2026 World Cup to have 48 teams, 3 16 team groups?

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  1. Nelson

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    MetLife is dumb too
     
  2. Fran Tarkenton

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    MetLife is worse than SoFi if the argument is accessibility to an Urban Core.

    I really have no clue what the initial comment meant because it was so asinine.

    SoFi Stadium should have been built with soccer dimensions. That was the initial tweet. Everything after that is nonsensical takes by people that have not been to SoFi Stadium.
     
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  3. NineteenNine

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    They built Vegas too narrow for WC level matches too.
     
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  4. TheFreak55

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    Fucking idiots
     
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  5. steamengine

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    Driving by MetLife leaving Newark to New York is a bleak tale of the American infrastructure experience.
     
  6. Sam Elliott

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    It's really a desolate wasteland.
     
  7. MODEVIL

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    SoFi is pretty awesome for football. They should do the World Cup at the Rose Bowl.
     
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  8. DirtBall

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    Agree but also…..it’s like the worst stadium in our country
     
  9. Jimmy the Saint

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  10. DirtBall

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    Wut

     
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  11. snowfx2

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    The Super Bowl logo is even having a laugh at that.

    Some graphics company probably got paid millions for that too, and then mashed it together on MS Paint from like 20 years ago.
     
  12. snowfx2

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    This was the logo USSF/FMF/CSA put together for just the bidding process

    [​IMG]
     
  13. beerleagueman

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    Vegas good enough to host USA-Mexico next month but not a World Cup game. /March rant
     
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    Your best work yet Shawn Hunter
     
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    Everyone post your city’s awful catchphrases

     
  16. Nelson

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    “futbol” :gross:
     
  17. Nelson

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    Kansas City’s host status is hereby rescinded
     
  18. bwi2

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    Im so glad DC isn’t a part of this international embarrassment
     
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  20. DirtBall

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  21. Jimmy the Saint

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    "The New New"

    :roll:
     
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  23. football501

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  24. Nelson

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    Can we get the FBI to raid them again
     
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    Don Carlo to Brazil as rumored but in a year, hope he has the power to put Neymar out to pasture.
     
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  26. DirtBall

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  27. Jimmy the Saint

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    Showcasing homophobia right there in the opener is certainly a choice.
     
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  29. DirtBall

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    Lol. Shitty MLS goalkeeper stood no chance.
     
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  31. beerleagueman

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    well that pretty much clinches Jerry World

    if it has to be Central or Eastern time zone and weather proof I would have picked Atlanta. Great stadium that is closer to the urban core
     
  32. DirtBall

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    Someone tell me how much money Kroenke is going to lose because of this. Final in either Dallas or E Rutherford. Dallas just feels weird to me.



     
  33. beerleagueman

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    they won’t risk weather delays ..it will be Arlington


    amazing that LA and Vegas build two of the nicest stadiums in the World but didn’t think about FIFA requirements. Edit: 2nd video he says Vegas is in so maybe they agreed to sideline renovations to replace Sofi

    also sucks that a great summer city like Chicago isn’t hosting games
     
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  34. The Banks

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    What locations are going to have the cheapest/easiest to get tickets?
     
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  36. Sam Elliott

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    Makes too much sense.

    Larger venue, protection against bad weather, cheaper and easier to get people in and out.
     
  37. beerleagueman

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    are they ever going to make an official announcement on the host cities? curious if LA getting replaced by Vegas is true or espn deportes guy was wrong
     
  38. IAHusk

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  39. DirtBall

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    A lot of local media has been hyping this up.

     
  40. beerleagueman

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    Says not found

    what did it say?
     
  41. El_Pato

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    They're announcing the dates and rounds that each city will be hosting, tomorrow at 3pm est
     
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  42. WC

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    why is Kevin Hart part of this reveal show
     
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    It’s fox and fifa, it has to be as cringy as possible
     
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  44. WC

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    oh good Infantino is here too, wearing a track jacket with a button up
     
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  45. Jigga

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    Just wait till kardashian shows up
     
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    Why are Hart and Infantino sitting so weird? They’re about to fall off this couch.
     
  47. WC

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    Kevin’s feet couldn’t touch the ground otherwise
     
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  48. DirtBall

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    Opener in Mexico City final in Dallas is my guess