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

[Felicity_Tide]

The performance of the current Brazil team is creating doubt in everyone's mind. Recently, the qualifier round of 2026 FIFA World Cup is going on in South American countries where Brazil's performance is terrible. They have faced five matches against the opposition so far out of which they have won only one match and lost the remaining four matches. I have seen this team for a long time that they want to improve themselves but they are not able to do it in some ways. The players who are in the Brazil team perform well at club level but when they step on the field for the national team, we don't see them playing well. Now the question is circling in the mind, do they play only for money, do they not have any love for their country or have they failed to give their best at the national level?

With the current performance of the Brazil team, one might think that they may not have any skilled and quality forwards or defenders in their team. Forwards help a team win, just like defenders can defend a team, meaning that for a team to be good as a whole, both sides need to be the best. Which is lacking in the current Brazil team.

A friend of mine also talked about this Brazilian team, but I didn't know that it is as bad as this. How did they even manage to lose 4 games?. This is not the Brazil I grew up watching. They've lost 4 games, and haven't even played against Argentina, Colombia and Uruguay that are top teams. This is so sad. Or is having too many stars on a team the problem?, Because I can't really tell what's going on here. I think the Brazilian sport administration needs to take serious action before it gets too late. We all understand that all Brazilian players are big boys, but these players should learn to play under some rules, and not giving them the free hand to play individual type of football. They need to put their heads in the game, and play as a team. As it stands, I haven't seen any single player that can act as a role model or figure to the other players. I mean a single player that can stand out, and gets maximum respect from others just the way the Argentines do to messi. If these players can be united, they will definitely perform alot.

[Agbe]

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The performance of the current Brazil team is creating doubt in everyone's mind. Recently, the qualifier round of 2026 FIFA World Cup is going on in South American countries where Brazil's performance is terrible. They have faced five matches against the opposition so far out of which they have won only one match and lost the remaining four matches. I have seen this team for a long time that they want to improve themselves but they are not able to do it in some ways. The players who are in the Brazil team perform well at club level but when they step on the field for the national team, we don't see them playing well. Now the question is circling in the mind, do they play only for money, do they not have any love for their country or have they failed to give their best at the national level?

With the current performance of the Brazil team, one might think that they may not have any skilled and quality forwards or defenders in their team. Forwards help a team win, just like defenders can defend a team, meaning that for a team to be good as a whole, both sides need to be the best. Which is lacking in the current Brazil team.

Brazil has been struggling in the World Cup for sometimes now. Even the last 2022/2023 World Cup, Brazil was not popular. Paraguay that was not recognised in the world of football now beaten one time World Cup Champions. Really they have to work on themselves. And Dorival Junior made a promised that Brazil will play the final game in the World Cup lolz that is ridiculous. They have not even  started the first stage of the gave, Brazil was beaten by Paraguay. Well if they play their next game and win it with 6-0 then we will know that they are ready for the tournament.

[mv1986]

Brazil has been struggling in the World Cup for sometimes now. Even the last 2022/2023 World Cup, Brazil was not popular. Paraguay that was not recognised in the world of football now beaten one time World Cup Champions. Really they have to work on themselves. And Dorival Junior made a promised that Brazil will play the final game in the World Cup lolz that is ridiculous. They have not even  started the first stage of the gave, Brazil was beaten by Paraguay. Well if they play their next game and win it with 6-0 then we will know that they are ready for the tournament.

The last World Cup was more or less ok. It was far from great and already quite different from what we were used to see from Brazil, but they did dominate all their games and won the first two games in the group stage. Losing the third game in the group stage when a team won the first two games is not uncommon. They often give their best players a rest. They beat Serbia and Switzerland, which is good I think. And getting beaten by Croatia in a penalty shootout isn't good, but they had 11:1 shots on target but got unlucky a couple of times. I think when a team gets eliminated like that, it is still somewhat acceptable. But what Brazil is playing at the moment in the World Cup qualifiers is just horrible and there can't be any excuses.

[bitgolden]

I don't really care about FIFA ranking because this won't be the reason to say Brazil is a good team because they are in the higher ranking than some other teams. I see the fact that Brazil is not in the good form anymore and they don't have superstar players like they had before while the only high-quality player they have is Vini jr who can't do anything by himself.
With the current situation of Brazil, I think if they have to play against stronger teams in the 2026 World Cup, they won't have any chance to win because of the bad performance they have.

