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

[changaa]

With big ambition and a lot of efforts from Neymar from trainings, diet to actual matches for Santos recent weeks, as well as his good performances, it seems Neymar has moved very closely to be called for World Cup 2026. He is facing with a painful experience like Ronaldinho in World Cup 2010 with an unemotional ignorance from Carlos Dunga and it's not too big surprise if Neymar actually stays at home in World Cup 2026. He has tried a lot and has one last match to convince Carlo Ancelotti, so let's see this last match for Santos before the announcement from Carlo Ancelotti days after that. I'd like to see Neymar in World Cup 2026 as a player for Brazil even just mostly on bench rather than an audience at stadiums.

I remember, i was very young, Ronaldinho, a player who made magic with the ball.
Nowadays very few players have this style, they are all power players, is a shame.
Back to the topic, i understand, but there comes a point in life where you have to understand and put yourself aside.

[Sim_card]

Now Mexico is not populated with good players, meaning there are not many players who play for the big leagues, they now only rely on players from their local league, so considering them as a candidate to win the World Cup, it feels a bit redundant.
Yas, Spain and France should be included in the list, they are doing well and have many talented players, especially Spain because in terms of the quality of their game is not in doubt. One more country that needs to be included is Portugal. Portugal has the complete package as every area is occupied by players who are in top form this year.

Spain, France, Germany and Portugal are the countries I will be looking out for to win the world cup because they gat a complete squad and they're deadly. Mexico isn't the favorite anymore because they lack quality players. These set of footballers in Mexico wasn't like the previous sets. It will be a big blessing for Ronaldo if Portugal wins the world cup.

[M47AK16]

As I understand it, a decision on Neymar has not yet been made; on the contrary, he was included in the preliminary roster of the Brazilian national team, but there are 55 people, of which 26 should remain. It seems to me that Ancelotti, as a professional, would like not to take Neymar and is waiting for a reason/excuse to do so, but I would not be surprised if Neymar is ultimately taken to the World Cup, since many people (the media business) are interested in such a big name being at the World Cup.

The news will be announced next week for Neymar's decision, I also see Thiago Silva's name is still on the waiting list --- this will be Ancelotti's decision whether he will dare not call or still include Neymar?

With Neymar in the World Cup this could have a big impact on many people, who knows want to see his skills again who has not performed in Europe for a long time? Hopefully Ancelotti's decision is right and there are no more disputes.

One of the most important news items related to this FIFA World Cup is going to be coming in a few days because millions of fans around the world are looking forward to enjoying this mega event in the presence of many big names, and if Neymar is not coming, this could be a big setback for Brazil and his fans.

In many cases, a player's performance is not important, but his presence and impact do much better work just because of this Brazilian management and coach Carlos Ancelotti taking enough time to do their best to make the best decision, because this can also bring changes into their performance in this World Cup.

[welovebit]

Time is running out for the FIFA World Cup. Many countries have already announced their possible players for the event as well, while Iran is also already sending their team for participation. A few things still need to be set, but the USA and FIFA have already announced travel requirements for World Cup fans.
Most of the people needed to be read to and do their work before departure because it's always important for them and their safety. Recently too many controversies and problems have happened just because of this need to put safety first.

Excitement is reaching another level because, for the first time, 48 participants and 3 countries are hosting this mega event.

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/nigeria/us-lists-travel-visa-requirements-for-world-cup-fans/ar-AA239YRe?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=6a05cda78b3e456f905352cfe596d089&ei=16

[bastisisca]

You are right, after this World Cup, a lot of legendary footballers that have been playing in the past two decades will say good bye to football because they have did well in football history, they have played numerous games and have great memories, most of them will retire after the World Cup and that?s why it will be interesting to see most of them play for this World Cup even though we already have good young talented players that will play in their positions very well and perfectly replace them, but having them for the last time will be very good.

Messi has already won the World Cup with Argentina in the last World Cup, now it?s time for Ronaldo to win it if possible, but will it be possible?

