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

[Weawant]

Yeah, the current performance of Brazil is really bad.

But Brazil is really one of the best, if not the best, team historically speaking.

There can be rough patches along the way, but they are a really strong team, and there are many more games to be played yet.

Things will probably change in the future.

Yeah, the current performance of Brazil is indeed disappointing. I hope within a few times Brazil overcome the position again with the talented players. However, considering their remarkable historical achievements, do you think they'll be able to bounce back in the upcoming games?

Brazil has always been known for their rich historical heritage when it has to do with football and their unending pool of talents as the country is known for their football prowess over the years and then it's natural that regardless of how formidable a team is they get to a point they suffer some rough patches but their ability to get pass such stage makes them stand out.

Brazil currently having poor performance in their appearance tho it has become a thing to border over but then I see it as temporal and I believe before the world cup they will be able to recover and bounce back in to a better form that will help them through the world cup. They have a little of coaching problem and anceloti would have helped them fix that but then it's sad he disappointed them and I feel it has got it's effect on them ever since. They have anticipated his coming and hoped for that transformative effect which would have helped their performance, they can look for another alternative to fix that before the world cup because if they go to the world cup with this performance it will definitely not get them far enough.

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[dezoel]

Jorge Jesus can be a really good move for Brazil national team, and also i think maybe he can make the two jobs at the same time, im refering to keep being the Al Hilal coach and also being the Brazil new coach, right now Brazil is coached by the coach of Fluminense, and he doesnt give up in his club work, so this can happen.

Firstly it's not possible that a coach have two jobs at the time with secondly most chances Jorge Jesus will be free after the end of this season as Al Hilal having just one season contract with him so he can join Brazil national team without any problem with currently things are not clear what's going to happen in Brazil team after Carlos Ancelotti contract extension at the Real Madrid.

Brazil and their performance are surely currently top talk of the soccer community with mostly peoples love to them at the top, but sadly they are having quality, but lack of leadership is bringing them down and Neymar Jr is also having too many injuries which are hurting him and his team hopefully things will be clear in coming days, and they will be able to fight back in near future with the tag of world's best.

[Leviathan.007]

Most success national teams in the past not right now because latest winner of FIFA World Cup 2002 and after that achievement Brazil never lead until final phase with five edition of World Cup. Brazil have many youth talented and most of them become regular position with top european team in fact Brazil never lead to final phase in World Cup last five edition after successful in 2002.
You have received fact with Brazil national team get under performance although they have many top talented players but not enough helped Brazil for winning FIFA World Cup again, don't be blame with how many star on Brazil t shirt but also in the modern era how many time brazil success lead to final phase.

You are right that Brazil is a successful team but that was in the past and it has been a long time since they could not become champions, even when the World Cup was held in their own country they lost badly to Germany in the quarterfinals, and if I'm not mistaken the quarterfinals are the stage of the round where they always eliminated after the last becoming champions several times, it's quite a shame that Brazil is like that with quite a number of talented players, maybe the coaching factor is the reason why Brazil hasn't found a coach who can unite all these good players to form a strong team.
After the rumors about Ancelotti were answered, now there are rumors that the one who will become Brazil's coach is Jose Mourinho, he is an experienced coach and has quite a lot of achievements and could possibly make Brazil better, but unfortunately, this is just a rumor because Mourinho said that no one has contacted him or his agent about Brazil wanted him to become coach there.
https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1742712284785278997

Jose Mourinho doesn't have a good situation in Roma and he is currently in a situation in which we can expect him to leave the team at any time because the way he performed in the Serie A and the recent games was not as good as the fans were expecting him to see.
On the other hand, Brazil is also losing for another coach, and that's why it's pretty much normal to see him linked to Brazil but I think Brazil should make the decision faster because they need to rebuild the team for the World Cup.
  

[snipie]

Jose Mourinho doesn't have a good situation in Roma and he is currently in a situation in which we can expect him to leave the team at any time because the way he performed in the Serie A and the recent games was not as good as the fans were expecting him to see.
On the other hand, Brazil is also losing for another coach, and that's why it's pretty much normal to see him linked to Brazil but I think Brazil should make the decision faster because they need to rebuild the team for the World Cup.

