Football (Soccer) Thread

[Liep]

FIFA has set the date for the WC final in 2022: 18th of December. And the whole tournament will be played in only 28 days.

It is not April first yet.

[Liep]

LORD!

[Agelastus]

FIFA has set the date for the WC final in 2022: 18th of December. And the whole tournament will be played in only 28 days.

It is not April first yet.

Well, I suppose I could start looking at the bright side of this...I get to watch the World Cup Final on my birthday.

Nah...this is still a disastrous mess.

[dps]

Forgot to mention this the other day, but we watched the new NYCFC first home match in Yankee stadium, and according to the announcers, they had a bigger crowd than at any Yankees game last year.  Pretty impressive, though I don't know the relative capacity of the stadium for baseball vs soccer.

[The Larch]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_Stadium

Capacity
Baseball: 49,642 (2014–present)
Soccer: 27,470 (Expandable to 49,642)

[Liep]

FIFA has set the date for the WC final in 2022: 18th of December. And the whole tournament will be played in only 28 days.

It is not April first yet.

Well, I suppose I could start looking at the bright side of this...I get to watch the World Cup Final on my birthday.

Nah...this is still a disastrous mess.

I guess a positive could be that I might actually not be working on that date. The last two finals I've been working a on call shift but have magically been able to just sit in the break room watching the games. That couldn't possibly continue through a 4th game.

[celedhring]

Chilling in the summer with a beer in hand watching non-stop international football during my vacation has always been a biennial pleasure of mine. Damn this.

[Syt]

As chance would have it, the 2022 final will be played on Qatar's National Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar_National_Day)

What a funny coincidence!

Well, maybe we're lucky and there'll be a popular uprising until then that executes Qatar's corrupt leadership.

[celedhring]

As chance would have it, the 2022 final will be played on Qatar's National Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar_National_Day)

What a funny coincidence!

Well, maybe we're lucky and there'll be a popular uprising until then that executes FIFA's corrupt leadership.

Fixed.

[Syt]

Hey, maybe Qatar will reach the final again, like in the World Handball Championship where they fielded a team of imported sellouts and mercenaries?

[Duque de Bragança]

FIFA has set the date for the WC final in 2022: 18th of December. And the whole tournament will be played in only 28 days.

It is not April first yet.

Well, I suppose I could start looking at the bright side of this...I get to watch the World Cup Final on my birthday.

Nah...this is still a disastrous mess.

I guess a positive could be that I might actually not be working on that date. The last two finals I've been working a on call shift but have magically been able to just sit in the break room watching the games. That couldn't possibly continue through a 4th game.

The only positive I can think of is the that a middle season tournament means the players won't be tired or barely recovering from injuries after a long season. Major plus but I like tournaments during the summer as well.

[Liep]

Chilling in the summer with a beer in hand watching non-stop international football during my vacation has always been a biennial pleasure of mine. Damn this.

[Liep]

Danish magazine Se og Hør (of Kate Middleton titties fame) has bought a piece of land in Scotland for Niklas Bendtner to officially make him a Lord.

LORD!

[The Larch]

Champions League qf:

PSG - Barcelona
Atlético - Real Madrid
Juventus - Monaco
Oporto - Bayern

[Zanza]

On paper, Bayern should beat Porto.