FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread

[Distraction]

Here in Group B, I believe South Korea have an easy work to do. They are stronger than all the remaining teams. It shouldn't be too challenging for them to finish the qualifiers in the lead.    There are really good names with whom we are familiar in the Premier League such as Heung-Min Son and Hwang Hee-Chan also.



When it comes to Group C, I see Japan ahead of all others. I really like their game. You must be remembering the way they played in the last World Cup also. Defeating Spain and Germany both in the group stage. 

For Group A, I don't have much to say.    I'm not familiar with any of these teams much.

[bitcampaign]

Here in Group B, I believe South Korea have an easy work to do. They are stronger than all the remaining teams. It shouldn't be too challenging for them to finish the qualifiers in the lead.    There are really good names with whom we are familiar in the Premier League such as Heung-Min Son and Hwang Hee-Chan also.

The three names of South Korean players do not guarantee that they will dominate Group B, IRAQ performed well in this season's Qualifiers with several good results in each match, of course several IRAQ and JORDAN players will certainly trouble the South Korean players even though the Group Champion and Runner-up will be sure to qualify for the 2026 World Cup.

When it comes to Group C, I see Japan ahead of all others. I really like their game. You must be remembering the way they played in the last World Cup also. Defeating Spain and Germany both in the group stage. 

For Group A, I don't have much to say.    I'm not familiar with any of these teams much.

Indonesia gets a group that is quite difficult for them to be able to get good results in this group, Japan, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, it may be difficult for Indonesia to steal points in the match against these 4 countries, from the ranking structure it is very different from Indonesia's current ranking, most likely against China PR, Indonesia will be able to steal points with the meeting of the two countries later from the way China PR and Indonesia play is not much different, even almost 50/50 from the angle of body posture which is almost the same and 1 on 1 can be overcome by Indonesian players.

[Sithara007]

When it comes to Group C, I see Japan ahead of all others. I really like their game. You must be remembering the way they played in the last World Cup also. Defeating Spain and Germany both in the group stage. 

For Group A, I don't have much to say.    I'm not familiar with any of these teams much.

I disagree on Group C. Japan is not the only strong team on that group. Australia and Saudi Arabia are equally good. And don't forget the recent success of the domestic league in Saudi Arabia. Australia also has shown a lot of improvement in recent times. On the other hand, I would say that Japan is a team on the decline. Their players are ageing, and the domestic league is not showing much of improvement. And trust me, I won't write off both China and Indonesia. These two teams have also shown a lot of improvement.

[Webetcoins]

When it comes to Group C, I see Japan ahead of all others. I really like their game. You must be remembering the way they played in the last World Cup also. Defeating Spain and Germany both in the group stage. 

For Group A, I don't have much to say.    I'm not familiar with any of these teams much.

I disagree on Group C. Japan is not the only strong team on that group. Australia and Saudi Arabia are equally good. And don't forget the recent success of the domestic league in Saudi Arabia. Australia also has shown a lot of improvement in recent times. On the other hand, I would say that Japan is a team on the decline. Their players are ageing, and the domestic league is not showing much of improvement. And trust me, I won't write off both China and Indonesia. These two teams have also shown a lot of improvement.

In last few years, we are having good chances in Asian soccer with few countries are spending huge funds on their domestic leagues which are increasing their quality and game level which is good change even still we are having few countries which are dominating and having good influence in Asian soccer but still things are going better which is positive sign South Korea, Japan, Australia and Saudi Arab are strong candidates with Iran and few countries are trying to be had strong teams which give challenging performance and attendance in big events but for the rest of Asian countries it's still long way to go for having good teams and consistency which will keep them at the top level in mega events.

China is also doing good, but sadly they are having no consistency which is the problem for them Indonesia is having good potential, but they needed to work on their domestic level which will give them better results and better chances for having good results.

[Leviathan.007]

Here in Group B, I believe South Korea have an easy work to do. They are stronger than all the remaining teams. It shouldn't be too challenging for them to finish the qualifiers in the lead.    There are really good names with whom we are familiar in the Premier League such as Heung-Min Son and Hwang Hee-Chan also.



