***Official Soccer Discussion Thread*** (7 Viewers)

[massraider]

Yeah, I could not care less about this money grab tournament, but i am going to the FC Porto match in NJ with some Portuguese lunatics from Philly i know. 50 bucks well worth it.

 

[Eephus]

The Club World Cup continues to have some problems. FIFA have dramatically cut prices again as the opener has only sold 25 so far.

A bigger problem looms as the MLS players (and most importantly for FIFA, Miami included), are currently in a deep fight with the MLS owners about pay for CWC. The owners are doing the "well you signed the CBA" dance which limits MLS players to a pittance of the reward money coming to MLS teams. And the players are saying it was impossible to predict something like this when they signed.

Is there going to be a separate thread for it?

Wimbledon didn’t make it, Chief.

They could send their U18s

 

[McBokonon]

Prediction markets thinking Frank leaves Brentford for the Spurs job, then maybe McKenna from Ipswich to Brentford.

Frank to Spurs a done deal.

 

[B Maverick]

Who hires Ange? He'll win them a trophy in 2 seasons.

 

[Desert_Power]

$4 tickets for Saturday's opening match: Inter Miami vs AL-AHLY

Doesn't seem to by falling for the Madrid game in Charlotte. Looks like the knockout rounds are getting cheap though. May have to catch some extras.

 

[El Floppo]

$4 tickets for Saturday's opening match: Inter Miami vs AL-AHLY

Doesn't seem to by falling for the Madrid game in Charlotte. Looks like the knockout rounds are getting cheap though. May have to catch some extras.

$4 to see Messi?! Hell yeah.

 

[NewlyRetired]

$4 tickets for Saturday's opening match: Inter Miami vs AL-AHLY

Doesn't seem to by falling for the Madrid game in Charlotte. Looks like the knockout rounds are getting cheap though. May have to catch some extras.

$4 to see Messi?! Hell yeah.

That is part of the problem though. They mistakenly, IMO, placed the Inter Miami game in Miami where likely any causal who wanted to see Messi and friends, has already seen them play. Had they placed that game almost anywhere else in the country, it may have sold much better IMO.

 

[Desert_Power]

Fun story to watch here: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/40-old-santi-cazorla-leads-110500426.html

 

[zoobird]

$4 tickets for Saturday's opening match: Inter Miami vs AL-AHLY

Doesn't seem to by falling for the Madrid game in Charlotte. Looks like the knockout rounds are getting cheap though. May have to catch some extras.

$4 to see Messi?! Hell yeah.

That is part of the problem though. They mistakenly, IMO, placed the Inter Miami game in Miami where likely any causal who wanted to see Messi and friends, likely has already seen them play. Had they placed that game almost anywhere else in the country, it may have sold much better IMO.

Definitely - probably would have sold well at $100+ in NY/NJ

 

[B Maverick]

$4 tickets for Saturday's opening match: Inter Miami vs AL-AHLY

Doesn't seem to by falling for the Madrid game in Charlotte. Looks like the knockout rounds are getting cheap though. May have to catch some extras.

$4 to see Messi?! Hell yeah.

That is part of the problem though. They mistakenly, IMO, placed the Inter Miami game in Miami where likely any causal who wanted to see Messi and friends, likely has already seen them play. Had they placed that game almost anywhere else in the country, it may have sold much better IMO.

Definitely - probably would have sold well at $100+ in NY/NJ

Saw a post yesterday after this saying tickets were now by one get 4 free. So 5 tickers for $3.50 total.

 

[zoobird]

$4 tickets for Saturday's opening match: Inter Miami vs AL-AHLY

Doesn't seem to by falling for the Madrid game in Charlotte. Looks like the knockout rounds are getting cheap though. May have to catch some extras.

$4 to see Messi?! Hell yeah.

That is part of the problem though. They mistakenly, IMO, placed the Inter Miami game in Miami where likely any causal who wanted to see Messi and friends, likely has already seen them play. Had they placed that game almost anywhere else in the country, it may have sold much better IMO.

Definitely - probably would have sold well at $100+ in NY/NJ

Saw a post yesterday after this saying tickets were now by one get 4 free. So 5 tickers for $3.50 total.

I might be able to fly from NJ to Miami for the game more cheaply than buying tickets in Philly for the Real Madrid game

 

[zoobird]

$4 tickets for Saturday's opening match: Inter Miami vs AL-AHLY

Doesn't seem to by falling for the Madrid game in Charlotte. Looks like the knockout rounds are getting cheap though. May have to catch some extras.

$4 to see Messi?! Hell yeah.

That is part of the problem though. They mistakenly, IMO, placed the Inter Miami game in Miami where likely any causal who wanted to see Messi and friends, likely has already seen them play. Had they placed that game almost anywhere else in the country, it may have sold much better IMO.