The debate about Neymar is still on for Ancelotti to decide, but if he can be given chance to play, it will be good so that he will play the the last time as well just like other players that will hang boot after the World Cup.

Unfortunately this is unavoidable.
For years I too had to say goodbye to extraordinary players, like Uncle from Inter or others at the Italian national team level who never recovered.
Extraordinary players and also extraordinary men.
Unfortunately we have to move forward and look for other talents.

[Bobrox]

Time is running out for the FIFA World Cup. Many countries have already announced their possible players for the event as well, while Iran is also already sending their team for participation. A few things still need to be set, but the USA and FIFA have already announced travel requirements for World Cup fans.
Most of the people needed to be read to and do their work before departure because it's always important for them and their safety. Recently too many controversies and problems have happened just because of this need to put safety first.

Excitement is reaching another level because, for the first time, 48 participants and 3 countries are hosting this mega event.

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/nigeria/us-lists-travel-visa-requirements-for-world-cup-fans/ar-AA239YRe?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=6a05cda78b3e456f905352cfe596d089&ei=16

Several top national teams already released 50 players registering for World Cup 2026 and last few days ago Brazil teams have announced their squad including Neymar but his name in the waiting list. I read all requirement VISA for all fans want to support their favorite national team and wish the United State are welcome for all fans get interested support their national team directly at Stadium. I hope the new format of World Cup 2026 added the participants become 48 teams and 3 host not have any controversial exactly about the politic condition we know what happen with Iran national team right now have to play at United State during the group phase matches.

I am still waiting with my favorite team France announce 50 players registering for World Cup 2026, they have many top talented players and who will miss the great event or have new debut for first time playing at World Cup?

[pewboy]

Neymar is a great player, there's no question about this but if Ancelotti doesn't call him up it's because he has premonitions and many times this coach always has his say and almost always takes us, the World Cup is a very personal thing and the interpretation you give depends on the coach in front of you.

These are points of view, i accept your opinion but i don't share it, Neymaer can still contribute, maybe he will spend more time on the bench but he is still a good player, maybe having him play as a replacement is not an idea to be discarded.
In any case, what matters is the team and never the individual player, this must always be clear, let's not focus on the individual, because that's not how teamwork works.

[Shadiq]

Unfortunately this is unavoidable.
For years I too had to say goodbye to extraordinary players, like Uncle from Inter or others at the Italian national team level who never recovered.
Extraordinary players and also extraordinary men.
Unfortunately we have to move forward and look for other talents.

No one in the world is permanent and youth is also not permanent. Football has a deep relationship with youth. Gradually, players lose their youth and their strength also decreases. So at some point they become unable to play football.

By accepting nature, we have to say goodbye to legendary players regularly and look for new talents. We have to accept the departure of beloved players, no one is permanent in football. We will not see Angel Di Maria, a star of the last World Cup final, in the current tournament. There are also doubts about Neymar Jr. We have to accept these.

[asriloni]

Iran national team heads toward 2026 World Cup

Just a few hours back, the Iranian national soccer team headed for participating in the FIFA World Cup 2026. With this development, the big saga is already ended about their participation. It's good because all soccer fans were looking for them.

Even the situation was not good due to some chants about Israel and the USA, but still it's good now 48 teams that qualify are going to give their best in this first new-looking World Cup, which is going to be played in Canada/USA/Mexico after a few days.

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I were seeing it on my timeline, and i was questioning whether it's real or not, but i after it read some trusted sources published it. It was true, and it's shocked me. I can't believe how Iran National Football team have guts to go to the US while their country is still remain underconflict.

As i know their federation was sent 10 ultimatum to the FIFA to ensure their participation in World Cup. Does it mean FIFA accepted their 10 ultimatum?It's interesting to know that.

