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

[FanEagle]

The next World Cup will be 48 teams World Cup and they will obviously earn more money from this tournament, maybe they can spend the money they earn during this time on developing football, I think even in Brazil they need to do much more development because this country got a huge potential and they only thing they need to have is a good management system to help the young talents in this country and that's how Brazil can return to the golden days again.

That would be lovely, reaching out to places that wasn't reached out before would be quite good for them, they really need to grow football a lot. I understand that social media helped a bit, but we are still talking about a 2+ hour deal, between the half time and the extra added times on both halves, we will have 2+ hours of our life in football every week, and that's just for fan of one game, if you watch other games as well, then we are talking about insane amount of time going to football.

In a day and age when nothing else was good, I understand why football was great, but nowadays there are many competitions to football, people can watch or do so many more things at home now, so convincing them to watch football is harder. World cup should be a place where you can convince a lot of people, the reach is greater.

[Volgastallion]

Regardless of the last matches I think Brazil will qualify, along with Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador and Colombia

The sixth place is harder, I don't 'believe' in Venezuela even when they are in third place right now, I think the most likely sixth team will be Peru

Mannnn, the Conmebol qualifier its never been so easy for the big teams, they have now more places than ever, and some teams like Bolivia are pure shit and are gonna be in the bottom as ussual, so obviusly the national teams you mention are gonna be in the World Cup. It was more fun before with only 5 teams getting the ticket.

[Patrol69]

Yes, it all started as usual with a massive win for Brazil, but then a surprise lost match against Peru started everything. They then went to draw with Venezuela, which is arguably the weakest in the region, and then went on to lose three consecutive matches.

I don't think Brazil has ever performed this poorly at any previous qualifier.

We'll see if they can come back against Ecuador

I think this could happen because Brazil today is not the same as it used to be. Currently they only rely on Neymar. And it can be seen how they were so unprepared when Neymar was injured. When we look further, Brazil's 1-7 defeat against Germany in the world cup a few years ago was also due to Neymar being absent due to injury against Colombia (CMIIW because I can barely remember everything). This is very sad news because they brought 5 world cup stars to their country.

This is not a problem because Brazil is very advanced in the world of football and they will prepare very well before that World Cup.  Brazil has no chance of being eliminated in the qualifying round. Because they are a strong enough team Neymar is a very good player and he gives enough effort for Brazil to perform well. So qualification is not a problem for Brazil.  They will need to prepare well before the next World Cup starts and try to win the cup.

We must accept that Brazil will qualify to play in the main stage of the World Cup but the current performance of Brazil is not good at all and because of the current performance we are unhappy and that is why Brazil fans are arrogantly saying that their team may not be able to play in the main stage of the World Cup. Neymar has been injured for a long time and he is trying his best to recover from the injury.  Some videos of Neymar's return from injury have gone viral on social media and it looks like he is still ready to give his best for the Brazil team. If Neymar returns to the Brazilian team, the attacking line of the Brazilian team will be a little stronger and Brazil will qualify for the main stage better.

[QueenVera]

Gone are those days football was being played majorly because of the sake of how passionate footballer are or can be. Modern day football is significantly influenced by the financial packages that comes with it and that's why the management of football at all levels are always adopting new football rules that'll yield a lot of money so they can use the proceeds to develop football the more.

The 48-team FIFA World Cup tournament will further generate more financial rewards than that of the 32-team format that's been in adopted for a a very long time. The more financial returns from the 48- team format will also make FIFA to increase the amount of money each participating country receives as well. I don't think there's anything that's gonna stop money from being the major decider in future football developments

Football and it's concept currently are far more opposite to it's concept before now. We'd testify that football back then was much more fun and intentional than it is now. The legends made football beautiful, the football bodies doing their best to ensure that the well being of players are in check, currently no one is bothered about anyone.

 The football body has in itself as much corrupt acts as can be numbered. The whole intention of football has been drifted from being a fun and leisure game while earning from it to a game where the earnings come first before the fun and passion for it, no offense meant but FIFA as a body are now focused more in the money to be earned.

 They take away the fun of it, make impositions that'll favour them and their pockets and leave aside the welfare of players and teams. Nothing else bothers them as long as they get the quota allocated to them. There may not be a change to the view of football in this present time but one just has to understand that the context has definitely been altered.