Definitely - probably would have sold well at $100+ in NY/NJ

Saw a post yesterday after this saying tickets were now by one get 4 free. So 5 tickers for $3.50 total.

I might be able to fly from NJ to Miami for the game more cheaply than buying tickets in Philly for the Real Madrid game

Are we sure any of this info is accurate? Just looked on ticketmaster and the cheapest tickets for the Inter Miami game are $74

 

[B Maverick]

$4 tickets for Saturday's opening match: Inter Miami vs AL-AHLY

Doesn't seem to by falling for the Madrid game in Charlotte. Looks like the knockout rounds are getting cheap though. May have to catch some extras.

$4 to see Messi?! Hell yeah.

That is part of the problem though. They mistakenly, IMO, placed the Inter Miami game in Miami where likely any causal who wanted to see Messi and friends, likely has already seen them play. Had they placed that game almost anywhere else in the country, it may have sold much better IMO.

Definitely - probably would have sold well at $100+ in NY/NJ

Saw a post yesterday after this saying tickets were now by one get 4 free. So 5 tickers for $3.50 total.

I might be able to fly from NJ to Miami for the game more cheaply than buying tickets in Philly for the Real Madrid game

Are we sure any of this info is accurate? Just looked on ticketmaster and the cheapest tickets for the Inter Miami game are $74

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6417719/2025/06/10/fifa-club-world-cup-messi-tickets/
https://frontofficesports.com/club-world-cup-messi-four-dollars-tickets/

I did see this. A lot of what I was seeing was on Instagram.

 

[zoobird]

$4 tickets for Saturday's opening match: Inter Miami vs AL-AHLY

Doesn't seem to by falling for the Madrid game in Charlotte. Looks like the knockout rounds are getting cheap though. May have to catch some extras.

$4 to see Messi?! Hell yeah.

That is part of the problem though. They mistakenly, IMO, placed the Inter Miami game in Miami where likely any causal who wanted to see Messi and friends, likely has already seen them play. Had they placed that game almost anywhere else in the country, it may have sold much better IMO.

Definitely - probably would have sold well at $100+ in NY/NJ

Saw a post yesterday after this saying tickets were now by one get 4 free. So 5 tickers for $3.50 total.

I might be able to fly from NJ to Miami for the game more cheaply than buying tickets in Philly for the Real Madrid game

Are we sure any of this info is accurate? Just looked on ticketmaster and the cheapest tickets for the Inter Miami game are $74

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6417719/2025/06/10/fifa-club-world-cup-messi-tickets/
https://frontofficesports.com/club-world-cup-messi-four-dollars-tickets/

I did see this. A lot of what I was seeing was on Instagram.

I can't access the article, but if there's a promo where you can get tickets for $4 and then resell them on ticketmaster/stubhub...

 

[B Maverick]

$4 tickets for Saturday's opening match: Inter Miami vs AL-AHLY

Doesn't seem to by falling for the Madrid game in Charlotte. Looks like the knockout rounds are getting cheap though. May have to catch some extras.

$4 to see Messi?! Hell yeah.

That is part of the problem though. They mistakenly, IMO, placed the Inter Miami game in Miami where likely any causal who wanted to see Messi and friends, likely has already seen them play. Had they placed that game almost anywhere else in the country, it may have sold much better IMO.

Definitely - probably would have sold well at $100+ in NY/NJ

Saw a post yesterday after this saying tickets were now by one get 4 free. So 5 tickers for $3.50 total.

I might be able to fly from NJ to Miami for the game more cheaply than buying tickets in Philly for the Real Madrid game

Are we sure any of this info is accurate? Just looked on ticketmaster and the cheapest tickets for the Inter Miami game are $74

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6417719/2025/06/10/fifa-club-world-cup-messi-tickets/
https://frontofficesports.com/club-world-cup-messi-four-dollars-tickets/

I did see this. A lot of what I was seeing was on Instagram.

I can't access the article, but if there's a promo where you can get tickets for $4 and then resell them on ticketmaster/stubhub...

The article just looks like its reporting it. Might be only for a select group (like students), but headlines don't always give you the full story haha

 

[Desert_Power]

$4 tickets for Saturday's opening match: Inter Miami vs AL-AHLY

Doesn't seem to by falling for the Madrid game in Charlotte. Looks like the knockout rounds are getting cheap though. May have to catch some extras.

$4 to see Messi?! Hell yeah.

That is part of the problem though. They mistakenly, IMO, placed the Inter Miami game in Miami where likely any causal who wanted to see Messi and friends, likely has already seen them play. Had they placed that game almost anywhere else in the country, it may have sold much better IMO.

Definitely - probably would have sold well at $100+ in NY/NJ

Saw a post yesterday after this saying tickets were now by one get 4 free. So 5 tickers for $3.50 total.