Brazil definitely looks like they have a team, I mean players, that should be playing much better than they do right now, it's not really looking like it's anything good at all, and we shouldn't really be hoping for anything else. We are aware that this is an issue, but the reality is that it's bigger than what it should be.

We are dealing with something that's much more difficult when it comes to Brazil because they are losing for a while now, it is not really a new thing and it is something that will take a while and could be a big problem for them. If they keep losing like this forever then we are not going to see it become that much of a big deal. I get that it will become hard, but it won't be impossible for them to recover.

We should see this become an issue for them if they do not fix this soon, they have a good team and they are still getting terrible results and if they do not fix it, they are going to miss a window. National teams do not play as many games as club ones, you either win the world cup or you win the Copa America, and if they keep this going for a while then they are going to end up losing both of them until all their good players get old and can't even win it.

[baeva]

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The performance of the current Brazil team is creating doubt in everyone's mind. Recently, the qualifier round of 2026 FIFA World Cup is going on in South American countries where Brazil's performance is terrible. They have faced five matches against the opposition so far out of which they have won only one match and lost the remaining four matches. I have seen this team for a long time that they want to improve themselves but they are not able to do it in some ways. The players who are in the Brazil team perform well at club level but when they step on the field for the national team, we don't see them playing well. Now the question is circling in the mind, do they play only for money, do they not have any love for their country or have they failed to give their best at the national level?

With the current performance of the Brazil team, one might think that they may not have any skilled and quality forwards or defenders in their team. Forwards help a team win, just like defenders can defend a team, meaning that for a team to be good as a whole, both sides need to be the best. Which is lacking in the current Brazil team.

Brazil has been struggling in the World Cup for sometimes now. Even the last 2022/2023 World Cup, Brazil was not popular. Paraguay that was not recognised in the world of football now beaten one time World Cup Champions. Really they have to work on themselves. And Dorival Junior made a promised that Brazil will play the final game in the World Cup lolz that is ridiculous. They have not even  started the first stage of the gave, Brazil was beaten by Paraguay. Well if they play their next game and win it with 6-0 then we will know that they are ready for the tournament.

Apparently he's just planning for the moment and nothing more, but he probably has a strong belief that he will do well and the national team he coaches will eventually reach the finals. Yes, their form at the moment doesn't look like the form needed to reach the final, let alone win the World Cup, but they have two more years at least to get better results

[Forsyth Jones]

Brazil's 5-time World Cup title will be a burden for the Brazilian players and current coach when their performance has dropped so far. there are still many matches that can be maximized to qualify for the World Cup. although it takes a lot of hard work to overcome team problems.
even if they succeed in qualifying, but with their performance that will only improve slightly and not much progress, I doubt they can compete with other countries for the trophy. Dorival must be under pressure right now, not only in his career but also could getting criticism from Brazilian fans.

Not only that, but if that weren't enough, even if the brazilian team's performance doesn't improve before the tournament, there won't be enough time for it to adapt to this improvement and reflect in the tournament's results. So, for me, I consider this World Cup to be lost for brazil.

Despite this, I'm surprised to see that, even though the brazilian team is going through its worst phase in history, it's still widely discussed by other nations, an example of this is in this thread. Brazil is truly very relevant in the world football scene. It's up to the new generation to honor this legacy (which they are leaving a lot to be desired).

[LUCKMCFLY]

The qualifying rounds been played away in the home country's of the other  teams against the other are sometimes a reason for these players not to be effective enough because they have to deal with weather conditions an because its not their place of origin and so it will affect their performance as they play because they are not to accustomed with such and another thing is they are probably in their best form

That's right, and on a personal level this makes it even more exciting, because even an Argentina that we are used to being able to win in any situation, this time fell to Colombia , which affected them very badly , in fact unfortunately the Dibu attacked a cameraman and it went viral because the same cameraman told him that he was at work and that nothing would happen, sometimes teams are so used to Winning that they don't measure the Damage they can do , this ego is what has to be Eliminated from football, because there are kids who see the examples of these players and repeat them , sometimes the weather conditions are very extreme and each team uses whatever is necessary to win those 3 points.

