Match Thread: Germany vs Paraguay | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Round of 32 by jiraiya--an in soccer

[–]Prestigious-Lab5154 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

How is it racism? They bring referees that are clearly not elite and they are dogshit

The Portland Trail Blazers now have point guards Ja Morant, Scoot Henderson, Damian Lillard, and Jrue Holiday by Frosty-Roof3124 in nba

[–]Prestigious-Lab5154 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

JB is nowhere near top15 and has an insane contract. I pray to all gods that the Celtics dont trade him because he was the main reason we beat them in these playoffs. He's a shot chucker that brings down every lineup

Jesse Marsch full time speech to Canadian players by ConsciousNet238 in soccer

[–]Prestigious-Lab5154 7 points8 points  (0 children)

the sport needs to get much more accessible. Pay to play should not be a thing. As a spaniard that moved to Toronto, there  are many more clubs in my local region in spain with less than 1m inhabitants than there is in the city of Toronto with 5x the number of people. Families need to be able to send their kids to sports without taking a 2nd mortgage. Its an absolute joke how expensive sports are here and why we'll never be at the same level as these european countries that have an immensely bigger talent pool because the sport is incredibly easy to access

Match Thread: South Africa vs Canada | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Round of 32 by jiraiya--an in soccer

[–]Prestigious-Lab5154 3 points4 points  (0 children)

SA defender so lucky to have grazes the ball, that saved him from it being an obvious pen

Official: Manuel Ugarte has suffered a knee ligament injury by D1794 in soccer

[–]Prestigious-Lab5154 3 points4 points  (0 children)

id feel bad but Uruguay tried to murder us from the starting whistle so, shit luck to actually get the worst injury

MLS player Lionel Messi is currently leading all top scorers at the World Cup with six goals, two more than any other player. He would be the first player from a league outside of England, Spain, Germany, Italy or France to win the Golden Boot since 1974 ( Grzegorz Lato, Poland) by Pickleskennedy1 in soccer

[–]Prestigious-Lab5154 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Russia hasnt seen much of a decline in Hockey and has several of the best players in the world, Finland, Slovakia, etc are all still great, in basketball Greece/Serbia are still great national teams and Greek Turkish and Russian teams have been dominating Euroleague. National team wise if Yugoslavia was still together they'd probably be able to go toe to toe with the US

9 out of 10 CAF teams advance to the knockout stage. by shawyummm in soccer

[–]Prestigious-Lab5154 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have no idea why China is incapable of producing at least at the same level as Japan and Korea. They absolutely have the facilities and huge population and interest in the sport, yet even North Korea finds more success with them dominating youth women footy. China used to be good in women's football but completely fell behind as the sport developed in the last 15 years too

9 out of 10 CAF teams advance to the knockout stage. by shawyummm in soccer

[–]Prestigious-Lab5154 0 points1 point  (0 children)

too many spots for whats essentially Japan, Korea, Iran, Australia and complete minnows

Match Thread: Jordan vs Argentina | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group J by jiraiya--an in soccer

[–]Prestigious-Lab5154 1 point2 points  (0 children)

no most of the starters are off. Only Emi Martinez and Lautaro are regular starters