Since it is all rumours being said, it is difficult to guess what will happen later but from what I heard and read, it appears that Jose Mourinho is hoping for a contract extension with Roma!
His contribution with Roma is just normal, nothing special in term of results, the ranking of Roma is always outside of the first four spots dedicated for Champions League..
I don't know if he could be successful with the Brazilian team if he ever joined them. I know he could improve the team but the results might not always follow for him.

[Slow death]

I am pretty much convinced that Brazil will be able to qualify for the world cup.

What we've seen so far is not the norm. Brazil is such a powerful team, they just have been a bit unlucky lately.

But I'm sure they will wake up from this.

I believe that qualification for the 2026 World Cup is not at risk. Even if Brazil do badly, 6 will still qualify directly and 1 by play-off
It's only a matter of time before the team gets a coach and starts winning again.

You guys probably don't remember, but in 1994 Brazil had a tough time qualifying, placing behind Bolivia and Ecuador after 3 rounds, back then qualification was different, but it wasn't easy, and it was criticized a lot, just as it is now
Then everyone knows what happened in 1994...

Times have changed, at that time Brazil had good and responsible players, today Brazil has players who are constantly involved in controversies and when they lose a game they don't stop going to party... look at Neymar, the guy won't play well anymore As in the past, he will not play for a long time and it is not yet known whether he will continue playing in Saudi Arabia or not after he is cured. The other players on the Brazilian national team, despite being good players, have also not done well when it comes to scoring goals. If there was the World Cup today, Brazil wouldn't win, if next year there was the World Cup, Brazil wouldn't win, so I highly doubt that in the next World Cup, Brazil will be able to win.

This is because the current Brazilian players on the national team can change a lot before the World Cup approaches and I'm talking about change in the sense of becoming worse than they currently are when it comes to behavior. Another point is related to the coach, they will probably hire a Brazilian coach, but that won't change anything in terms of the standard of players called up, I always said that it was impossible for the Real Madrid coach to become coach of the Brazilian national team because for one person smart, it is easy to see that becoming coach of the Brazilian national team would be the same as asking to destroy his reputation, because the coach will hardly be able to put his ideas on those called up for the team

It is unlikely that any coach who takes the risk of becoming Brazil's coach will be able to discipline his players off the field, this task is impossible in my opinion. I hope that any foreign coach who is invited to coach Brazil thinks very carefully before making a decision because it could destroy his reputation when he fails to achieve anything. This year there is a competition for South American national teams, Copa América, we will see what Brazil achieved in this tournament, it will serve as a small gauge of what can be expected from Brazil

[swogerino]

Jose Mourinho doesn't have a good situation in Roma and he is currently in a situation in which we can expect him to leave the team at any time because the way he performed in the Serie A and the recent games was not as good as the fans were expecting him to see.
On the other hand, Brazil is also losing for another coach, and that's why it's pretty much normal to see him linked to Brazil but I think Brazil should make the decision faster because they need to rebuild the team for the World Cup.

Since it is all rumours being said, it is difficult to guess what will happen later but from what I heard and read, it appears that Jose Mourinho is hoping for a contract extension with Roma!
His contribution with Roma is just normal, nothing special in term of results, the ranking of Roma is always outside of the first four spots dedicated for Champions League..
I don't know if he could be successful with the Brazilian team if he ever joined them. I know he could improve the team but the results might not always follow for him.

I think Mourinho needs a chance to coach a big team like Brazil.I am pretty sure with the experience Mourinho has and the players Brazil has this is a winning duo and they can go very far in the World Cup of 2026.I doubt though the Brazilian management would give him a chance after Mourinho it is a long time that has not won any real serious trophy except the Europa Conference League which is not one of the major ones like Champions League or at least Europa League so that these trophies could have boosted his chances to be an orchestra master for the Selecao.

[Leviathan.007]

Jose Mourinho doesn't have a good situation in Roma and he is currently in a situation in which we can expect him to leave the team at any time because the way he performed in the Serie A and the recent games was not as good as the fans were expecting him to see.
On the other hand, Brazil is also losing for another coach, and that's why it's pretty much normal to see him linked to Brazil but I think Brazil should make the decision faster because they need to rebuild the team for the World Cup.