When it comes to Group C, I see Japan ahead of all others. I really like their game. You must be remembering the way they played in the last World Cup also. Defeating Spain and Germany both in the group stage. 

For Group A, I don't have much to say.    I'm not familiar with any of these teams much.

In group C I can see Saudi Arabia with Australia and Japan here and we know these three teams are going to try hard to win the ticket to the World Cup especially when we know Japan and Australia are the teams that are always one step better than the other Asian teams and regarding the other teams in this group I think the only team they can have the chance to race with Australia and Japan is only Saudi Arabia considering the investment they had for their country, I think this would cost a lot for Saudi Arabia if they lose the world cup.

 

[Adiljutt156]

What a disapointing match played by Brazil yesterday on the america cup played in USA, i think if they want to come back like the super power they allways were need to refresh and wake up fast, this team is not like the tipical brasilian team of samba and "jogo bonito" and plus is very weak in defense.

Until now not a good america cup in USA, i hope to see a better version for the world cup, im talking about stadiums and people.

we can't totally judge what this Brazil team is capable of doing from just this first Copa America match. We've seen other strong teams like England that has better individual players and that have played at least three consecutive matches still struggling to play well and score goals even though they have good players and good goal scorers in the team. If after there next encounter against Paraguay on Saturday they still struggle to score goals, then we can assume they aren't playing to expectation. So far, apart from scoring goals, they've actually shown dominance and played so well. What's just missing is thier ability to score goals that will give them all three points and I'm hoping that vini and Rodrygo would bring up the show and give Brazil the victory we've been waiting for . Though sitting on the second spot of the table, the Brazilian team can easily bounce back to topping thier group before they proceed to the knock out phase of the tournament and even at the knockout stage, the major threat I'm seeing is just Uruguay.

Costa Rica national football team could not win the match against Brazil . Brazil was favorite in this match and Brazil team was also zero and we saw that the Costa Rica team players defended very Well and we saw competition with no goal.  I expected goal from junior  but they didn't work like our expectations. The shots of Brazil team were more and the shots on target were also more.Brazil team passes  were 695 in comparison to 249 passes of Costa Rica team .We can't say Brazil team as top class team because their performance was poor in last matches and they should prove their selves and they should win the match with  high margin but their performance is not satisfactory. The pass accuracy of Brazil team was 90 percent and that is good accuracy in this match and thr fouls of Brazil team were also more and that were 13 in number.

[Strongkored]

When it comes to Group C, I see Japan ahead of all others. I really like their game. You must be remembering the way they played in the last World Cup also. Defeating Spain and Germany both in the group stage. 

Very proud to see Indonesia being able to advance to the 3rd round of World Cup qualifying, and being the only representative from Southeast Asia remaining in the Asian zone World Cup qualifying, but the journey is not finished and the task is getting harder because Japan, Saudi Arabia and Australia will have more opportunities to compete as group winners or runners-up, and I think Japan can be confirmed as group winners or runners-up and one place will be contested by Saudi Arabia and Australia because the first and second positions will immediately qualify for the main round of the 2026 World Cup.

Indonesia may have to try to get a place in 4th place so that it can proceed to the 4th round of qualifying, but clearly, this is not easy because there are China and Bahrain who have a greater chance of qualifying for the next round.

Hopefully, STY can again create an effective strategy for the Indonesian national team because so far he has been the key to Indonesia's success in continuing to progress, but if this is Indonesia's last step, I think it will still be an extraordinary achievement because Indonesian football is still in the process of developing be better.

[wiss19]

Very proud to see Indonesia being able to advance to the 3rd round of World Cup qualifying, and being the only representative from Southeast Asia remaining in the Asian zone World Cup qualifying, but the journey is not finished and the task is getting harder because Japan, Saudi Arabia and Australia will have more opportunities to compete as group winners or runners-up, and I think Japan can be confirmed as group winners or runners-up and one place will be contested by Saudi Arabia and Australia because the first and second positions will immediately qualify for the main round of the 2026 World Cup.

