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Originally Posted by Titty Meat (Post 16227564)

Easily the most annoying event. A bunch of people who don't even watch soccer pretend every 4 years they are diehards cheering for a country alot of them bash. Hopefully they get eliminated quickly

USA USA USA

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Originally Posted by carlos3652 (Post 16227631)

Group A is the easiest group with the 2nd best team ranked 20th. Qatar might have a chance of an upset... but those other 3 teams are better on paper.

Group of Death is defined typically by historic world powers / high current rankings with the potential of a 3rd place finish.

For example in the European Qualification Playoff games.. if Italy and Portugal had to play to get in, match of death if you will for the last slot. (I still cant believe italy lost prior to that)

I think Group B comes to mind because England (5) / USA (15) / Wales* (18) / Iran (21) has the potential to leave out 2 top 21 teams from contention from a rankings perspective on how they have been playing lately.

Group E would be the one that you can point to and say you dont need rankings to figure out that a good team is going to be left out: Spain, Costa Rica, Germany, Japan

I think Group H will be the most fun to watch to see who comes out on top... with the potential of Uruguay and Portugal maybe missing the next round.

Every group in my eyes is interesting and should be pretty competitive. No group is "easy" and I think Wales, Costa Rica, and Australia will be our last three nations to qualify.

You Colonial traitors will be taught a lesson 😂

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Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88 (Post 16227586)

The World Cup taking place in November going up against the NFL… it will be completely invisible in the US.

Also against NHL/NBA and also depends what times the games will be but viewing numbers in North America should be low .

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Originally Posted by Danguardace (Post 16227659)

You Colonial traitors will be taught a lesson 😂

Just like in 2010 right :p ;)

What happened to Italy???

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Originally Posted by alpha_omega (Post 16227673)

What happened to Italy???

Eliminated by North Macedonia

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Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88 (Post 16227586)

The World Cup taking place in November going up against the NFL… it will be completely invisible in the US.

Rather watch soccer than Detoilet or Dallass on Thanksgiving

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Originally Posted by Danguardace (Post 16227659)

You Colonial traitors will be taught a lesson 😂

Like the last time we were in a group with England?

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Originally Posted by ChiefBlueCFC (Post 16227676)

Eliminated by North Macedonia

Thanks. I (obviously) don't follow very closely. Thought they were always a top team.

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Originally Posted by RedinTexas (Post 16227690)

Like the last time we were in a group with England?

Touché

I love how soccer haters feel the need to tell everyone how much they hate soccer.

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Originally Posted by alpha_omega (Post 16227701)

Thanks. I (obviously) don't follow very closely. Thought they were always a top team.

They fell apart the last 6 months with ties against inferior teams. Switzerland topped the group and they lost in the 93 min 0-1 in the first playoff game. (Had they won, they would need to face Portugal)

They were the Euro Champions.

It's also the 2nd WC in a row that they have failed to qualify for. Unreal.

To put it in perspective though. If the USA would have tied vs Panama on the 27th of March, they would have switched places with Costa Rica as the team who has to play New Zealand to get in.

If the USA would have lost to Panama, they would have been eliminated from qualifying. Thats how competitive the WC qualifying is.

Egypt (Salah, who is the best player in the Premier right now)... who got 2nd place this year (to Mane's Senegal) in the African Nations Cup, was eliminated by Senegal in African qualifiers and also did not qualify.

Chile / Colombia were both left out of South America by a couple points.

This is a top notch competition.

How can USA petition to get in group A