Football (Soccer) Thread

[garbon]

8km or roughly 5 miles seems like stretching the idea of "near".

[Duque de Bragança]

8km or roughly 5 miles seems like stretching the idea of "near".

For the Yanks or the Godons? 

[Josquius]

A nice restaurant 5 miles away isn't near.
A mass shooting even 100 miles away is right next door.

[crazy canuck]

A shooting in America is noteworthy?

One takeaway is the person who decided this should be the team's base was Ill informed

Fowler told the newspaper that it's not uncommon to hear gunshots in the neighborhood at least once a week.

[Duque de Bragança]

Plus, the best African referee, a Somali, being denied entry, after national team staff members from Iran (not that surprising) and Iraq (bit more).
Havn't heard from Gianni about those cases.

[Valmy]

I just do not understand why that is happening. Is our government just that incompetent? FIFA just that inept? Are we doing this to send a message that we are assholes, just for symbolic reasons?

Fucking with the World Cup for no reason at all seems like a diplomatic own goal so to speak.

Granted we specialize doing that shit these days.

[Sheilbh]

Plus, the best African referee, a Somali, being denied entry, after national team staff members from Iran (not that surprising) and Iraq (bit more).
Havn't heard from Gianni about those cases.

At least Qatar and Russia wanted the world to like them more.

I think FIFA have commented that, as with all World Cups, they don't control individual visa decisions by hosts.

[Grey Fox]

I just do not understand why that is happening. Is our government just that incompetent? FIFA just that inept? Are we doing this to send a message that we are assholes, just for symbolic reasons?

Fucking with the World Cup for no reason at all seems like a diplomatic own goal so to speak.

Granted we specialize doing that shit these days.

Remember DOGE? Everyone competent got canned.

[HVC]

I just do not understand why that is happening. Is our government just that incompetent? FIFA just that inept? Are we doing this to send a message that we are assholes, just for symbolic reasons?

Fucking with the World Cup for no reason at all seems like a diplomatic own goal so to speak.

Granted we specialize doing that shit these days.

Besides being incompetent, not enough Americans care about the World Cup for the administration to be bothered.if they cared what the outside world thought they wouldn't do a lot of what they do