Since it is all rumours being said, it is difficult to guess what will happen later but from what I heard and read, it appears that Jose Mourinho is hoping for a contract extension with Roma!
His contribution with Roma is just normal, nothing special in term of results, the ranking of Roma is always outside of the first four spots dedicated for Champions League..
I don't know if he could be successful with the Brazilian team if he ever joined them. I know he could improve the team but the results might not always follow for him.

I think Mourinho needs a chance to coach a big team like Brazil.I am pretty sure with the experience Mourinho has and the players Brazil has this is a winning duo and they can go very far in the World Cup of 2026.I doubt though the Brazilian management would give him a chance after Mourinho it is a long time that has not won any real serious trophy except the Europa Conference League which is not one of the major ones like Champions League or at least Europa League so that these trophies could have boosted his chances to be an orchestra master for the Selecao.

Maybe that's not a good idea to use Mourinho as the coach of Brazil because I'm not sure if Mourinho can have a good performance as a national coach for any team since he doesn't have the experience of working at this position and that's going to be the first time for this coach also he couldn't have good performance recently and maybe its' time to say his strategies are not working well it was working in the past.
That's why I think Brazil can start seeking a better coach who has the experience of working at this level, which is going to be more safe for the team.

[Sithara007]

^^ These are just rumors and nothing is confirmed as of yet. José Mourinho, if he takes over as the coach for Brazil will be able to improve the performance of the Brazilian national team. But the big question is whether he is interested or not. For the last three years, he has been coaching AS Roma and I don't know whether Brazilian federation can offer a better compensation package. And the chances of Brazil performing well in 2026 World Cup is minimal, and therefore apart from monetary benefits there are few other attractions.

[Hirose UK]

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Firstly it's not possible that a coach have two jobs at the time with secondly most chances Jorge Jesus will be free after the end of this season as Al Hilal having just one season contract with him so he can join Brazil national team without any problem with currently things are not clear what's going to happen in Brazil team after Carlos Ancelotti contract extension at the Real Madrid.

Brazil and their performance are surely currently top talk of the soccer community with mostly peoples love to them at the top, but sadly they are having quality, but lack of leadership is bringing them down and Neymar Jr is also having too many injuries which are hurting him and his team hopefully things will be clear in coming days, and they will be able to fight back in near future with the tag of world's best.

Jorge Jesus could immediately train Brazil after his contract expires and is not extended, but looking at Al Hilal performance it seems impossible if they let go of Jorge Jesus because his contract is only for 1 season.
Especially if Al Hilal can actually win the SPL title this season then there is chance contract extension.
Brazil will experience several internal obstacles, looking for the right coach for their national team and this happened because Ancelotti had contract extension with Real Madrid.
Brazil must really be able to get decent and experienced coach, so that the Brazilian national team can have much better quality than before.
They have quite lot of great, talented players and it would be shame if they couldn't be trained by great and experienced coach.
The Brazilian national team abilities are actually above average and if they get the right coach there will be chance for them to play very well at the 2026 World Cup.

[Strongkored]

Jose Mourinho doesn't have a good situation in Roma and he is currently in a situation in which we can expect him to leave the team at any time because the way he performed in the Serie A and the recent games was not as good as the fans were expecting him to see.
On the other hand, Brazil is also losing for another coach, and that's why it's pretty much normal to see him linked to Brazil but I think Brazil should make the decision faster because they need to rebuild the team for the World Cup.
  

I think everything is still under consideration because the CBF certainly hopes that the new coach who will be appointed will really bring changes to the team which has been struggling for a long time to become world cup champions again.
However, it is quite agreeable that the CBF must be able to quickly decide who their new coach will be to build this team more quickly because the new coach will have quite a lot of time to build his team, because it would be quite a shame if the 2026 World Cup Brazil could only reach the quarter-finals like several other world cups, moreover, the 2026 World Cup will be held on the American continent, which usually makes it a little easier for teams from that continent because of the weather they usually face.

