.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Really fun highlights from Pele.

 

[Sand]

I know there have been times where 7 of the 8 WC quarterfinalists we're from Europe (and IIRC the other was Brazil).

In a lot of way UEFA and CONMEBOL are the chalk (basically if there is a Cinderella it's a mid-pack European side like a Croatia or Bulgaria). And really outside of Uruguay you don't really see anything from South American sides outside the Big 2.

-QG

Ecuador was super young in this WC and they were very close to advancing. I'm hoping they become the 3rd big team in 2026.

 

[Moe.]

Colombia should be that 3rd CONMEBOL team given its size and resources. They’ve flirted with it in the past.

 

[AAABatteries]

I'm a huge soccer fan every four years ( ), for the World Cup, and to a lesser extent follow the Olympic matches and the Seattle FC. This has been the most excited I remember being for a World Cup, and not just for the US. These matches have been fire! I've been enjoying the hell out of this and wanted to thank the knowledgeable (and the not-so-knowledgeable) people in this thread for explaining everything so well and so patiently. I've been so into it this year that I found myself explaining to the other person who inhabits my house why a nil-nil draw was, in fact, very exciting! And I got to celebrate (via text) with my Moroccan-born paralegal over their win today.

In the PST time zone, I've loved getting up for early-morning matches and then watching through the day (don't tell work). Feeling very sad not to have anything to watch for a couple of days! See you on Friday.

I suggest adding the Euros to your list in 2024. Other than the US not being involved, I find it as enjoyable as the world cup. High quality of competition but you can still see crazy upsets like England beating Germany.

The 16 team Euro was dynamite. Really incredible stuff. I was not as happy with the 24 team format, it lost a little of the luster for me.

In fact, I may even prefer the 16 team Super Copa America to the 24 team Euro.

24 teams means more cocktails!

If/when we expand to 48 the WC is going to get me divorced.

 

[QuizGuy66]

Minutes by professional league team

-QG

 

[QuizGuy66]

Really fun highlights from Pele.

The fact that in an era when there was literally zero soccer knowledge in this country that everyone at least knew who Pele was is testament to how much the GOAT he is.

-QG

 

[ChiefD]

Really fun highlights from Pele.

The fact that in an era when there was literally zero soccer knowledge in this country that everyone at least knew who Pele was is testament to how much the GOAT he is.

-QG

Yeah. It's funny...the first year I played soccer was 1974 when I was 5 years old. By the time I was 7 my favorite player was Pele. How?

By reading about him in BOOKS!

Rarely was I able to see him on TV, but I would get books about him for birthdays, Christmas, etc. I was nuts about soccer then. And now still, many years later.

 

[The Gator]

Minutes by professional league team

-QG

Run those City players ragged!

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Really fun highlights from Pele.

The fact that in an era when there was literally zero soccer knowledge in this country that everyone at least knew who Pele was is testament to how much the GOAT he is.

-QG

guy can act as well

 

[NewlyRetired]

Colombia should be that 3rd CONMEBOL team given its size and resources. They’ve flirted with it in the past.

At times the talent they produce is jaw dropping but it never quite seems to come together the way it should at the international level.

 

[Zow]

Really fun highlights from Pele.

The fact that in an era when there was literally zero soccer knowledge in this country that everyone at least knew who Pele was is testament to how much the GOAT he is.

-QG

I fully credit the scene from Vision Quest. Six minutes.

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

www.youtube.com

 

[Major]

Not a fan of Shaqiri but the man does show up for the big tournaments.

best fire hydrant to ever play soccer IMO.

One of my favorite nicknames as well: The Magic Dwarf

 

[Major]

Landon is really not good at this commentating thing.

https://t.co/UyH5g4UTOP eviscerating commentary on the broadcast as a whole from the guardian

Thanks for posting this. Hilarious and accurate. I'm almost glad the US got eliminated so I don't have to hear end to end coverage about a pretty average team and finally get some highlights.

 

[B Maverick]

Really fun highlights from Pele.

The fact that in an era when there was literally zero soccer knowledge in this country that everyone at least knew who Pele was is testament to how much the GOAT he is.

-QG

guy can act as well

DIs, dis, dis, dis, dis, Goal... easy. Great scene.

Landon is really not good at this commentating thing.

https://t.co/UyH5g4UTOP eviscerating commentary on the broadcast as a whole from the guardian

Thanks for posting this. Hilarious and accurate. I'm almost glad the US got eliminated so I don't have to hear end to end coverage about a pretty average team and finally get some highlights.

The group they have assembled is so bad. The only way it could be worse is having Twellman on a call.
I am glad I have had it on at work with no sound. And I can avoid Lalas.

Kate Abo is great with Henry, Carragher on Paramount+ though. Better team around her.

 

[Sand]

Really fun highlights from Pele.

The fact that in an era when there was literally zero soccer knowledge in this country that everyone at least knew who Pele was is testament to how much the GOAT he is.

-QG

guy can act as well

I love that movie.

 

[Desert_Power]

Kate Abo is great with Henry, Carragher on Paramount+ though. Better team around her.

I really have been enjoying the Paramount coverage.

 

[QuizGuy66]

They should have a version of the Fox broadcast with that writer from the Guardian doing MST3K style commentary about the broadcast

-QG

 

[TripleThreat]

Samba vs tablecloth/checkerboard...

color me intrigued to see how much dancing gets done.

 

[AAABatteries]

Samba vs tablecloth/checkerboard...

color me intrigued to see how much dancing gets done.

Yeah, this is a great contrast in styles. I think Croatia just doesn't have enough as their best players are past their prime - but most of those guys know how to get it done so I don't expect it to be too easy on Brazil.

 

[ChiefD]

Boring game so far.

 

[Zow]

Boring game so far.

Croatia looks good. They had a real chance to score there. Not sure if this is setting up for a boring game until the second half when the Croatian stars slow a step and Brazil dominates, but Croatia looks like at least a near equal side so far (16 minutes in).

 

[ChiefD]

Boring game so far.

Croatia looks good. They had a real chance to score there. Not sure if this is setting up for a boring game until the second half when the Croatian stars slow a step and Brazil dominates, but Croatia looks like at least a near equal side so far (16 minutes in).

I think it's just a matter of time until Brazil breaks through. This looks like a 3-0 or 3-1 type game for them to win.

 

[Jayrod]

Could that have been a straight red? Seemed super dangerous with his foot hitting him in the head.

Not sure on the thresholds for Yellows vs Reds.

 

[Dickies]

I’m surprised that wasn’t a straight red.

 

[TripleThreat]

landon said it best, Croatia aren’t intimidated