[Ale88]

Can't wait for the World Cup 2026!
Anyone already placed some outrights?
I'm currently thinking about backing Germany and the Netherlands.
Since I love absolute longshots Mexico will be of course a candidate too.

Mexico? Did you see how bad they've been during the recent years? Just like many other teams, Mexico got worse too. Years ago they had plenty of very good players, now they are all pretty average. Probably their best hope for the future is Gilberto Mora, that's it, I don't see any other relevant Mexican player at the moment, not even Raul Jimenez nor Gimenez.

I have a plan to place outright for Spain or Argentine. All of spain players are still at their peak, and i think they have the greater chance to win. I also put Argentine as the country that have almost same chance for them to win WC.

Spain won Euro while Argentine won Copa. I'm not doubting these countries to race the lead as candidates to win current WC.  

They're the best in their continent.

Argentina are the best in their continent, that's true, but what competition do they have right now? Usually they fight with Brazil, Uruguay, Chile and Colombia but those teams now aren't as good as they used to. Same thing I was saying about Mexico.

Probably the most interesting team in South America is Ecuador, they are full of promising players.

[Hyphen(-)]

Unfortunately this is unavoidable.
For years I too had to say goodbye to extraordinary players, like Uncle from Inter or others at the Italian national team level who never recovered.
Extraordinary players and also extraordinary men.
Unfortunately we have to move forward and look for other talents.

Moving on to watch the young talented players is the reason why we want these old players that have made our days in terms of football to be give their last chance to represent their respective counties, so that when the World Cup is over, all of them can retire and face another chapter of life because they have done so well in football world.

Nevertheless, this World Cup is another tournament to watch young talented players play, and to replace the old players because we need fresh bloods to showcase their talents in football.

For Brazil, I heard that Estivao is injured, so that can give Neymar chance for the last time, while Yamal was invited despite his injury.

[Roseline492]

Spain, France, Germany and Portugal are the countries I will be looking out for to win the world cup because they gat a complete squad and they're deadly. Mexico isn't the favorite anymore because they lack quality players. These set of footballers in Mexico wasn't like the previous sets. It will be a big blessing for Ronaldo if Portugal wins the world cup.

I would also mentioned this country if I'm giving the names of those i think better in the world Cup but however I wouldn't underrate Argentina to be part of this countries because all those country was on the world Cup when Argentina became the world champion and as they won that year do not mean they can't become the champions this year or some other years. Was there even a year that Mexico was a competitor in world cup, to even believe they would win, actually I'm not against the country but it was how they have been in the world cup I'm saying all this things and I'm not wrong on how they have perform in world cup.

[Wakate]

Now Mexico is not populated with good players, meaning there are not many players who play for the big leagues, they now only rely on players from their local league, so considering them as a candidate to win the World Cup, it feels a bit redundant.
Yas, Spain and France should be included in the list, they are doing well and have many talented players, especially Spain because in terms of the quality of their game is not in doubt. One more country that needs to be included is Portugal. Portugal has the complete package as every area is occupied by players who are in top form this year.

Spain, France, Germany and Portugal are the countries I will be looking out for to win the world cup because they gat a complete squad and they're deadly. Mexico isn't the favorite anymore because they lack quality players. These set of footballers in Mexico wasn't like the previous sets. It will be a big blessing for Ronaldo if Portugal wins the world cup.

Why not England? It look like you are only interested in the squad and not chances of possible winning from the country you don't expect. I don't know how this year world cup is going to play out but I know that country we all assume is going to win might not end up winning at all. Randomness can happen anytime making a different team to come out as winner.

[cande86]

If it's the early games I think I'll skip it, not excited for the early rounds, need a bit of motivation. LOL

European teams have always had an increasingly greater desire to win matches and world cups, there has been a general collapse of the South American teams, even if Argentina won the world cup, in my opinion they had some help that led them to win, the European teams and France in that case were much stronger.

