January 19, 20241 yr Only way the Jerry dome is ever going to see a title Edited January 19, 20241 yr by Captain Ron
January 19, 20241 yr 1 minute ago, Captain Ron said: Only way the Jerry dome is ever going to see a title JerryWorld sees a lot of titles. For instance, Texas just lifted one a little over a month ago. Now the Cowboys....
February 4, 20241 yr Odd, I don't see any crowds throwing bags of piss in those highlights of Mexico.
February 4, 20241 yr DFW gets 5 group stage matches and the final. Awesome. Whoops Edited February 4, 20241 yr by mdmost
February 4, 20241 yr USMNT games will be Friday June 12, Friday June 19, Thursday June 25. LA, Seattle, LA
February 4, 20241 yr 4 minutes ago, LonghornSean said: USMNT games will be Friday June 12, Friday June 19, Thursday June 25. LA, Seattle, LA Aren’t the group games normally more compact than that? I guess 48 teams is going to stretch the whole thing out more.
February 4, 20241 yr 7 minutes ago, mdmost said: DFW gets 5 group stage matches and the final. Awesome. And 2 quarters.
February 4, 20241 yr Just now, tx 3 putt said: That stupid stadium didn't deserve it. It should be in the damn Rose Bowl but at least at MetLife, you can actually grow grass outdoors with real sunlight.
February 4, 20241 yr Not bad. Boston hosts 5 group stage games and a quarter final game. NYC isn’t too far off.
February 4, 20241 yr Author As soon as Gianni said Dallas had the most games, it was obvious that we weren’t getting the final. So be it. Let that be New Jersey’s headache.
February 4, 20241 yr The rollout details on this really sucked. Took a while to even find this information other than the tiny text they had on the announcement show.
February 4, 20241 yr 5 minutes ago, mdmost said: The rollout details on this really sucked. Took a while to even find this information other than the tiny text they had on the announcement show. Yeah the information on the match dates was really limited. The Boston globe has information up now for here: group stage games: June 13, June 16, June 19, June 23, June 26 Round of 32 - June 29 Round of 16 - July 9
February 5, 20241 yr remember - they ditched the groups of 3 and doing the correct thing: 8 groups of 6, which means 5 group games and fuck jerry it sucks the final won't be here but attending a US fixture is going to start in the thousands just to get in unless you win the lottery
February 5, 20241 yr Actually they stuck with groups of 4 - twelve of them. That limits teams to 3 group games instead of 5. i found a full schedule of every game. But I need to figure out the best way to format it for here, I’ll post it soon.
February 5, 20241 yr Here is a match by match schedule. Fixed the formatting as best I could. US Matches in Blue, Canada in Red, Mexico in Green. Group stage MATCH DATE CITY STADIUM Match 1 June 11 Mexico City Estadio Azteca Match 2 June 11 Guadalajara Estadio Akron Match 3 June 12 Toronto BMO Field Match 4 June 12 Los Angeles SoFi Stadium Match 5 June 13 Boston Gillette Stadium Match 6 June 13 Vancouver BC Place Match 7 June 13 East Rutherford MetLife Stadium Match 8 June 13 San Francisco Levi's Stadium Match 9 June 14 Philadelphia Lincoln Financial Field Match 10 June 14 Houston NRG Stadium Match 11 June 14 Dallas AT&T Stadium Match 12 June 14 Monterrey Estadio BBVA Match 13 June 15 Miami Hard Rock Stadium Match 14 June 15 Atlanta Mercedes-Benz Stadium Match 15 June 15 Los Angeles SoFi Stadium Match 16 June 15 Seattle Lumen Field Match 17 June 16 East Rutherford MetLife Stadium Match 18 June 16 Boston Gillette Stadium Match 19 June 16 Kansas City Arrowhead Stadium Match 20 June 16 San Francisco Levi's Stadium Match 21 June 17 Toronto BMO Field Match 22 June 17 Dallas AT&T Stadium Match 23 June 17 Houston NRG Stadium Match 24 June 17 Mexico City Estadio Azteca Match 25 June 18 Atlanta Mercedes-Benz Stadium Match 26 June 18 Los Angeles SoFi Stadium Match 27 June 18 Vancouver BC Place Match 28 June 18 Guadalajara Estadio Akron Match 29 June 19 Philadelphia Lincoln Financial Field Match 30 June 19 Boston Gillette Stadium Match 31 June 19 San Francisco Levi's Stadium Match 32 June 19 Seattle Lumen Field Match 33 June 20 Toronto BMO Field Match 34 June 20 Kansas City Arrowhead Stadium Match 35 June 20 Houston NRG Stadium Match 36 June 20 Monterrey Estadio BBVA Match 37 June 21 Miami Hard Rock Stadium Match 38 June 21 Atlanta Mercedes-Benz Stadium Match 39 June 21 Los Angeles SoFi Stadium Match 40 June 21 Vancouver BC Place Match 41 June 22 East Rutherford MetLife Stadium Match 42 June 22 Philadelphia Lincoln Financial Field Match 43 June 22 Dallas