[Leviathan.007]

Regardless of the last matches I think Brazil will qualify, along with Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador and Colombia

The sixth place is harder, I don't 'believe' in Venezuela even when they are in third place right now, I think the most likely sixth team will be Peru

Mannnn, the Conmebol qualifier its never been so easy for the big teams, they have now more places than ever, and some teams like Bolivia are pure shit and are gonna be in the bottom as ussual, so obviusly the national teams you mention are gonna be in the World Cup. It was more fun before with only 5 teams getting the ticket.

Regarding CONMEBOL, I think the gap between teams like Argentina and Brazil to really huge, and this can show all other teams in this federation are not at the same level as teams like Argentina and Brazil. However this time brazil was not not performing well enough.
 

[nullama]

Regardless of the last matches I think Brazil will qualify, along with Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador and Colombia

The sixth place is harder, I don't 'believe' in Venezuela even when they are in third place right now, I think the most likely sixth team will be Peru

I think this will be the world cup of Uruguay. They always play very well, and they seem to be doing great in this qualifier.

Venezuela has an historical bad reputation, but they managed to draw with Brazil. I actually think that Brazil might end up 7th and therefore out of this world cup.

That's going to be historical as it would be their first time to not qualify.

[Sithara007]

I think this will be the world cup of Uruguay. They always play very well, and they seem to be doing great in this qualifier.

Venezuela has an historical bad reputation, but they managed to draw with Brazil. I actually think that Brazil might end up 7th and therefore out of this world cup.

That's going to be historical as it would be their first time to not qualify.

Venezuela and Bolivia - these two teams are regarded as the weakest ones from CONMEBOL. But this time around, they have performed well. Venezuela is at 4th position in the points table, with 2 wins from 6 matches and a total of 9 points. So far they have lost only one match - against Colombia. Bolivia is at the 9th position, but right now they are ahead of Peru. BTW, Brazil will not miss the ticket to 2026 world cup even if they finish at the 7th position. 7th placed team will enter into Inter-confederation play-offs, and in this case the 7th placed team from CONMEBOL will play against one team from either AFC, CAF, CONCACAF or OFC.

[Hirose UK]

Yes, the World Cup competition will last longer with more matches and more time to spend, in fact I agree with your opinion.
Even though it takes longer and the first few matches are considered qualifying matches, at least it can be said to be new capitalism.
In the sense that more money comes in because more matches will bring in more spectators who will buy tickets and affect the financial development of organizers and those who have businesses in the area around the stadium that is used.

I admit that football has been infiltrated by capitalism. Everyone needs money. The organizers want profits, the national team wants to get big prizes, broadcast rights owners will also get more profits because there are more and more matches. I don't know whether this is good news or bad news for world football but in this day and age I think everything in this world will be influenced by capitalism itself.

Football is type of sport that is very popular, even in every country, many young people are trying to pursue career as football player, they practice by joining football schools and participating in several tournaments.
Everything doesn't go smoothly, they have to go through many obstacles and also very tight competition because so many children and teenagers are trying to become great players so that in the future they can join big and famous teams.
But all this is done not solely for achievement and popularity but also about the money that can be earned as football player.
A player who succeeds in joining big team has fantastic pay.

In fact, it not just about player, but everyone related to football wants money, not just achievements and just look at anyone who enters the sports industry who has extraordinary wealth.
It is not surprising that some people consider football to be place of massive capitalism.

But it doesn't matter because everyone wants decent life and for any country that is able to enter to participate in the World Cup they also get big profits.
In fact, this biggest event for football has also succeeded in providing financial progress for each country that has been used as host.
Many people with their businesses can develop because there are people in every country watching the World Cup, they stay in hotels, they buy food, they buy souvenirs.
Each has its own benefits and advantages.

[Juggy777]

Regardless of the last matches I think Brazil will qualify, along with Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador and Colombia

The sixth place is harder, I don't 'believe' in Venezuela even when they are in third place right now, I think the most likely sixth team will be Peru

Mannnn, the Conmebol qualifier its never been so easy for the big teams, they have now more places than ever, and some teams like Bolivia are pure shit and are gonna be in the bottom as ussual, so obviusly the national teams you mention are gonna be in the World Cup. It was more fun before with only 5 teams getting the ticket.

Regarding CONMEBOL, I think the gap between teams like Argentina and Brazil to really huge, and this can show all other teams in this federation are not at the same level as teams like Argentina and Brazil. However this time brazil was not not performing well enough.
 

@Leviathan. 007 Brazil should be careful not to repeat the mistakes of Italy otherwise in coming year’s they’ll be absent from the World Cup and personally I never got over the news of Italy missing out hence can’t see a World Cup without Brazil ever. Furthermore the gap exists because Brazil player’s play in important leagues and if other countries want to close the gap they need to try and get their player’s to play in big leagues to gain much needed exposure.

