@PeteFiutak@Powercat007 Once the ball is kicked, the attacker can use his speed to go by the defender. If he receives the ball behind the defenders at that point, he isn’t committing an offside offense.
Trust me, without the offside rule in soccer, the game wouldn’t be the same or as loved as it is.
@cagiago_ There’s a reason these stadiums are this big. And by the way, the biggest stadiums in the US aren’t even being used for this tournament. They are college football stadiums. Quite a few of those have capacities of 100,000+.
@JackDunc1 How late have the games been? I didn’t even notice. What has ICE done to any teams? Did the US add the water breaks?
And just curious, how many workers died while building new stadiums for this tournament? In Qatar, it was thousands.
@metonimio@gustav0cardenas 😂 It’s so bad in the US that millions upon millions of people are fighting to get here. Don’t let the propaganda fool you. Sure, there are problems in the US, but it’s not the gloom and doom you posted.
When I was Muslim, I used to ask Christians:
“If Jesus was really God, why did He eat, sleep, and bleed like us?”
And honestly, I used to ask it with pride like it was some unbeatable argument.
But later I realized something:
That question was not exposing Christianity.
It was exposing my misunderstanding of what kind of God Jesus claimed to be.
Because the real question is not:
“Why would God become weak?”
The real question is:
“What kind of God would willingly step into human suffering at all?”
Islam taught me about a God who was distant and untouchable.
But Christianity introduced me to a God who stepped into hunger, exhaustion, grief, pain, betrayal, blood, and suffering with us.
And suddenly His humanity stopped feeling like weakness to me.
It became proof of love.
If Jesus ate, it means He came close enough to experience hunger beside us.
If He slept, it means He embraced the exhaustion we carry.
If He bled, it means He did not stand above suffering watching us from a distance.
He entered it Himself.
Philippians 2 says Christ emptied Himself and took on flesh.
Not because He stopped being God, but because He wanted humanity to finally see what God is actually like.
And it turns out God is willing to suffer for the people He loves.
That changed everything for me.
Because every other religion demanded sacrifice from humanity.
Jesus became the sacrifice Himself.
And no prophet in history ever claimed that.
@cityzenken_ All time: In 216 matches, Arsenal have 101 wins, Man City have 67 wins, and there were 48 draws. Arsenal are bigger. Man City have been great recently, but over the decades, Arsenal are at the very top in England (along with a few others).
@PaulSpacey@iowaddced@IHateSoccerPod No it isn’t and it doesn’t. Of course, we can compare it to any other nation. If you’re serious, don’t be so dismissive.
@PaulSpacey@IHateSoccerPod There are many places where ECNL boys clubs are above the local MLS Next clubs- the non-MLS academies that aren’t connected to the actual MLS franchises. The MLS Next at an actual MLS club go after the top local kids from ECNL or anywhere. The other MLS Next clubs are like ECNL.