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Paris is my local team. Born and raised there. I’ve been a fan since I was a little kid. That was back in the days of Hoarau, Erding, Makelele, and the end of Pauleta’s career. We were shite most of the time and nobody expected us to win anything. Since Qatar took over, things have changed a bit too much. Tickets have become much harder to get and cost a fortune. Parc des Princes is now full of rich ahh tourists. Nasser Al-Khelaifi’s shenanigans are wearing me down. The club is winning a ton of titles, but at what cost? I feel like we’ve lost our soul. I miss the old PSG, even with all the trophies. Does anyone feel the same way about their club?

Historically, we do think of Denmark as a bigger football nation than Greece, and with recency, that’s probably why everybody considers Greece the most unlikely euro winner.
However, after doing some research I’m seeing that 1992 Denmark hadn’t actually even qualified for the euros, they got their entry because Yugoslavia was kicked out because of the war. I would like to point out Greece had properly qualified at minimum. Of course there are a lot more factors in between. But in other words, I’d consider 1992 Denmark less probable than 2004 Greece. What do you guys think?

Germany looked way more organized today, they were making good chances but it seemstgat they don't have a lot of options for a world class striker, if there were a good striker in the team, i think they would do much better

People keep demanding respect for Ronaldo...

Ok what about the coach? Who's supposed to have full authority over tactics and will be blamed for results!

Ronnie played Wales and didn't do well, the weakest team in the group

Now the game with Norway being tied up and Jorge told him to warm up

Then boom Ramos scored which made no sense to sub him out for Ronnie

In final minutes, they needed to protect the lead so they subbed out Ramos for a midfielder

Ronnie wouldn't accept to be subbed in for just a few minutes either, like that time at United with ten Hag

Dude is 41 and been struggling to even perform in Saudi but he expects to play against big teams in Europe

Norway were WC quarter finalists, ain't no Asian bums. Last season he lost AFC tier 2 final to a Japanese club

Messi is 39 and ready to retire after a stellar WC performance...let that sink in!

In the past few decades, America has received tens of millions of immigrants from soccer-loving countries, especially Mexico, in addition to Central and South America, Europe, Africa, and east Asia. This has marginally increased soccer's popularity in the U.S., particularly of the Mexican national team and clubs. Nevertheless, professional soccer remains a niche sport in the U.S., and its fanbase and viewership is a drop in the ocean compared to the big 4 sports of American football, basketball, baseball and ice hockey.

There is the classic 3-generation assimilation pattern where among descendants of immigrants, many cultural traits of the old country fade away within 3 generations. For example, most 3rd-generation Mexican-Americans speak little to no Spanish. The northeast has a large Italian-American community, but most of their ancestors immigrated over a century ago and few of them speak Italian today.

Do you see soccer's popularity in the U.S. increasing or decreasing in the coming decades as the descendants of immigrants assimilate to American culture and our 4 major sports?

Here are the 'preliminary' details of AFC Nations League:

1. There will be three leagues just as with UEFA Nations League 2028-29. They will have 18, 18 and 11 teams each (AFC has only 47 members). They will be called League A, League B and League C here for familiarity.
2. The 'Swiss model' used in Champions League and 2028-29 UEFA Nations League will be employed in AFC Nations League as well.
3. The tournament will be biennial and will also be used as qualifiers to AFC Asian cup (which will shift to even years from 2032 onwards) and the WC.
4. Teams will play 3 home and 3 away matches in 2030 NL, and 6 home and 6 away matches in 2032 NL. (There will be fewer matches in League C due to fewer teams.)
5. Teams that finish first and second will be promoted to upper leagues from B and C, teams that finish in the bottom two will be relegated from A and B.
6. Teams that finish 3-6 will play promotion playoffs with teams that finish 13-16 in the upper leagues wherever possible.
7. All 18 teams from League A and 6 top teams from League B in the 2030 edition will qualify for AFC Asian cup 2032.
8. Top 6 teams from League A in the 2032 edition will qualify directly for 2036 WC. Teams ranked 7-10 from the same league will participate in playoffs for the remaining spots.
9. A 'pilot' tournament in 2028-29 season will determine placements into leagues in the first season.
10. Matches will be mostly or entirely played during international breaks.
11. Top 8 teams from League A will play the knockouts for the trophy. The format will be identical to UEFA Nations League with two-legged playoffs for the QFs followed by single legged SFs and final.

Hey guys, I’m kind of new to football but I’ve fallen pretty hard. I keep hearing about how Harry Kane should will the Ballon d’or because he scored 73 goals across all competitions. I’m not here to make an argument against Harry Kane or any other player, I’m just curious is there any consideration to goal scoring environments and competitive gaps across leagues. Bayern is by far the top team in the Bundesliga and it is the highest scoring league in the top five leagues. Is that a consideration in anyone’s mind when grading players? What would Erling Haaland’s goal output be if he played in the Bundesliga instead of the Premier League for example.