[Leviathan.007]

Without Neymar, Brazil is kind of helpless, without Neymar, the Brazilian team can't keep their consistency in the game, they can't even stand up against the normal team in the World Cup qualifiers, Brazil lost 1-0 with the Paraguay team in the last match, which is really a shame. .


Brazil have lost 4 of their last 5 World Cup qualifying matches, And Brazil is at number 5 in the points table. It can be said that Brazil is playing very badly at the moment, they need to improve their performance at the moment, after that Brazil will face the Chile team on 11 Oct. They have about 1 month in their hands, in the meantime they need to improve their game, learn to play matches without Neymar. Otherwise, if they continue to lose the match like this, Brazil's coach Dorival Jr. will be under a lot of pressure, so coach Dorival Jr. should be more responsible, because the coach of that team is more important behind the good and bad performance. If the coach is not responsible, the team will definitely lose.

I saw that there are several injured players in the Brazil team and therefore the coach has asked for Neymar to return to the field which surprises me given the amount of champions that Brazil manages to produce, however as previously said in my opinion the Brazil is a very complete team that in the World Cup can get to the end if well prepared

Checking this table, I can see Brazil definitely lost their place in the world and there is even the chance for them to lose the 2026 World Cup because of the bad performance they have currently and the bad results they got. But Argantina is still the first and this means even after the Qatar World Cup in which they won the World Cup title, they are still much stronger than other teams however Argantina hasn't still paly against the top European team recently to say if they are going to win the 2026 World Cup with their legendary player Messi or not.
 

[hyudien]

Checking this table, I can see Brazil definitely lost their place in the world and there is even the chance for them to lose the 2026 World Cup because of the bad performance they have currently and the bad results they got. But Argantina is still the first and this means even after the Qatar World Cup in which they won the World Cup title, they are still much stronger than other teams however Argantina hasn't still paly against the top European team recently to say if they are going to win the 2026 World Cup with their legendary player Messi or not.
 

Brazil has lost its identity in recent years, they are no longer the Brazil we used to know, which was so strong with their football characteristics. Actually, they do not lack great players and can even be said to be star players, but they have not been able to find their best form in the team. Either this is the federation's fault in managing the national team or they made a mistake in appointing a coach. Brazil used to be a country that was highly regarded everywhere, but now it seems they no longer hold the same status. They are still considered, but now they are declining, unlike their glory days. I hope they can find their very good form again and can compete in any competition.

[LUCKMCFLY]

I saw that there are several injured players in the Brazil team and therefore the coach has asked for Neymar to return to the field which surprises me given the amount of champions that Brazil manages to produce, however as previously said in my opinion the Brazil is a very complete team that in the World Cup can get to the end if well prepared

It is difficult for Ney to return to Brazil for now, I don't know if it's true but I had read an article that Ney still needs like 1 more year of rest to fully recover from his injury, and that is something that is quite sad, I personally think that he needs more players in the style of Dinho, Ronaldo, Kaka, because they maintained that magic, now the Brazilian players are very good, but I think they are very technical, they do not have or do not wake up, and it is a shame, Ronaldo himself and Dinho said that they did not want to see the national team in the Copa America, and that is something that is very hard.

[Volgastallion]

Man Neymar is gonna be back to national team when he wants, he is the soul of the team, plus this "new generation" of brazilians players headed by Vinicius Jr, do nothing right and the team is one of the worst brazilian national team in history, so when Neymar is fully recovery from his injuries he is gonna be back, and bring some dance to the team.

[Webetcoins]

Checking this table, I can see Brazil definitely lost their place in the world and there is even the chance for them to lose the 2026 World Cup because of the bad performance they have currently and the bad results they got. But Argantina is still the first and this means even after the Qatar World Cup in which they won the World Cup title, they are still much stronger than other teams however Argantina hasn't still paly against the top European team recently to say if they are going to win the 2026 World Cup with their legendary player Messi or not.

Brazil has lost its identity in recent years, they are no longer the Brazil we used to know, which was so strong with their football characteristics. Actually, they do not lack great players and can even be said to be star players, but they have not been able to find their best form in the team. Either this is the federation's fault in managing the national team or they made a mistake in appointing a coach. Brazil used to be a country that was highly regarded everywhere, but now it seems they no longer hold the same status. They are still considered, but now they are declining, unlike their glory days. I hope they can find their very good form again and can compete in any competition.