[Xxmodded]

^^ These are just rumors and nothing is confirmed as of yet. José Mourinho, if he takes over as the coach for Brazil will be able to improve the performance of the Brazilian national team. But the big question is whether he is interested or not. For the last three years, he has been coaching AS Roma and I don't know whether Brazilian federation can offer a better compensation package. And the chances of Brazil performing well in 2026 World Cup is minimal, and therefore apart from monetary benefits there are few other attractions.

Jose Mourinho will be Brazil head coach? I don't think with Mourinho interested to be national team manager because he was talked with some media not get challenge when becoming national team manager because few match play in every years and difference becoming club manager have many matched every season.
I am waiting from CBF - Confederação Brasileira de Futebol official announcement who will be the next Brazil manager after loss possibility for signing Carlo Ancelotti, for Jose Mourinho seems impossible because he want focus to be club manager than national teams manage.

[synchronym]

Yeah, the current performance of Brazil is really bad.

But Brazil is really one of the best, if not the best, team historically speaking.

There can be rough patches along the way, but they are a really strong team, and there are many more games to be played yet.

Things will probably change in the future.

Yeah, the current performance of Brazil is indeed disappointing. I hope within a few times Brazil overcome the position again with the talented players. However, considering their remarkable historical achievements, do you think they'll be able to bounce back in the upcoming games?

Brazil currently having poor performance in their appearance tho it has become a thing to border over but then I see it as temporal and I believe before the world cup they will be able to recover and bounce back in to a better form that will help them through the world cup. They have a little of coaching problem and anceloti would have helped them fix that but then it's sad he disappointed them and I feel it has got it's effect on them ever since. They have anticipated his coming and hoped for that transformative effect which would have helped their performance, they can look for another alternative to fix that before the world cup because if they go to the world cup with this performance it will definitely not get them far enough.

op I agree with you that the current Brazil team is performing very poorly and is getting various criticisms due to this poor performance. All of us will have hope for Brazil team before 2026 World Cup to come back to their previous form they know to prove themselves by performing well that surely Brazil team can play well. 2026 World Cup If Neymar recovers from his injury, maybe the Brazil team will improve a lot. Brazil's poor performance since the 2026 World Cup qualifiers is really disappointing because we never expected such a performance from the Brazil team.

[Leviathan.007]

^^ These are just rumors and nothing is confirmed as of yet. José Mourinho, if he takes over as the coach for Brazil will be able to improve the performance of the Brazilian national team. But the big question is whether he is interested or not. For the last three years, he has been coaching AS Roma and I don't know whether Brazilian federation can offer a better compensation package. And the chances of Brazil performing well in 2026 World Cup is minimal, and therefore apart from monetary benefits there are few other attractions.

Jose Mourinho will be Brazil head coach? I don't think with Mourinho interested to be national team manager because he was talked with some media not get challenge when becoming national team manager because few match play in every years and difference becoming club manager have many matched every season.
I am waiting from CBF - Confederação Brasileira de Futebol official announcement who will be the next Brazil manager after loss possibility for signing Carlo Ancelotti, for Jose Mourinho seems impossible because he want focus to be club manager than national teams manage.

Checking his last teams of Mourinho in the past and his career he had before, he never coached a national team, and as you said I don't think even if he is interested to start coaching national teams.
While coaching a team like Brazil seems risky for any coach and they need a coach with experience in coaching national teams to have a more stable performance because Brazil doesn't have the time to test the coaches like Jose Mourinho.
Maybe they should start looking for another coach instead of Mourinho.

[Swordsoffreedom]

^^ These are just rumors and nothing is confirmed as of yet. José Mourinho, if he takes over as the coach for Brazil will be able to improve the performance of the Brazilian national team. But the big question is whether he is interested or not. For the last three years, he has been coaching AS Roma and I don't know whether Brazilian federation can offer a better compensation package. And the chances of Brazil performing well in 2026 World Cup is minimal, and therefore apart from monetary benefits there are few other attractions.