[Sithara007]

@Leviathan. 007 Brazil should be careful not to repeat the mistakes of Italy otherwise in coming year’s they’ll be absent from the World Cup and personally I never got over the news of Italy missing out hence can’t see a World Cup without Brazil ever. Furthermore the gap exists because Brazil player’s play in important leagues and if other countries want to close the gap they need to try and get their player’s to play in big leagues to gain much needed exposure.

There is only a remote chance that Brazil will miss qualification. Because from this time onwards CONMEBOL is being allotted a total of 6.5 spots in the world cup. So out of 10 teams participating in the qualifiers, 6 will get direct qualification based on their standing in points table, while the 7th ranked team need to take part in Inter-confederation play-offs. At this point, Brazil is at 6th position. And I am sure that they will improve their position once the tournament restarts by September 2024. But there is no room for complacency. All of the participating teams are very strong in CONMEBOL.

[armanda90]

@Leviathan. 007 Brazil should be careful not to repeat the mistakes of Italy otherwise in coming year’s they’ll be absent from the World Cup and personally I never got over the news of Italy missing out hence can’t see a World Cup without Brazil ever. Furthermore the gap exists because Brazil player’s play in important leagues and if other countries want to close the gap they need to try and get their player’s to play in big leagues to gain much needed exposure.

I think difference level national team between UEFA and CONMEBOL zone due Brazil need finish above six standings place automatically will qualify to world cup. But not make it easy after three consecutives matches loss and Brazil have wake up upcoming match next year for securing their top six position place. Have many points gap with Argentina on the first standing and must have won for several matches later if Brazil keep on the top position behind will make difficult under 7th standings will get playoff round.
Brazil next match against Ecuador but still very longer time, hope any player still injury will get recovery and already for the upcoming match and bring back Brazil to the top standing as possibilities with 2nd or 3rd placed.

[Swordsoffreedom]

@Leviathan. 007 Brazil should be careful not to repeat the mistakes of Italy otherwise in coming year’s they’ll be absent from the World Cup and personally I never got over the news of Italy missing out hence can’t see a World Cup without Brazil ever. Furthermore the gap exists because Brazil player’s play in important leagues and if other countries want to close the gap they need to try and get their player’s to play in big leagues to gain much needed exposure.

There is only a remote chance that Brazil will miss qualification. Because from this time onwards CONMEBOL is being allotted a total of 6.5 spots in the world cup. So out of 10 teams participating in the qualifiers, 6 will get direct qualification based on their standing in points table, while the 7th ranked team need to take part in Inter-confederation play-offs. At this point, Brazil is at 6th position. And I am sure that they will improve their position once the tournament restarts by September 2024. But there is no room for complacency. All of the participating teams are very strong in CONMEBOL.

I think Brazil is capable of performing better compared to what they have been doing. I also think that so far they have been facing pretty decent opponents as well. No, I do not think Brazil is going to miss the World Cup. But you never know. Something crazy might happen. People also did not expect Italy to miss the World Cup. But they did. I am not saying that Brazil is going to miss the World Cup. But there is definitely a chance for back to happen. Even though the chance is very small. And I absolutely agree with you that there is no chance for complacency.

[Docnaster]

Regardless of the last matches I think Brazil will qualify, along with Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador and Colombia

The sixth place is harder, I don't 'believe' in Venezuela even when they are in third place right now, I think the most likely sixth team will be Peru

Mannnn, the Conmebol qualifier its never been so easy for the big teams, they have now more places than ever, and some teams like Bolivia are pure shit and are gonna be in the bottom as ussual, so obviusly the national teams you mention are gonna be in the World Cup. It was more fun before with only 5 teams getting the ticket.

It's very surprising to see that after six games played in the CONMEBOL FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, a big team like Brazil is lying in the six position behind teams like Columbia, Venezuela and Ecuador. Another big team in the CONMEBOL that's not living up to expectations of football fans is the Chile national team who's currently in the 8th position. That been said, I don't think that there's anything that's gonna stop Brazil from reaching the finals of the FIFA World Cup in 2026 because they have all the quality players needed to easily qualify for football's biggest tournament in 2026.

