The silver lining here is that this tournament will still be just 32 teams.

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Jun 18, 2019
9:03:47am

Nathanael Greene All-American

The silver lining here is that this tournament will still be just 32 teams.

If the US had hosted this one, it would definitely have been expanded to 48.

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Nathanael Greene

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Platini arrested in France over corruption regarding the Qatar WC award. Good.

mik3 All-American

6/18/19 8:42am

What's going to be crazy:

RSL

6/18/19 8:45am

Correct. Too much money riding on it at this point. And most of the corruption in FIFA

mik3

6/18/19 8:48am

I thought the Garcia report concluded there was no evidence of bribery in the

JmThms

6/18/19 8:52am

Solution where everybody wins: hold the opening game in Qatar and then have the

ataylor

6/18/19 8:54am

The silver lining here is that this tournament will still be just 32 teams.

Nathanael Greene

6/18/19 9:03am

Why is this a good thing?

Goliath

6/18/19 9:08am

Expansion to 48 dilutes the product a little bit, but at least it'll guarantee the US makes it.

mik3

6/18/19 9:47am

RE: Expansion to 48 dilutes the product a little bit, but at least it'll guarantee the US makes it.

RSL

6/18/19 9:52am

I like it. I love the World Cup and wouldn't mind it expanding just a little.

Goliath

6/18/19 9:56am

That's fine that you like it. but don't like this goal.

RSL

6/18/19 9:57am

I suck at responding to the right post.

Goliath

6/18/19 10:01am

Can't tell you how much I celebrated that goal. It was glorious.

mik3

6/18/19 10:08am

And Mexico too. Which but for the great US of A would NOT have the cycle before.

JmThms

6/18/19 10:09am

The US wasn't doing Mexico a favor. Neither was Mexico choosing "not to reciprocate".

mik3

6/18/19 10:15am

Keep telling yourself that. As I'm sure you will. And this Mexican agrees:

JmThms

6/18/19 10:53am

That video, which is pretty cool, doesn't back up what you said.

mik3

6/18/19 10:57am

You need more of your "data" it seems.

JmThms

6/18/19 11:36am

Accidental magnanimity is not magnanimity. Also, what you added was your opinion.

mik3

6/18/19 11:41am

Spin it all you want. But you know what I'm saying. Even if you don't admit it.

JmThms

6/18/19 11:43am

I mentioned the celebrations. And the USA has a reason to be triumphalist.

JmThms

6/18/19 11:44am

Nobody has good reasons to be triumphalist when up by so much against a clearly overmatched opponent.

mik3

6/18/19 11:58am

Talk to the British pundit then. It was her opinion.

JmThms

6/18/19 12:09pm

Except you are the one that posted it to back up the "but we're winners" idea.

mik3

6/18/19 12:12pm

Not everyone has the pearl-clutching view. That was the point.

JmThms

6/18/19 1:42pm

Thought the point was that the US are "winners". Which I agree by and large, but don't

mik3

6/18/19 1:54pm

And so it goes. It is indeed fun. I'll continue the game if you do.

JmThms

6/18/19 3:02pm

And I never said I wanted to turn soccer into futsal.

JmThms

6/18/19 11:42am

There is some propaganda in that.

Zooropa

6/18/19 9:17am

I'd like to see those statistics.

RSL

6/18/19 9:22am

I look forward to the US hosting the WC in 2022 and 2026!

SpiffCoug

6/18/19 10:02am

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