Jose Mourinho will be Brazil head coach? I don't think with Mourinho interested to be national team manager because he was talked with some media not get challenge when becoming national team manager because few match play in every years and difference becoming club manager have many matched every season.
I am waiting from CBF - Confederação Brasileira de Futebol official announcement who will be the next Brazil manager after loss possibility for signing Carlo Ancelotti, for Jose Mourinho seems impossible because he want focus to be club manager than national teams manage.

Checking his last teams of Mourinho in the past and his career he had before, he never coached a national team, and as you said I don't think even if he is interested to start coaching national teams.
While coaching a team like Brazil seems risky for any coach and they need a coach with experience in coaching national teams to have a more stable performance because Brazil doesn't have the time to test the coaches like Jose Mourinho.
Maybe they should start looking for another coach instead of Mourinho.

I can tell you now that this is a rumor and Jose Mourinho will not be joining any national team. He is not someone who would join a national team. And his playing style is not similar to the Brazilian’s playing style. The Brazilian players play with skills and are mainly attacking minded and we all know Mourinho plays super defensively. So this would be very surprising for me if for some reason Mourinho joins Brazil's national team or any other national team.

Leviathan.007, I would agree with you. Coaching any national team is very risky and when it is Brazil it is going to be tougher. If he does not provide results it will be dangerous for him because we all know how passionate the Brazilians are about football. If Ancelotti were coming I would have said it is a good decision if he joins because Ancelotti had prior experience with some of the young Brazilians in his own team. But with Mourinho the case is different.

[Hanadawa]

Brazil and their performance are surely currently top talk of the soccer community with mostly peoples love to them at the top, but sadly they are having quality, but lack of leadership is bringing them down and Neymar Jr is also having too many injuries which are hurting him and his team hopefully things will be clear in coming days, and they will be able to fight back in near future with the tag of world's best.

I even think that currently Brazil's quality has really decreased compared to the previous few years. Maybe the leadership factor could also be the cause but if you say that they still have quality I think that's not quite right. If they have the quality they should not be the talk of the football community around the world. I have even heard many people say that Brazil today is not the Brazil they once remembered.

[rdluffy]

I am waiting from CBF - Confederação Brasileira de Futebol official announcement who will be the next Brazil manager after loss possibility for signing Carlo Ancelotti, for Jose Mourinho seems impossible because he want focus to be club manager than national teams manage.

Now it's official, Fernando Diniz is no longer Brazil's coach
It was confirmed by the CBF this morning

It's not a good time for the Brazilian national team, there have been some problems with the CBF presidency and this is also affecting the team

In Brazil, the most favorite coach right now is Dorival Jr, who is currently coach of São Paulo and won the Copa do Brasil with the team in 2023
They don't seem to be looking for foreign coaches anymore

[alegotardo]

Jorge Jesus could immediately train Brazil after his contract expires and is not extended, but looking at Al Hilal performance it seems impossible if they let go of Jorge Jesus because his contract is only for 1 season.
Especially if Al Hilal can actually win the SPL title this season then there is chance contract extension.
Brazil will experience several internal obstacles, looking for the right coach for their national team and this happened because Ancelotti had contract extension with Real Madrid.
Brazil must really be able to get decent and experienced coach, so that the Brazilian national team can have much better quality than before.
They have quite lot of great, talented players and it would be shame if they couldn't be trained by great and experienced coach.
The Brazilian national team abilities are actually above average and if they get the right coach there will be chance for them to play very well at the 2026 World Cup.

I've been reading some news and another hypothesis is that the CBF may go after Portuguese coach José Mourinho as their main target to take command of the Brazilian team.

Mourinho, who currently leads the Roma team with a contract that will end in June and which he does not intend to renew until that moment. The CBF is already aware of this situation and intends to advance in negotiations for his arrival. But just as happened with Lancelotti, so far no official proposal has been made by the Brazilian Federation, only consultations and expressions of interest.

Although it is difficult, I believe that they should maintain their commitment to looking for a foreign coach.... some friends of mine argue that they should choose a Brazilian coach, but among the "available" options, I don't see a future for Brazil if it is led by them .

[Hirose UK]

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I've been reading some news and another hypothesis is that the CBF may go after Portuguese coach José Mourinho as their main target to take command of the Brazilian team.

