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I am going to say some peace before the tournament starts…
Europeans never ending inferiority complex, the pissing and moaning about anything American is one of the most played out tunes on soccer twitter. They’re going to piss and moan all tournament—nothing we can do. Just wish they would shut the fuck up and enjoy the positives and have a fun World Cup.
@LuvBobby6956@herculezg So was Miami's hard rock stadium. It was remodeled in 2012-2015 to be a truly multi purpose stadium. Hosting everything from the Miami Open to Formula 1 and soccer.
The Iran conflict has now cost America 100 billion dollars.
That’s more than the cost of tuition free college.
That’s more than the cost of free school lunches.
That’s more than the cost of sending every family a $700 dollar check.
The other factor I'd put in here is the 2010 World Cup. It's hard to overstate how much the U.S. run in that tournament, paired with ESPN's unbelievable presentation, normalized major soccer here. Led to the EPL deal on NBC, the last big step.
Trying to imagine the reaction if a female politician, if Kamala Harris in 2024 say, had done this in an interview, screamed and huffed like this, and then walked out.
(Also Trump’s ‘darling’ line, sheesh.)
@UrbanExplorer00@11Yanks But the European complaints about the game times, halftimes, weather, travel, field conditions, travel, etc. Is just ridiculous.
@UrbanExplorer00@11Yanks The treatment by US CBP officers has been genuinely fucked up. We have an orange orangutan as president who is mentally going senile. The resulting chaos of his Administration is inexcusable. So has been the blatant corruption with FIFA and the ticket prices.
Iraqi footballer Aymen Hussein issued a statement after being detained and questioned for seven hours upon entering the United States:
“If America is so hostile towards foreign nationals, why is it hosting the #2026WorldCup?”
The biggest story in America is a president who has completely lost touch with reality. Who thinks the FBI let all the January 6 rioters into the Capitol, that he really won the 2020 election, that the Iran War is going well. Who, when occasionally confronted w reality, panics.