Indonesia may have to try to get a place in 4th place so that it can proceed to the 4th round of qualifying, but clearly, this is not easy because there are China and Bahrain who have a greater chance of qualifying for the next round.

Hopefully, STY can again create an effective strategy for the Indonesian national team because so far he has been the key to Indonesia's success in continuing to progress, but if this is Indonesia's last step, I think it will still be an extraordinary achievement because Indonesian football is still in the process of developing be better.

Now from here we will have 6 teams will be qualified direct, and then 2 teams needs to go for further qualifications for their spot into world cup things are clearly not suitable for the Indonesia to have spot into top four but still this is big achievement for them as now they are able to have spot into third stage which is good but as mentioned they need to work on this hopefully coming years could be better, and they will be able to achieve better results from qualification rounds.

In group C, we have three very strong teams which will try to have top ranks after them, we have China which is also doing good progress in last few months even this is also not enough for their chances to go direct, but they are now having good improvement for me most chances we will have China and Australia for the next round with Saudi Arab and Japan could be able to go through directly from here into world cup.

[doomloop]

Costa Rica national football team could not win the match against Brazil . Brazil was favorite in this match and Brazil team was also zero and we saw that the Costa Rica team players defended very Well and we saw competition with no goal.  I expected goal from junior  but they didn't work like our expectations. The shots of Brazil team were more and the shots on target were also more.Brazil team passes  were 695 in comparison to 249 passes of Costa Rica team .We can't say Brazil team as top class team because their performance was poor in last matches and they should prove their selves and they should win the match with  high margin but their performance is not satisfactory. The pass accuracy of Brazil team was 90 percent and that is good accuracy in this match and thr fouls of Brazil team were also more and that were 13 in number.

There is no doubt this was extraordinary effort from the Costa Rica for having draw against team like Brazil with match was completely controlled by the Brazil but still they were not able to have any goal which is another low level for them now they need to give their best in coming matches if they want to go through for the next round now their next game is against Paraguay.

In this game while Costa Rica give one of the best defense Brazil were completely clueless as their attack having no chance even they hit 17 shots from these 7 were on target but still things were not favourable for them to have lead and win in this match we have few double trophies winner in this Brazilian team but here things were completely out of the control which is surely matter of concern with hopefully now they will try to change their strategy and having better results in coming matches.

[boltz]

To be honest I've watched most of the Copa America games so far from USA and I can say with confidence their stadiums are looking great to host World Cup and also the numbers they provide for fans is actually insane and that's why I think the next World Cup will be one of the most amazing experiences for fans to watch football games. What will most likely be a down vibe , will be the expensive prices on absolutely everything because we can see this already happening in Copa America but also in Euro germany where prices went up with almost 200% in almost all categories.  

[Lidger]

They got 10 years to get ready for this great event. I'm sure just like what we saw in the past in Qatar when they were hosting the World Cup, Saudi Arabia will also spend too much money and try to build fantastic stadiums to get ready for the 2034 World Cup.
But the good thing is 2026 we are going to see the World Cup hosted in multiple countries including America where they have enough sports facilities to not spend a huge amount of money for it.

As I understand it, there are cultural differences between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, but still they are much closer to each other than to conventionally European culture. Therefore, I don’t even know what’s worse: the 2030 World Cup which will take place on three continents (lol) or the 2034 World Cup which will be similar to the Qatar World Cup. Once again I am convinced that officials are sick bastards and should be kept away from managing anything; I think business would never make such moronic decisions.

A country cannot easily host a football world cup at will. 2026 World Cup will be held by three countries three countries will host a World Cup together. Three countries have been selected for the 2026 World Cup as well as the host country for the 2030 World Cup. Saudi Arabia is now a perfect country for football and recently the Crown Prince has been offering maximum facilities for tourists. If we follow the Saudi League we will see many European players performing regularly and without any complaints and also many Europeans watching football matches there and going there as tourists. Although Qatar is a predominantly Muslim country, it is hoped that Saudi Arabia, being a predominantly Muslim country, will successfully complete the World Cup tournament.