Argentina and Uruguay who are respectively leading the the qualifications table I also think are gonna surely make it to the finals as we all

[QueenVera]

Football is type of sport that is very popular, even in every country, many young people are trying to pursue career as football player, they practice by joining football schools and participating in several tournaments.
Everything doesn't go smoothly, they have to go through many obstacles and also very tight competition because so many children and teenagers are trying to become great players so that in the future they can join big and famous teams.
But all this is done not solely for achievement and popularity but also about the money that can be earned as football player.
A player who succeeds in joining big team has fantastic pay.

In fact, it not just about player, but everyone related to football wants money, not just achievements and just look at anyone who enters the sports industry who has extraordinary wealth.
It is not surprising that some people consider football to be place of massive capitalism.

But it doesn't matter because everyone wants decent life and for any country that is able to enter to participate in the World Cup they also get big profits.
In fact, this biggest event for football has also succeeded in providing financial progress for each country that has been used as host.
Many people with their businesses can develop because there are people in every country watching the World Cup, they stay in hotels, they buy food, they buy souvenirs.
Each has its own benefits and advantages.

The journey of being great in football isn't just as easy as many may feel it is, infact it's very much obvious that there are hurdles that needs to be overcome. Even though it's very much likely that things may change at some point, but the dream is undying. There's definitely a or some reasons why people settle for football, first may likely be for the fun of it, there the passion for it takes the major course and the resilient spirit too being inert. They keep up the struggle because there's this zeal to enjoy what football as a sport meant. Every youngster would always have that in mind then inwardly projecting himself in the affluence lives of the players and then there is a new reason which balls around the financial gain from it.

 No one wants to be a suffering player, everyone wants to earn from it and even earn more from the tournament bonuses. In all, there's this push and driving force to making a life out of football, how beautiful the sport is, it's still also tagged to be the best in all, it's literally a sport that brings all kinds of people together in harmony and definitely more and more young players with greatness quest will arise.

[nullama]

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Venezuela and Bolivia - these two teams are regarded as the weakest ones from CONMEBOL. But this time around, they have performed well. Venezuela is at 4th position in the points table, with 2 wins from 6 matches and a total of 9 points. So far they have lost only one match - against Colombia. Bolivia is at the 9th position, but right now they are ahead of Peru. BTW, Brazil will not miss the ticket to 2026 world cup even if they finish at the 7th position. 7th placed team will enter into Inter-confederation play-offs, and in this case the 7th placed team from CONMEBOL will play against one team from either AFC, CAF, CONCACAF or OFC.

Ah yeah, you're right. I thought there were only 6 spots now, but yeah, they kept the 0.5 slot.

Brazil might still not qualify by being 7th though, if they lose that game as well...

[synchronym]

Yes, it all started as usual with a massive win for Brazil, but then a surprise lost match against Peru started everything. They then went to draw with Venezuela, which is arguably the weakest in the region, and then went on to lose three consecutive matches.

I don't think Brazil has ever performed this poorly at any previous qualifier.

We'll see if they can come back against Ecuador

I think this could happen because Brazil today is not the same as it used to be. Currently they only rely on Neymar. And it can be seen how they were so unprepared when Neymar was injured. When we look further, Brazil's 1-7 defeat against Germany in the world cup a few years ago was also due to Neymar being absent due to injury against Colombia (CMIIW because I can barely remember everything). This is very sad news because they brought 5 world cup stars to their country.

This is not a problem because Brazil is very advanced in the world of football and they will prepare very well before that World Cup.  Brazil has no chance of being eliminated in the qualifying round. Because they are a strong enough team Neymar is a very good player and he gives enough effort for Brazil to perform well. So qualification is not a problem for Brazil.  They will need to prepare well before the next World Cup starts and try to win the cup.

We must accept that Brazil will qualify to play in the main stage of the World Cup but the current performance of Brazil is not good at all and because of the current performance we are unhappy and that is why Brazil fans are arrogantly saying that their team may not be able to play in the main stage of the World Cup. Neymar has been injured for a long time and he is trying his best to recover from the injury.  Some videos of Neymar's return from injury have gone viral on social media and it looks like he is still ready to give his best for the Brazil team. If Neymar returns to the Brazilian team, the attacking line of the Brazilian team will be a little stronger and Brazil will qualify for the main stage better.

Op you are right Brazil is not doing well right now. The five-time world champions have not won a title for 21 years. Then the Brazilian team is not performing so well in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. Because of this, there are concerns about Brazil's participation in the 2026 World Cup. For a long time, the Brazilian team was at number three at the top, currently the team is at number five in Brazil. I have never seen a Brazilian team in such bad condition. The Brazilian team is in this state today due to the absence of some important players. Maybe if Neymar wasn't injured, if Neymar was in the team, maybe Brazil wouldn't be in such a bad situation.