I might be able to fly from NJ to Miami for the game more cheaply than buying tickets in Philly for the Real Madrid game

Are we sure any of this info is accurate? Just looked on ticketmaster and the cheapest tickets for the Inter Miami game are $74

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6417719/2025/06/10/fifa-club-world-cup-messi-tickets/
https://frontofficesports.com/club-world-cup-messi-four-dollars-tickets/

I did see this. A lot of what I was seeing was on Instagram.

I can't access the article, but if there's a promo where you can get tickets for $4 and then resell them on ticketmaster/stubhub...

The article just looks like its reporting it. Might be only for a select group (like students), but headlines don't always give you the full story haha

Seems like they have basically just not released any seats for the knockout round in Charlotte on the side you can't see on TV.

 

[Capella]

Tf is the club World Cup?? These guys just get no time off now?

 

[TLEF316]

Tf is the club World Cup?? These guys just get no time off now?

Just totally silly nonsense that nobody cares about so that a bunch of people who don't need any more money can make a little more money

 

[Capella]

Tf is the club World Cup?? These guys just get no time off now?

Just totally silly nonsense that nobody cares about so that a bunch of people who don't need any more money can make a little more money

Reading more about it seems like the big clubs are sending or playing their backups? If they get further into it is it expected they’ll play their starters? This is wild.

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Tf is the club World Cup?? These guys just get no time off now?

Just totally silly nonsense that nobody cares about so that a bunch of people who don't need any more money can make a little more money

Reading more about it seems like the big clubs are sending or playing their backups? If they get further into it is it expected they’ll play their starters? This is wild.

I think it makes alot more sense if you think of it as an alternate to the annual parade of exhibition games we normally have this time of year. It won't add any games for most of the euro clubs, so the main difference really is that this is a tournament that includes smaller clubs from all over the world, reportedly with total purse money of $1bln. Just as with those exhibition games, these will be a mixture of young/new players with vets, at least in the earlier rounds. For many of these clubs, the purse money could be significant budget factor if they can win a couple games and advance from the group.

 

[El Floppo]

Haiti all over Saudi for the 1st 20 mins, making them look terrible... and then give up a PK completely against the run of play.

And the fan goes wild. Mightve spilled his drink there.

 

[titusbramble]

Given the Premier League never schedules a game between two big clubs on the opening weekend, feeding Man Utd to Arsenal is one way of saying you're ****

 

[B Maverick]

EPL Matchweek 1

Friday 15 August
20:00 Liverpool v AFC Bournemouth (Sky Sports)

Saturday 16 August
12:30 Aston Villa v Newcastle United (TNT Sports)
Brighton & Hove Albion v Fulham
Nottingham Forest v Brentford
Sunderland v West Ham United
Tottenham Hotspur v Burnley
17:30 Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester City (Sky Sports)

Sunday 17 August
14:00 Chelsea v Crystal Palace (Sky Sports)
16:30 Manchester United v Arsenal (Sky Sports)

Monday 18 August
20:00 Leeds United v Everton (Sky Sports)

 

[B Maverick]

Given the Premier League never schedules a game between two big clubs on the opening weekend, feeding Man Utd to Arsenal is one way of saying you're ****

United ranked as the hardest opening fixture list.

Arsenal
at Fulham
Burnley
at City
Chelsea

Liverpool (A) hits week 7 (10/18)

 

[encaitar]

Given the Premier League never schedules a game between two big clubs on the opening weekend, feeding Man Utd to Arsenal is one way of saying you're ****

United ranked as the hardest opening fixture list.

Arsenal
at Fulham
Burnley
at City
Chelsea

Liverpool (A) hits week 7 (10/18)

Wow. Three of last season's top 4 to start the campaign. The EPL certainly isn't doing ManU any favors. Fans might check out by September....

 

[B Maverick]

Given the Premier League never schedules a game between two big clubs on the opening weekend, feeding Man Utd to Arsenal is one way of saying you're ****

United ranked as the hardest opening fixture list.

Arsenal
at Fulham
Burnley
at City
Chelsea

Liverpool (A) hits week 7 (10/18)

Wow. Three of last season's top 4 to start the campaign. The EPL certainly isn't doing ManU any favors. Fans might check out by September....

Brentford and Sunderland between the Chelsea and Liverpool matches.... United could be out of any race except relegation by mid October.


Still would love to leave LA on Christmas and come back on New Year's Eve and try and catch Newcastle (12/27) and Wolves (12/30) at Old Trafford.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Boston politics and soccer have never been intertwined before but suddenly they are all over the news here.

Here is a very rough, albeit interesting sketch.

* Mayor Wu is the incumbent. She has strongly backed using tax money to do a massive refurbishment of old White Stadium, to be used when done for the Boston Legacy NWSL team.

