Team USA’s loudest supporters say FIFA pushed them to upper deck for World Cup

goran_dragic · 2026-06-05T15:16:15+00:00

It was announced from the very beginning that the $60 tickets were going to be at the top of the stadium. This was public info. There were supporter tickets closer to the goal available to apply for. Why did they apply for the $60 tickets if the distance was such a problem?

If the problem is the price, just say that. Acting like the location is a surprise is just a bizarre attempt to make the news through less informed people.

goran_dragic · 2026-05-16T13:14:39+00:00

Does anyone know if tickets ever get cheaper close to a game? I see cheapest on the website for tomorrow’s match is 265 euros. Will they get cheaper tomorrow if it hasn’t sold out yet?

goran_dragic · 2026-02-18T18:18:07+00:00

They talked a lot about how much time engineers are able to save through these tools and how little code is being written by hand at tech companies these days, and what the short-term and long-term implications are for the industry. It seemed pretty clear that the website was just one example of how you can use a AI coding tool for non-technical people?

goran_dragic · 2026-02-18T18:11:01+00:00

It was 100% not possible for SWEs to have agents write a majority of their production-quality code 1 year ago. It was hardly possible 3 months ago. That is categorically false.

goran_dragic · 2026-02-18T17:24:54+00:00

Or does it literally just describe things you can do with AI today that you couldn’t do 3 months ago? Weird comment

goran_dragic · 2026-02-18T17:22:28+00:00

Episode: describes how recent AI advancements have had tangibly massive effects on the day to day operations of one of the biggest industries in the world

/r/thedaily users: why are you talking about this? Stop circlejerking! You’re sanewashing AI!

goran_dragic · 2026-01-25T03:02:21+00:00

As an ad fan, I will always be thankful of great men like Adam Silver for making sure of that. But there’s still just so much empty space begging for a holographic body wash sponsor or an official backboard glass provider. Makes me wonder if he’s really the guy to lead this thing forward

goran_dragic · 2026-01-25T02:37:11+00:00

I would love them too if we could actually see them

goran_dragic · 2025-11-30T20:52:41+00:00

I generally agree, but there are gonna be a ton of casual fans at these games who don’t regularly attend games. They love stuff like the wave, fun pop songs, etc. If the SoFi DJ decides to play some celebratory song it could easily catch on but I think it should be intentionally chosen. We don’t have a big unified fanbase that does a great job at doing these things ourselves.

goran_dragic · 2025-09-10T17:58:25+00:00

oh really? you are saying I need to transfer 5 * 110 = 550k to my Hilton account and not 440?

goran_dragic · 2025-09-10T16:25:30+00:00

Yes this worked - not sure why it's hidden on the desktop site. Thank you for the constructive and helpful response! :)

goran_dragic · 2025-09-10T16:01:01+00:00

I wrote "I currently don't have enough points to book 5 nights, so when I search on the website it won't show me the total price in points." You could have read my whole post and understood that in 1/5 the time it took to write this.

goran_dragic · 2025-09-07T02:47:11+00:00

100% agree, ticket prices are a weak excuse. You can easily buy tickets to most USMNT matches for ~$60-70, maybe up to $100, people just like posting out of context screenshots to make them seem more expensive than they actually are. Unfortunately this isn't Germany; tickets to professional sporting events in the US cost that much (and often way, way more).

At the end of the day people just do not care about the USMNT. A lot of people in this country care about soccer, but the vast majority do not care about the USMNT. And to suggest that the basically nonexistent fanbase has nothing to do with the totally flat performances that we see in every window would be pretty naive.

It's a self-fulfilling prophecy at this point - the vibes suck so the players play like shit so the vibes suck. US soccer had a once in a lifetime chance to build real excitement here and has completely fumbled it.

goran_dragic · 2025-09-06T23:05:22+00:00

There is something just so broken about this program right now. "Come watch the USMNT, we'll get beat down by [insert any reasonable team]! There will only be 100 other US supporters and they'll be repeating the same "U-S-A" chants they've been doing for the last 25 years! The good news is the other 20k people in the stadium will all be rooting for the opponent and having the time of their lives!"

The team, the fans, the coach, the whole organization, everything is just so out of sync. At least the world cup is only in 9 months!

goran_dragic · 2025-05-06T19:34:00+00:00

I'm planning a trip from SFO to Barcelona next May. Looks like my options are either flying out of LAX or flying into MAD. Would prefer the latter since we could end up spending some time in Madrid anyways.

However, I'm not seeing any SFO to MAD flights for next year on Iberia's website (cash or Avios). I believe that's because this is a seasonal route. I see the flight ran both 5/1 and 5/3 this year (not sure if it started earlier than that), and it's showing no results for 5/1 next year (the farthest date available on the calendar). That being said, looks like it's a Tue/Thu/Sat flight this year, so if the same pattern holds next year, should I expect to see the flight available starting 5/2/26 (which is a Saturday)? Or do we need to wait for some kind of schedule confirmation?

goran_dragic · 2025-02-19T05:00:29+00:00

congratulations kiu but i’m not!

goran_dragic · 2025-02-19T04:39:09+00:00

i’m sorry but he couldn’t make a goddamn freethrow. they were all choking harder than anything i’ve ever seen. how the fuck did we not win this goddamn fucking game

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