[Rampagoe004]

Very proud to see Indonesia being able to advance to the 3rd round of World Cup qualifying, and being the only representative from Southeast Asia remaining in the Asian zone World Cup qualifying, but the journey is not finished and the task is getting harder because Japan, Saudi Arabia and Australia will have more opportunities to compete as group winners or runners-up, and I think Japan can be confirmed as group winners or runners-up and one place will be contested by Saudi Arabia and Australia because the first and second positions will immediately qualify for the main round of the 2026 World Cup.

Indonesia may have to try to get a place in 4th place so that it can proceed to the 4th round of qualifying, but clearly, this is not easy because there are China and Bahrain who have a greater chance of qualifying for the next round.

If you look at the opportunities it has according to the ranking from FIFA, Indonesia is in last place in this group. But I have seen Indonesia play several times both in the senior team or in AFC U-23 and what is interesting is that most of the Indonesian players are U-23 players. This means that if they continue to maintain the consistency of their game, I am sure they will become one of the strongest teams in Asia in the future. Maybe we can talk about their chances of playing in the 2030 World Cup. For now, I think a realistic result is that Indonesia will be in fourth place in the standings or fifth. I hope that Indonesia will be able to reach fourth place so that they still have a last chance in the next round of qualifying for the 2026 Asian zone world cup.

[Agbe]

Here in Group B, I believe South Korea have an easy work to do. They are stronger than all the remaining teams. It shouldn't be too challenging for them to finish the qualifiers in the lead.    There are really good names with whom we are familiar in the Premier League such as Heung-Min Son and Hwang Hee-Chan also.



When it comes to Group C, I see Japan ahead of all others. I really like their game. You must be remembering the way they played in the last World Cup also. Defeating Spain and Germany both in the group stage. 

For Group A, I don't have much to say.    I'm not familiar with any of these teams much.

I think this is for the continent group stages of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. In the African Continent, Group C,  Nigeria will not qualify because their performance is very poor in the time. At least they qualified to play the group stage in the world cup but this time, they will disqualified in the qualifiers stage.

Rwanda, South Africa and Benin Republic has the highest points of 7 each while Lesotho has 5 points and Nigeria 3 points then Zimbabwe has 2 points.

[knowngunman]

I think this is for the continent group stages of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. In the African Continent, Group C,  Nigeria will not qualify because their performance is very poor in the time. At least they qualified to play the group stage in the world cup but this time, they will disqualified in the qualifiers stage.

Rwanda, South Africa and Benin Republic has the highest points of 7 each while Lesotho has 5 points and Nigeria 3 points then Zimbabwe has 2 points.

Quite alright, we can not justify the underperformance of Nigeria in this world cup qualifying but it's also difficult to predict their final position in the table. There are still many games ahead to play which we are not sure of the outcome yet. It's too early to make conclusion that Nigeria can not qualify for the 2026 world cup. I know it will be difficult but it is very possible mathematically to qualify.

Nigeria only need to win all their remaining games in this group and the chance to qualify will be revived. Nigeria squad is capable of beating every team in this group if they have a good couch who can manage the squad effectively. I think there is no motivation from the couch because it is very obvious that Nigeria is not playing this qualifying game with the same spirit they used to play AFCON. Until it is all over, there chances is not completely dashed.

[indah rezqi]

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As I understand it, there are cultural differences between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, but still they are much closer to each other than to conventionally European culture. Therefore, I don’t even know what’s worse: the 2030 World Cup which will take place on three continents (lol) or the 2034 World Cup which will be similar to the Qatar World Cup. Once again I am convinced that officials are sick bastards and should be kept away from managing anything; I think business would never make such moronic decisions.