AT&T Stadium Match 44 June 22 San Francisco Levi's Stadium Match 45 June 23 Boston Gillette Stadium Match 46 June 23 Toronto BMO Field Match 47 June 23 Houston NRG Stadium Match 48 June 23 Guadalajara Estadio Akron Match 49 June 24 Miami Hard Rock Stadium Match 50 June 24 Atlanta Mercedes-Benz Stadium Match 51 June 24 Vancouver BC Place Match 52 June 24 Seattle Lumen Field Match 53 June 24 Mexico City Estadio Azteca Match 54 June 24 Monterrey Estadio BBVA Match 55 June 25 Boston Gillette Stadium Match 56 June 25 East Rutherford MetLife Stadium Match 57 June 25 Dallas AT&T Stadium Match 58 June 25 Kansas City Arrowhead Stadium Match 59 June 25 Los Angeles SoFi Stadium Match 60 June 25 San Francisco Levi's Stadium Match 61 June 26 Boston Gillette Stadium Match 62 June 26 Toronto BMO Field Match 63 June 26 Seattle Lumen Field Match 64 June 26 Vancouver BC Place Match 65 June 26 Houston NRG Stadium Match 66 June 26 Guadalajara Estadio Akron Match 67 June 27 East Rutherford MetLife Stadium Match 68 June 27 Philadelphia Lincoln Financial Field Match 69 June 27 Kansas City Arrowhead Stadium Match 70 June 27 Dallas AT&T Stadium Match 71 June 27 Miami Hard Rock Stadium Match 72 June 27 Atlanta Mercedes-Benz Stadium Round of 32 MATCH DATE CITY STADIUM Match 73 June 28 Los Angeles SoFi Stadium Match 74 June 29 Boston Gillette Stadium Match 75 June 29 Monterrey Estadio BBVA Match 76 June 29 Houston NRG Stadium Match 77 June 30 East Rutherford MetLife Stadium Match 78 June 30 Dallas AT&T Stadium Match 79 June 30 Mexico City Estadio Azteca Match 80 July 1 Atlanta Mercedes-Benz Stadium Match 81 July 1 San Francisco Levi's Stadium Match 82 July 1 Seattle Lumen Field Match 83 July 2 Toronto BMO Field Match 84 July 2 Los Angeles SoFi Stadium Match 85 July 2 Vancouver BC Place Match 86 July 3 Miami Hard Rock Stadium Match 87 July 3 Kansas City Arrowhead Stadium Match 88 July 3 Dallas AT&T Stadium Round of 16 MATCH DATE CITY STADIUM Match 89 July 4 Philadelphia Lincoln Financial Field Match 90 July 4 Houston NRG Stadium Match 91 July 5 East Rutherford MetLife Stadium Match 92 July 5 Mexico City Estadio Azteca Match 93 July 6 Dallas AT&T Stadium Match 94 July 6 Seattle Lumen Field Match 95 July 7 Atlanta Mercedes-Benz Stadium Match 96 July 7 Vancouver BC Place Quarterfinals MATCH DATE CITY STADIUM Match 97 July 9 Boston Gillette Stadium Match 98 July 10 Los Angeles SoFi Stadium Match 99 July 11 Miami Hard Rock Stadium Match 100 July 11 Kansas City Arrowhead Stadium Semifinals MATCH DATE CITY STADIUM Match 101 July 14 Dallas AT&T Stadium Match 102 July 15 Atlanta Mercedes-Benz Stadium Bronze Medal Match MATCH DATE CITY STADIUM Match 103 July 18 Miami Hard Rock Stadium Final MATCH DATE CITY STADIUM Match 104 July 19 East Rutherford MetLife Stadium
February 5, 20241 yr Do we have any idea on game times? I always go to Kansas City for work for two weeks in June, so I'm hoping I can catch a game at Arrowhead if it's at night.
February 5, 20241 yr 12 minutes ago, HornOnTheBayou said: Do we have any idea on game times? I always go to Kansas City for work for two weeks in June, so I'm hoping I can catch a game at Arrowhead if it's at night. That won't be determined until the teams are drawn, because they want to put the games on when the fans can watch.
February 5, 20241 yr 10 minutes ago, Captain Ron said: That won't be determined until the teams are drawn, because they want to put the games on when the fans can watch. That makes sense. But will there be any night games at any site? When it's primetime in the US, most of the rest of the world is asleep. What time were the games the last time the US hosted? Edited February 5, 20241 yr by HornOnTheBayou
February 5, 20241 yr 12 hours ago, Captain Ron said: Actually they stuck with groups of 4 - twelve of them. That limits teams to 3 group games instead of 5. i found a full schedule of every game. But I need to figure out the best way to format it for here, I’ll post it soon. i stand corrected this means 8 of 12 3rd-place teams will make the round of 32 so we are playing 72 games to eliminate 16 teams
February 5, 20241 yr 2 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said: i stand corrected this means 8 of 12 3rd-place teams will make the round of 32 so we are playing 72 games to eliminate 16 teams Yeah I don't love this. It is going to set up some wacky elimination matchups. Winner of A vs 3rd place in B. Draw is going to be more important for the round of 32 than for making it out of qualifying. I think there are going to be a few of the 8 3rd place teams that move forward by clutching onto 2 draws.
