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2018 World Cup running thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Cosmo, Jun 11, 2018.

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  1. Key

    Key Well-Known Member

    This reminds me of when our high school soccer coach got us together to vote on All-Conference selections. No matter which name came up, our centerback chimed in "He sucks" with varying degrees of incredulity based on the player. After awhile I was like "shit, we went 7-12. These players can't all suck."
     
    Key, Jul 12, 2018
    #1033
  2. John B. Foster

    John B. Foster Well-Known Member

     
    John B. Foster, Jul 13, 2018
    #1034
  3. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    MLS will be out of season.
     
    poindexter, Jul 13, 2018
    #1035
  4. Cosmo

    Cosmo Well-Known Member

    Good thing Bettman isn't commissioner of the EPL/Bundesliga/La Liga/etc.
     
    Cosmo, Jul 13, 2018
    #1036
  5. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Who has the TV rights for that WC? Fox? Will it put soccer on FNC or Fox Business since Fox and FS1 will have college football on Saturdays?
     
    Inky_Wretch, Jul 13, 2018
    #1037
  6. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Fox has Qatar and the North American World Cups. It got a sweetheart deal from FIFA when Qatar got the 2022 Cup and the games were not going to played in the summer like the contract called for.
     
    MileHigh, Jul 13, 2018
    #1038
  7. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    If we had the NHL playoffs on the Golf Channel ...
     
    HanSenSE, Jul 13, 2018
    #1039
  8. MTM

    MTM Well-Known Member

    And the NFL on Sunday.

    It's seven hours difference between the East Coast and Qatar (not sure if that changes in the fall with standard time), so they could play weekend games midday there, which would be morning here.

    The final could come on a Sunday where Fox only has a late game, but it would face NFL games on CBS.
     
    MTM, Jul 13, 2018
    #1040
  9. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Damn on the analyst who is expecting a low-scoring game. I took the over at 16 goals.

    I am still not 100 percent sure where I am being dragged to for the game, but I am going to be in the middle of a sea of French people. I'll even have the tricolere face paint and the maille bleus, so I can try to blend in, although I never seem to, amazingly enough. At least the ones who make their way to the U.S. tend to bathe consistently. So I'm expecting a good time.
     
    The Big Ragu, Jul 13, 2018
    #1041
  10. Pete

    Pete Well-Known Member

    Damn, that brought me back. When I lived in L.A., the King's Head (right by the Pacific in Santa Monica) was also the only bar in Greater L.A. that showed Irish sports, which bothered me because it's an English pub. But you have to go where the games are playing.

    Anyway I was there for the Ireland-France WC playoff in 2010, when Thierry Henry literally dribbled the ball with his hand before crossing for the key goal, but wasn't called for a handball. The King's Head has a bunch of rooms, and the French fans were one room over from the Irish. When the game ended, a 60-something Irishman I had been enjoying spending time with laid in wait for the first French fan to come out, bitterly cursed out a very shocked young Frenchwoman, and stalked out into the sunshine.

    The beautiful game!
     
    Pete, Jul 13, 2018
    #1042
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  11. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

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    The Big Ragu, Jul 13, 2018
    #1043
  12. John B. Foster

    John B. Foster Well-Known Member

    You seem so happy that your "wife" is from France. ;)
     
    John B. Foster, Jul 13, 2018
    #1044
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