A country cannot easily host a football world cup at will. 2026 World Cup will be held by three countries three countries will host a World Cup together. Three countries have been selected for the 2026 World Cup as well as the host country for the 2030 World Cup. Saudi Arabia is now a perfect country for football and recently the Crown Prince has been offering maximum facilities for tourists. If we follow the Saudi League we will see many European players performing regularly and without any complaints and also many Europeans watching football matches there and going there as tourists. Although Qatar is a predominantly Muslim country, it is hoped that Saudi Arabia, being a predominantly Muslim country, will successfully complete the World Cup tournament.

As we all know, FIFA is not careless in appointing the World Cup host, this is also the case with the concept that it plans to implement in each edition. As far as I know, the concept for the 2030 World Cup which is planned to be held on three continents is still not final, meaning that FIFA will still consider various other possibilities. Meanwhile, I think Saudi appointment as host of the 2034 edition of the World Cup is very interesting, and of course they will try to make it more successful than Qatar.

Saudi has quite strong financial strength, they are quite serious about investing in football, we can see the current development of the Saudi Pro League. Meanwhile, FIFA also considers security, facilities and many other things when appointing the host, in this case Saudi is said to be super safe for all groups who want to come there. Meanwhile, FIFA also doesn't want to take big risks, they still want the World Cup to run smoothly, regardless of their various decisions which are sometimes not in line with our expectations.

[FanEagle]

I agree that when a nation has these type of success, we should be proud of them if we are from there, but also we should keep in mind that maybe it's not cared that much if they lose as well. Like if England lost in qualifiers, the whole nation would be on the streets asking for the managers head, the players head, and even FA's had as well. Whereas if Indonesia loses every game after this point, nobody would be too upset aside from maybe the players and their families that's it.

Sometimes some nations are not good at one sport but quite good at another one. This is why we should be considering how to do better and can't really approach the situation any differently, we just can't have any type of different life if you ask me.

[Agbe]

Quite alright, we can not justify the underperformance of Nigeria in this world cup qualifying but it's also difficult to predict their final position in the table. There are still many games ahead to play which we are not sure of the outcome yet. It's too early to make conclusion that Nigeria can not qualify for the 2026 world cup. I know it will be difficult but it is very possible mathematically to qualify.

Nigeria only need to win all their remaining games in this group and the chance to qualify will be revived. Nigeria squad is capable of beating every team in this group if they have a good couch who can manage the squad effectively. I think there is no motivation from the couch because it is very obvious that Nigeria is not playing this qualifying game with the same spirit they used to play AFCON. Until it is all over, there chances is not completely dashed.

I was a strong supporter of Super Eagles but the way things are going I am not in support of them and it is better for them not to qualify because they will still disappoint us like the previous World Cup in which they were knocked out from the group stage. So if they qualified for this time too, there is no good hope. Just look at the way they are molested in the just a qualifiers stage and that means they can't do anything in the main game. So instead of them going out to give fans heart attack then it is better to stay back.

[Lidger]

I agree that when a nation has these type of success, we should be proud of them if we are from there, but also we should keep in mind that maybe it's not cared that much if they lose as well. Like if England lost in qualifiers, the whole nation would be on the streets asking for the managers head, the players head, and even FA's had as well. Whereas if Indonesia loses every game after this point, nobody would be too upset aside from maybe the players and their families that's it.

Sometimes some nations are not good at one sport but quite good at another one. This is why we should be considering how to do better and can't really approach the situation any differently, we just can't have any type of different life if you ask me.

In 2034, Saudi Arabia is going to host another football World Cup and it is believed that Saudi Arabia may surpass Qatar and set a new record. Saudi Arabia has a huge GDP and if they spend part of this GDP on football world cup they can still finish the football world cup tournament much better than Qatar. Qatar has built a new city ahead of the football world cup and built a stadium, but there is no need to do the same in Saudi Arabia because Saudi Arabia already has an international standard stadium and there are enough facilities for the players. So Saudi Arabia doesn't need to worry about that much, they will only think about how to make the football world cup held in their country much more attractive.