Mourinho, who currently leads the Roma team with a contract that will end in June and which he does not intend to renew until that moment. The CBF is already aware of this situation and intends to advance in negotiations for his arrival. But just as happened with Lancelotti, so far no official proposal has been made by the Brazilian Federation, only consultations and expressions of interest.

Although it is difficult, I believe that they should maintain their commitment to looking for a foreign coach.... some friends of mine argue that they should choose a Brazilian coach, but among the "available" options, I don't see a future for Brazil if it is led by them .

There are various rumors regarding who the CBF will bring in as coach who can bring Brazil to its best performance for the 2026 World Cup, but the CBF must really be able to bring in an experienced coach so that Brazil remains as expected.
Previously there was the name Jorge Jesus from Al Hilal and before these rumors were discussed, now the name Jose Mourinho has emerged again, who is currently coaching the Serie A team AS Roma.

Several news stories or rumors that have surfaced still state that Jose Mourinho himself stated that he had not yet met with the CBF regarding their interest in using Mourinho services.
I sure that if there is not an immediate meeting and discussion of the offer to Mourinho then there will definitely be other names linked to Brazil and this is condition where there is no confidence from the CBF in the coach who will be brought in.
It just that when talking about the three coaches who are being rumored, Ancelotti is clearly the best, but because he has contract extension with Real Madrid, Jose Mourinho will be much better than Jorge Jesus.
Jose Mourinho has much more experience than Jorge Jesus who is currently coaching Al Hilal, even though Al Hilal is in very good condition and AS Roma is not very stable, the coaching style when leading national team will be much more mastered by Jose Mourinho.

CBF was quite surprised when he found out that Ancelotti had extended his contract because before the extension was carried out CBF had met Ancelotti and discussed the agreement and offer that had been submitted.
Now Ancelotti will continue to focus on Real Madrid to win La Liga and the UCL, while the CBF is still busy looking for suitable coach for the Brazilian national team.

[synchronym]

Brazil and their performance are surely currently top talk of the soccer community with mostly peoples love to them at the top, but sadly they are having quality, but lack of leadership is bringing them down and Neymar Jr is also having too many injuries which are hurting him and his team hopefully things will be clear in coming days, and they will be able to fight back in near future with the tag of world's best.

I even think that currently Brazil's quality has really decreased compared to the previous few years. Maybe the leadership factor could also be the cause but if you say that they still have quality I think that's not quite right. If they have the quality they should not be the talk of the football community around the world. I have even heard many people say that Brazil today is not the Brazil they once remembered.

op I agree with you because if we look at the performance of the Brazilian team three to four years ago, the Brazilian team performed very well. But the Brazil team has performed very poorly since the current 2026 qualifiers. With Neymar not in the team, Brazil is under a lot of pressure. So the Brazil team must prepare well for the 2026 World Cup so that they can complete the mission of the 2026 World Cup well. This performance of the Brazilian team has really disappointed thousands of football fans. So the Brazil team needs to get back to their former form very soon so that they can win the 2026 World Cup.

[Leviathan.007]

Brazil and their performance are surely currently top talk of the soccer community with mostly peoples love to them at the top, but sadly they are having quality, but lack of leadership is bringing them down and Neymar Jr is also having too many injuries which are hurting him and his team hopefully things will be clear in coming days, and they will be able to fight back in near future with the tag of world's best.

I even think that currently Brazil's quality has really decreased compared to the previous few years. Maybe the leadership factor could also be the cause but if you say that they still have quality I think that's not quite right. If they have the quality they should not be the talk of the football community around the world. I have even heard many people say that Brazil today is not the Brazil they once remembered.

Brazil is definitely changing and they should accept this, some players in this country are seeking for chance to show better performance from themselves. On the other hand, they should accept to work with non-Brazilan coaches, maybe if the president of Brazil hadn't talked about Ancelotti in the past months he would not have extended his contract with Real Madrid and they could have this coach but it seems they should try another coach and this is very risky for them because if thy new coach fails the team, they can't have good performance in the important tournament like the 2026 World cup and that's not good for the reputation of this country.