[uneng]

Op you are right Brazil is not doing well right now. The five-time world champions have not won a title for 21 years. Then the Brazilian team is not performing so well in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. Because of this, there are concerns about Brazil's participation in the 2026 World Cup. For a long time, the Brazilian team was at number three at the top, currently the team is at number five in Brazil. I have never seen a Brazilian team in such bad condition. The Brazilian team is in this state today due to the absence of some important players. Maybe if Neymar wasn't injured, if Neymar was in the team, maybe Brazil wouldn't be in such a bad situation.

Brazil is still a good team. There is a lot of negativity recently towards their national team due to their loss against Argentina (1x0), however the game was pretty balanced if we look the statistics. The only considerable difference was regards fouls which Brazil commited much more than Argentina, what is quite ironical, since during the golden days of Brazil, it was Argentina to be considered an aggressive team on the field.

Also, keep in mind Argentina is the currently winner of World Cup, so naturally it must be really hard to play against them. If Brazil was doing so badly, I think the result would have been worse for them, just like when they played against Germany and took a 7x1 during the World Cup of 2014, at home.

[Sithara007]

Ah yeah, you're right. I thought there were only 6 spots now, but yeah, they kept the 0.5 slot.

Brazil might still not qualify by being 7th though, if they lose that game as well...

Honestly, I believe that Brazil may end up in top-4 once the CONMEBOL qualifiers finish. If by some chance they end up as 7th team in the tournament, then they need to play the Inter-confederation play-offs. But at this point we doesn't know who will be their opponents. As of now, FIFA hasn't revealed the draw for the playoffs. That will be publicized only after the first round qualifiers are completed. Anyway, irrespective of whether they are going to qualify or not, things are not looking rosy for the Brazilian team.

[FanEagle]

@Leviathan. 007 Brazil should be careful not to repeat the mistakes of Italy otherwise in coming year’s they’ll be absent from the World Cup and personally I never got over the news of Italy missing out hence can’t see a World Cup without Brazil ever. Furthermore the gap exists because Brazil player’s play in important leagues and if other countries want to close the gap they need to try and get their player’s to play in big leagues to gain much needed exposure.

I think difference level national team between UEFA and CONMEBOL zone due Brazil need finish above six standings place automatically will qualify to world cup. But not make it easy after three consecutives matches loss and Brazil have wake up upcoming match next year for securing their top six position place. Have many points gap with Argentina on the first standing and must have won for several matches later if Brazil keep on the top position behind will make difficult under 7th standings will get playoff round.
Brazil next match against Ecuador but still very longer time, hope any player still injury will get recovery and already for the upcoming match and bring back Brazil to the top standing as possibilities with 2nd or 3rd placed.

I still think that it is not going to be all that difficult for them, after all we are talking about Brazil here. Yes they are not doing great, and yes they are looking to change their manager (ancelotti may take the spot) but that doesn't mean that they will keep doing terrible. They will do fine and I bet that they are going to be in world cup without a doubt. It should be noted that they are good enough to beat everyone else from here on out and they can go there. I know that some people have seen the bad momentum and they think that people will lose, but that doesn't mean that they will keep on losing forever, it is going to be quite difficult in the end.

I hope that we could continue this work and bet on them to win. I will personally bet on them to win all the remainder of the games because I believe that they are going to make a great profit, and that should not be an issue for them, it should be easy money for me hopefully, unless I am wrong and they lose again.

[Volgastallion]

Regardless of the last matches I think Brazil will qualify, along with Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador and Colombia

The sixth place is harder, I don't 'believe' in Venezuela even when they are in third place right now, I think the most likely sixth team will be Peru

Mannnn, the Conmebol qualifier its never been so easy for the big teams, they have now more places than ever, and some teams like Bolivia are pure shit and are gonna be in the bottom as ussual, so obviusly the national teams you mention are gonna be in the World Cup. It was more fun before with only 5 teams getting the ticket.

Regarding CONMEBOL, I think the gap between teams like Argentina and Brazil to really huge, and this can show all other teams in this federation are not at the same level as teams like Argentina and Brazil. However this time brazil was not not performing well enough.
 

Well, yes and no, because in the past was even worst i think, in the 1980 for example Colombia was a meme national team and now is a very strong national team, Venezuela until 2010 was also like a meme and now, they lose but they can fight in the matchs, so is a big improvement, this goes also for a few others, the only one who doesnt improve was Bolivia.