[Docnaster]

Quite alright, we can not justify the underperformance of Nigeria in this world cup qualifying but it's also difficult to predict their final position in the table. There are still many games ahead to play which we are not sure of the outcome yet. It's too early to make conclusion that Nigeria can not qualify for the 2026 world cup. I know it will be difficult but it is very possible mathematically to qualify.

Nigeria only need to win all their remaining games in this group and the chance to qualify will be revived. Nigeria squad is capable of beating every team in this group if they have a good couch who can manage the squad effectively. I think there is no motivation from the couch because it is very obvious that Nigeria is not playing this qualifying game with the same spirit they used to play AFCON. Until it is all over, there chances is not completely dashed.

I was a strong supporter of Super Eagles but the way things are going I am not in support of them and it is better for them not to qualify because they will still disappoint us like the previous World Cup in which they were knocked out from the group stage. So if they qualified for this time too, there is no good hope. Just look at the way they are molested in the just a qualifiers stage and that means they can't do anything in the main game. So instead of them going out to give fans heart attack then it is better to stay back.

I was opportuned to watch the games the Nigeria Super Eagles played in their recently World Cup qualifiers and in my total assessment of the results I think the Super Eagles of Nigeria weren't as passionate as they were during the CAF African Cup Of Nations. The team were absolutely clueless of what they should do to win their which was why they couldn't get a win in those two games despite playing against teams in lesser FIFA ranking positions. The national team coach Finidi George left after those two disappointing results ajd reports have it the the football association of the country are now trying to sign a foreign coach that'll replace the departed manager. I think the Super Eagles possesses the needed quality of players to still qualify to play in the next edition of the FIFA World Cup.

[Agbe]

Quite alright, we can not justify the underperformance of Nigeria in this world cup qualifying but it's also difficult to predict their final position in the table. There are still many games ahead to play which we are not sure of the outcome yet. It's too early to make conclusion that Nigeria can not qualify for the 2026 world cup. I know it will be difficult but it is very possible mathematically to qualify.

Nigeria only need to win all their remaining games in this group and the chance to qualify will be revived. Nigeria squad is capable of beating every team in this group if they have a good couch who can manage the squad effectively. I think there is no motivation from the couch because it is very obvious that Nigeria is not playing this qualifying game with the same spirit they used to play AFCON. Until it is all over, there chances is not completely dashed.

I was a strong supporter of Super Eagles but the way things are going I am not in support of them and it is better for them not to qualify because they will still disappoint us like the previous World Cup in which they were knocked out from the group stage. So if they qualified for this time too, there is no good hope. Just look at the way they are molested in the just a qualifiers stage and that means they can't do anything in the main game. So instead of them going out to give fans heart attack then it is better to stay back.

I was opportuned to watch the games the Nigeria Super Eagles played in their recently World Cup qualifiers and in my total assessment of the results I think the Super Eagles of Nigeria weren't as passionate as they were during the CAF African Cup Of Nations. The team were absolutely clueless of what they should do to win their which was why they couldn't get a win in those two games despite playing against teams in lesser FIFA ranking positions. The national team coach Finidi George left after those two disappointing results ajd reports have it the the football association of the country are now trying to sign a foreign coach that'll replace the departed manager. I think the Super Eagles possesses the needed quality of players to still qualify to play in the next edition of the FIFA World Cup.

Nigeria now ranked as 38 position in the latest FIFA 20 June 2024 Ranking. Late last year and early this year they were in the position of 28 and 30 in between but now after the two march in the world cup qualifiers they have dropped to 38. Well the dropping of former head coach was not even because of the losing the two matches because I could vividly remember that when he was saying after they loss to Benin Republic 2-1 says, Nigeria Super Eagles will still qualify in the world cup until when Victor Osimhen Instagram Video was made then with that anger and other internal pressure made him to resign. And it was mainly the drift between him and Osimhen caused the resignation but before then, the assistant coach had resigned.