* Mayor Wu's direct opponent in the race is making a ton of waves about how much corruption and over spending there is on the stadium that is wasting tax dollars

* The opponents name, and this is where it gets fun, is Josh Kraft. Yup, one of Bob's son

* And Wu's team is firing back saying Josh is doing nothing but adding to conflict of interest because Bob is actively trying to secure a location to build in Boston (for the Revs stadium) and Wu is seen as the last person standing against him, saying she wants Boston to get more out of the stadium deal before she will support it.

* It is worth noting that the Kraft stadium is expected to be private money funded.


How this all plays out in terms of the election may go a LONG way in finally seeing a stadium in Boston for the Revs.

 

[Desert_Power]

Boston politics and soccer have never been intertwined before but suddenly they are all over the news here.

Here is a very rough, albeit interesting sketch.

* Mayor Wu is the incumbent. She has strongly backed using tax money to do a massive refurbishment of old White Stadium, to be used when done for the Boston Legacy NWSL team.

* Mayor Wu's direct opponent in the race is making a ton of waves about how much corruption and over spending there is on the stadium that is wasting tax dollars

* The opponents name, and this is where it gets fun, is Josh Kraft. Yup, one of Bob's son

* And Wu's team is firing back saying Josh is doing nothing but adding to conflict of interest because Bob is actively trying to secure a location to build in Boston and Wu is seen as the last person standing against him, saying she wants Boston to get more out of the stadium deal before she will support it.

* It is worth noting that the Kraft stadium is expected to be private money funded.


How this all plays out in terms of the election may go a LONG way in finally seeing a stadium in Boston for the Revs.

So the Krafts are trying to secure a site in Boston for the Revolution and/or Patriots? Is that how to understand that?

 

[NewlyRetired]

Boston politics and soccer have never been intertwined before but suddenly they are all over the news here.

Here is a very rough, albeit interesting sketch.

* Mayor Wu is the incumbent. She has strongly backed using tax money to do a massive refurbishment of old White Stadium, to be used when done for the Boston Legacy NWSL team.

* Mayor Wu's direct opponent in the race is making a ton of waves about how much corruption and over spending there is on the stadium that is wasting tax dollars

* The opponents name, and this is where it gets fun, is Josh Kraft. Yup, one of Bob's son

* And Wu's team is firing back saying Josh is doing nothing but adding to conflict of interest because Bob is actively trying to secure a location to build in Boston and Wu is seen as the last person standing against him, saying she wants Boston to get more out of the stadium deal before she will support it.

* It is worth noting that the Kraft stadium is expected to be private money funded.


How this all plays out in terms of the election may go a LONG way in finally seeing a stadium in Boston for the Revs.

So the Krafts are trying to secure a site in Boston for the Revolution and/or Patriots? Is that how to understand that?

The stadium is intended to be just for the Revs. The stadium site they are negotiating for (an old shuttered power plant) won't support an NFL sized stadium. They are looking to build a 25k stadium in Everett, which is considered part of the greater Boston area, which is why the mayor is involved.

I will edit my post to make that point more clear

 

[encaitar]

Given the Premier League never schedules a game between two big clubs on the opening weekend, feeding Man Utd to Arsenal is one way of saying you're ****

United ranked as the hardest opening fixture list.

Arsenal
at Fulham
Burnley
at City
Chelsea

Liverpool (A) hits week 7 (10/18)

Wow. Three of last season's top 4 to start the campaign. The EPL certainly isn't doing ManU any favors. Fans might check out by September....

Brentford and Sunderland between the Chelsea and Liverpool matches.... United could be out of any race except relegation by mid October.


Still would love to leave LA on Christmas and come back on New Year's Eve and try and catch Newcastle (12/27) and Wolves (12/30) at Old Trafford.

As a ManU fan for you, that would be a wonderful trip. Two tough oppenents, but games you should win. That'd be a blast.

 

[B Maverick]

Given the Premier League never schedules a game between two big clubs on the opening weekend, feeding Man Utd to Arsenal is one way of saying you're ****

United ranked as the hardest opening fixture list.

Arsenal
at Fulham
Burnley
at City
Chelsea

Liverpool (A) hits week 7 (10/18)

Wow. Three of last season's top 4 to start the campaign. The EPL certainly isn't doing ManU any favors. Fans might check out by September....

Brentford and Sunderland between the Chelsea and Liverpool matches.... United could be out of any race except relegation by mid October.


Still would love to leave LA on Christmas and come back on New Year's Eve and try and catch Newcastle (12/27) and Wolves (12/30) at Old Trafford.

As a ManU fan for you, that would be a wonderful trip. Two tough oppenents, but games you should win. That'd be a blast.

Oh for sure. And I am seriously considering it. And the kid wants to go too.