Despite having too many problems on and off the field things are looking good for them to have their spot into World Cup 2026 because after 8 rounds they are having few good and important wins and next round game is also going to be good for them which will give them good booster everyone is understanding their quality is impressive, but their team as unit is having terrible time due to lack of leadership, so things needs to be fixed off the field and their Federation bring strong changes with Neymar is having no good future in this game as well.

Too many quality players are having their presence but as team things are looking not favourable which is important recently their lost to Paraguay was big upset and this is surely needed to be fixed before it's too late they are conceding goals in every game, but sadly their attackers are fail to bring success which is the biggest dilemma, and they need to do some improvement.

[armanda90]

Checking this table, I can see Brazil definitely lost their place in the world and there is even the chance for them to lose the 2026 World Cup because of the bad performance they have currently and the bad results they got. But Argantina is still the first and this means even after the Qatar World Cup in which they won the World Cup title, they are still much stronger than other teams however Argantina hasn't still paly against the top European team recently to say if they are going to win the 2026 World Cup with their legendary player Messi or not.
 

Current standings position of CONMEBOL zone, Brazil have large opportunity losing their opportunity for participating in FIFA World Cup 2026 after having poor performance and their 5th standings place awhile have few points remaining from under position national team from Bolivia and Paraguay have 9 points. Brazil have very bad started for World Cup 2026 qualifier round matches after playing 8 matches only have 3 winning matches and got defeated four matches.

If can't recovery to winning performance on 8 matches left, not sure will Brazil loss their opportunity for the first time fail playing for FIFA World Cup because Brazil national team have participants on every World Cup edition since 2002 until last edition on 2022 although have longer time can't reach the final round or become the winner after 2002 edition.

[Forsyth Jones]

Brazil has lost its identity in recent years, they are no longer the Brazil we used to know, which was so strong with their football characteristics. Actually, they do not lack great players and can even be said to be star players, but they have not been able to find their best form in the team. Either this is the federation's fault in managing the national team or they made a mistake in appointing a coach. Brazil used to be a country that was highly regarded everywhere, but now it seems they no longer hold the same status. They are still considered, but now they are declining, unlike their glory days. I hope they can find their very good form again and can compete in any competition.

In the 2026 World Cup, brazil will have gone 24 years without lifting the FIFA World Cup

Thirty years ago, brazil broke its drought and won its fourth World Cup. In other words, if brazil doesn't win the World Cup, it will equal the drought between 1970 - 1994, and everything indicates that it's heading in that direction.

Another detail is that whenever Argentina is in a good phase, brazil at least fails to win World Cups. Just look at the 1980s when Argentina was two-time champion. During that entire time, brazil failed to win World Cups. The same is happening in our time, brazil has failed to perform well, being the worst crop of all and its worst phase.

[Die_empty]

Man Neymar is gonna be back to national team when he wants, he is the soul of the team, plus this "new generation" of brazilians players headed by Vinicius Jr, do nothing right and the team is one of the worst brazilian national team in history, so when Neymar is fully recovery from his injuries he is gonna be back, and bring some dance to the team.

Neymar is an important player and Brazil's all-time leading scorer but Brazil has more talents than can replace him. He might not recover for the next two months. Brazilian fans were expecting him to return this month, but the report from the medical team of the Saudi-based club made it clear that he has to spend an extra two months working on his fitness.

I think the problem of the Brazilian national team is not the players but the coach. They don't have a good coach that will bring the best out of the talented players. But it seems the Brazilian football association wants to keep Dorival Júnior till after the 2026 World Cup. The Copa América quarterfinal exit and the disappointing performance against some low placed teams should be enough to seek for another coach.

[Akbarkoe]

Brazil has lost its identity in recent years, they are no longer the Brazil we used to know, which was so strong with their football characteristics. Actually, they do not lack great players and can even be said to be star players, but they have not been able to find their best form in the team. Either this is the federation's fault in managing the national team or they made a mistake in appointing a coach. Brazil used to be a country that was highly regarded everywhere, but now it seems they no longer hold the same status. They are still considered, but now they are declining, unlike their glory days. I hope they can find their very good form again and can compete in any competition.