February 5, 20241 yr I like the theory that USA is bound for Philly on July 4, assuming a favorable path to the final 16
February 5, 20241 yr 39 minutes ago, HornOnTheBayou said: That makes sense. But will there be any night games at any site? When it's primetime in the US, most of the rest of the world is asleep. What time were the games the last time the US hosted? Yeah, 1994 had night games. But it produced some serious klunkers for the home fans: Sweden-Russia was played at 7:30 Eastern - 1:30 AM Sweden/3:30 AM Moscow (not to mention the rest of the massive country) Greece-Nigeria was a 7:30 PM Eastern game - 2:30 in Greece, 1:30 in Nigeria That's just two I pulled up really quick. But FIFA has changed a lot in the years that followed and they are doing what they can to make the games watchable for home fans. They put games on to be more conducive for the biggest audiences. First off there are currently 4 games a day planned for most days and outside of the last group stage day, they don't want to overlap games. I would guess something like (Central times): 10 AM game 1 PM game 4 PM game 7 PM game The Americas align pretty easily, so no work there. They probably will focus on the morning games and night games for Asian teams while focusing on mid-day games for Africa and Europe.
February 5, 20241 yr Yeah, for WC's prior to Qatar, I'm pretty sure the kickoff times were also predetermined based on the draw, not just dates and sites. FIFA got that right: waiting until after the draw and setting KO times to better accommodate a team's home TV audience. Edited February 5, 20241 yr by LonghornSean
February 5, 20241 yr Since FIFA doesn't allow corporate naming rights on stadiums this brought the lolz. Poor poor Arlington.
February 5, 20241 yr 4 hours ago, Juicy said: Yeah I don't love this. It is going to set up some wacky elimination matchups. Winner of A vs 3rd place in B. Draw is going to be more important for the round of 32 than for making it out of qualifying. I think there are going to be a few of the 8 3rd place teams that move forward by clutching onto 2 draws. The expansion of the tournament to 48 teams was so dumb. Too many groups, too thin of a field, 3rd place teams advancing through (and waiting for other results after their games). All so there can be so many more games. The 32 team format was perfect. The stakes of needing to be top 2 in your group, the finality of your 3 games. Cutting the field in half after the group stage. Even qualifying had stakes, think about the good teams that missed out on even small missteps. The real tournament stakes won’t start until the knockout round and even then, probably not until the round of 16 matches.
February 7, 20241 yr Completely agree that third place advancement (particularly when 75% of third place teams advance) destroys the group stage. The glory days of the World Cup were 1958 (Pele; 16 teams) - 1998 (Zidane; 1st 32 team World Cup).
February 7, 20241 yr On 2/5/2024 at 9:57 AM, HornOnTheBayou said: Do we have any idea on game times? I always go to Kansas City for work for two weeks in June, so I'm hoping I can catch a game at Arrowhead if it's at night. In July of 2026? Good, because I have something at 11am. And yes, I just have a binder of schedule stuff just on me. /michaelianblack
February 7, 20241 yr More pointing out the flaws of the 48 team tournament: So after the group stage we eliminate 16 teams, taking us to 32 - the number of teams in the now abandon format. We know that this format is still top heavy. You get upsets in it, but usually early on (Saudi Arabia beating Argentina for example was an opening game for each). Once the top teams have gone through, they will have played into better form - I would be SHOCKED to see any 3's advance in the KO round. I mean we're talking teams that don't even make it out of the groups getting picked off in the round of 32. Sounds like a pretty boring round if you ask me. Even more annoying is that the KO round won't be fully locked down until the group stage ends with the way that they determine the matchups (which 8 3rd place teams advance). So a lot of teams and fans will be waiting until the last days to know where their next games are going to be.
February 7, 20241 yr Stadiums have setup their own pages for information - you can look for each of them. But there is a whole page for FIFA here: https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026/register-interest This was from here: https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/2026-world-cup-how-to-buy-tickets-to-usmnt-group-stage-matches-final-at-metlife-stadium-more-games/ which didn't have a lot of information, more of just guessing when tickets will be available and some historical information from Qatar. Edited February 7, 20241 yr by Captain Ron
February 7, 20241 yr On 2/5/2024 at 10:56 AM, Hagbard Celine said: this means 8 of 12 3rd-place teams will make the round of 32 so we are playing 72 games to eliminate 16 teams It has a bit of that classic Copa America vibe to it. Normally they play 18 games to eliminate 4 teams. The World Cup in 2026 will just be 4X that scale.
February 10, 20241 yr On 2/8/2024 at 11:11 AM, Bartles said: This will go great Going to have little stools in the corners where players sit facing the wall and think about what they have done
February 19, 20241 yr On 2/9/2024 at 7:29 PM, beer said: Going to have little stools in the corners where players sit facing the wall and think about what they have done Little white boards with dry erase markers.... -I will not flop on the field -I will not flop on the field -I will not flop on the field ... Man who writes it the most times in 10 minutes takes 1 minute off his next Cyn-Bin blue. Edited February 19, 20241 yr by Trey3216
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