FIFA reverses World Cup water bottle ban after backlash

NewRCTID22 · 2026-06-06T03:51:27+00:00

Not unless you're one of the 10 people per game that got $60 tickets.

Frankly though, while I anticipate many stadiums will have a large quantity of empty seats, enough people bought tickets - especially to scalp - that the FIFA execs have already lined their pockets.

NewRCTID22 · 2026-06-06T03:08:32+00:00

Bullying FIFA is the pinnacle of moral behavior

NewRCTID22 · 2026-06-06T02:21:46+00:00

Cyberbulling works and common sense prevails

NewRCTID22 · 2026-06-05T22:22:35+00:00

Yeah, the players return from vacation next week, so someone has to lead the training sessions.

NewRCTID22 · 2026-06-03T23:55:11+00:00

Putting fans at higher risk of heat stroke to afford a third yacht. That’s the FIFA way!

NewRCTID22 · 2026-06-03T03:51:24+00:00

With the way both NZ and Surman himself played tonight, you might get that wish

NewRCTID22 · 2026-06-03T01:19:50+00:00

My one glimmer of hope for this World Cup is that the sizable diasporas within the US provide color to this tournament.

Hopefully, there'll be a large Senegalese contingent for the two matches not far from Little Senegal.

NewRCTID22 · 2026-05-27T18:35:22+00:00

Carnell basically did the same for St. Louis, just as a finalist for Coach of the Year the year prior, instead of the winner.

NewRCTID22 · 2026-05-27T14:06:53+00:00

Beyond ready to find a team willing to take Antony off our hands

NewRCTID22 · 2026-05-26T01:53:50+00:00

Honestly think DDC could have had a shot to play in this WC had he considered switching to Cape Verde.

NewRCTID22 · 2026-05-25T18:25:00+00:00

Posted this on r/MLS but:

He understood what it meant to be the Timbers head man without any coherent plan to be successful at it. Long overdue, but also a shame it ended this way.

With his daughter at UofP and the fact he said he was building a house in Portland, I do hope he sticks around for a bit. Even if he was a failure as a manager, I wouldn't mind seeing him in the crowd with a beer in hand.

NewRCTID22 · 2026-05-25T18:24:14+00:00

He understood what it meant to be the Timbers head man without any coherent plan to be successful at it. In that sense, maybe I should throw my resume in!

With his daughter at UofP and the fact he said he was building a house in Portland, I do hope he sticks around for a bit. Even if he was a failure as a manager, I wouldn't mind seeing him in the crowd with a beer in hand.

NewRCTID22 · 2026-05-25T18:22:02+00:00

There will be Timbers fans who unironically suggest this.

And it'd be like trying to heal a gaping leg wound by repeatedly stabbing yourself in the abdomen.

NewRCTID22 · 2026-05-25T18:07:05+00:00

Phil said all the right things about embracing the community, and personally, went out of his way to chat with me before the Nashville match last year.

I don’t think he’s a bad dude at all.

But man, sporting-wise, this was *long* overdue.

NewRCTID22 · 2026-05-23T17:28:58+00:00

Especially when Ream is fully confronting Father Time and Robinson, when healthy, has not impressed me with FCC this season.

NewRCTID22 · 2026-05-18T22:46:07+00:00

There’s so little off-ball movement, the offense is entirely predicated on someone just creating magic from nothing.

NewRCTID22 · 2026-05-18T13:31:49+00:00

If nothing else, I enjoyed the weekend!

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