In the 2026 World Cup, brazil will have gone 24 years without lifting the FIFA World Cup

Thirty years ago, brazil broke its drought and won its fourth World Cup. In other words, if brazil doesn't win the World Cup, it will equal the drought between 1970 - 1994, and everything indicates that it's heading in that direction.

Another detail is that whenever Argentina is in a good phase, brazil at least fails to win World Cups. Just look at the 1980s when Argentina was two-time champion. During that entire time, brazil failed to win World Cups. The same is happening in our time, brazil has failed to perform well, being the worst crop of all and its worst phase.

I am very concerned about the current state of Brazil, the past is the past, they will not find it again, If we look back in 2026 with the current state I do not believe that Brazil will get the victory, yes maybe Brazil even though they have some talented players today but have not been able to completely defeat other teams that are much better such as Spain, England, Argentina, Italy, France, Germany who currently have quite good strength.

I do not see Brazil will get a further chance at this time.

[AmoreJaz]

Man Neymar is gonna be back to national team when he wants, he is the soul of the team, plus this "new generation" of brazilians players headed by Vinicius Jr, do nothing right and the team is one of the worst brazilian national team in history, so when Neymar is fully recovery from his injuries he is gonna be back, and bring some dance to the team.

Neymar is an important player and Brazil's all-time leading scorer but Brazil has more talents than can replace him. He might not recover for the next two months. Brazilian fans were expecting him to return this month, but the report from the medical team of the Saudi-based club made it clear that he has to spend an extra two months working on his fitness.

I think the problem of the Brazilian national team is not the players but the coach. They don't have a good coach that will bring the best out of the talented players. But it seems the Brazilian football association wants to keep Dorival Júnior till after the 2026 World Cup. The Copa América quarterfinal exit and the disappointing performance against some low placed teams should be enough to seek for another coach.

In most instances, coach is indeed one of the major factors how will the team perform inside the field. If the coach can get out the best out of his team, definitely, they will perform at their best and find a way how to work harmoniously in and out of the arena. Good teamwork will play a crucial role in achieving the goals of the team. And if for example, with the addition of Neymar, it can also boost the morale of his team. Sometimes, psychological effect is actually true. Remember, the home vs away scenario. In some cases, the cheering of the audience can boost the morale of the players.

[Volgastallion]

Well if Brazil doesnt wake up NOW, and when i say NOW is yesterday they are cooked for the next world cup, because we are gonna have some teams in very high level and they are still in a very low level.

Argentina, France, England, Germany, SPAIN are for sure above them right now. And a few more teams are for sure better than them but are not so big so i cant trust them in full.

[DiMarxist]

In most instances, coach is indeed one of the major factors how will the team perform inside the field. If the coach can get out the best out of his team, definitely, they will perform at their best and find a way how to work harmoniously in and out of the arena. Good teamwork will play a crucial role in achieving the goals of the team. And if for example, with the addition of Neymar, it can also boost the morale of his team. Sometimes, psychological effect is actually true. Remember, the home vs away scenario. In some cases, the cheering of the audience can boost the morale of the players.

Coach play a significant role in a football team the instructions, directions and guidance of the coach gives the players more zeal and add it to their skills then they do well in the field and if the coach is not skillful enough to train the players then, the players fail to perform well in the field. Even the players are good they will still need a coach to select good players.and position them in the appropriate locations in the field.
If the coach fail then the team also fail. And that is why I'm most Countries, the National Football Team coach are major problem they are facing and my country should be an example for that. We are suffering from incompetent coaches.

[Docnaster]

Man Neymar is gonna be back to national team when he wants, he is the soul of the team, plus this "new generation" of brazilians players headed by Vinicius Jr, do nothing right and the team is one of the worst brazilian national team in history, so when Neymar is fully recovery from his injuries he is gonna be back, and bring some dance to the team.

As the record goal scorer of the Brazil national team, I don't there's any doubting the impact of Neymar Jr in the team but to say that he'll easily get back into the team whenever he wants I don't think is true. Brazil national team is one of the most talented national teams in the world and the reason why they've been underperforming in recently I don't think is because of the absence of Neymar from the team. Personally I feel the team's current issue is getting a world class coach that can manage the intimidating talents in the team and not getting Neymar back in the team.