[KTChampions]

Spain, France, Germany and Portugal are the countries I will be looking out for to win the world cup because they gat a complete squad and they're deadly. Mexico isn't the favorite anymore because they lack quality players. These set of footballers in Mexico wasn't like the previous sets. It will be a big blessing for Ronaldo if Portugal wins the world cup.

Germany has unfortunately lost its "deadly" in recent years. They're certainly among those who could win the title, but if we consider them among the main favorites, the group of favorites should be expanded to 10+ teams. And that would be entirely fair, by the way, I don't think any team is so much stronger than the others that it has more than a 20% chance of winning the tournament. By the way, historically, European countries have been unsuccessful in the Western Hemisphere, we'll see how it goes this time.

[Nahl]

I agree with you.
Brazil hasn't been world champion since 2002, so 24 years, even though they come to every world cup as one of the main favorites for the title,
It seems to me that their main problem is that they have always been a team with a lot of great and talented individuals but they have never been a real team.
I hope that Carlo Ancelotti will manage to change that and prepare them for this world cup in the best way.
Ancelotti knows how to work with teams that have a lot of big stars with big egos (Real) so I think he is the best choice for Brazil.
Neymar is an extremely talented and quality player but he has been destroyed by frequent injuries and an unsportsmanlike life. I wouldn't be surprised if the coach leaves him out of the national team.

Brazil best generation is 2002 squad but unfortunately since that year they didn't playing well although in every world cup Brazil always being an the favourite but in fact they haven't reach to the final games since that year and so far the best achievement for Brazil besides on 2002 is semifinal and that was happened on 2014 and in my opinion too Brazil regeneration is too slow this makes them always be struggle for every world cup and about Ancelotti i think managing Brazil national team is a hard job because at this team there are some players who have high ego because these players feel they are the star players compared to other players in the squad besides that i think Ancelotti bet his position as a coach and the rumour is Brazil federation want he bring this team to gets the trophy which i think this is hard target

[Marykeller]

Now Mexico is not populated with good players, meaning there are not many players who play for the big leagues, they now only rely on players from their local league, so considering them as a candidate to win the World Cup, it feels a bit redundant.
Yas, Spain and France should be included in the list, they are doing well and have many talented players, especially Spain because in terms of the quality of their game is not in doubt. One more country that needs to be included is Portugal. Portugal has the complete package as every area is occupied by players who are in top form this year.

Spain, France, Germany and Portugal are the countries I will be looking out for to win the world cup because they gat a complete squad and they're deadly. Mexico isn't the favorite anymore because they lack quality players. These set of footballers in Mexico wasn't like the previous sets. It will be a big blessing for Ronaldo if Portugal wins the world cup.

A big blessing at that, for Ronaldo to retire from football with a World Cup trophy won. That alone will be a shame to his haters who backlash him for not winning the World Cup yet, while Messi has.

It could be that Ronaldo may not lift the World Cup trophy with Portugal because of countries like France, Germany, Spain, England, Argentina, and Brazil they will have to battle it with. The mentioned countries have world-class players, as they have in Portugal team.

[cande86]

I don't think Neymar's presence on the pitch will make Brazil look that different. If it were Neymar in his prime, it might be possible, but he's older now and his form has declined. The only reason people are still hoping for him to be called up to the national team is because he's a senior Brazilian player and many are expecting him to be at the World Cup for the last time. But in terms of performance, there's probably not much to expect from him - especially when facing the golden players from other teams, which might be even more difficult for him. So, as Ancelotti said, his selection for the Brazilian national team depends on him. If he's not fit and underperforming, there's no need to expect him to appear at the World Cup.

having neymar is certainly a very important thing in the team, not so much for his skills which everyone knows are really of excellent quality but certainly having a charismatic person within the team is always useful because it can help the coach to go further and believe in it more.

[SuperBitMan]

Now Mexico is not populated with good players, meaning there are not many players who play for the big leagues, they now only rely on players from their local league, so considering them as a candidate to win the World Cup, it feels a bit redundant.
Yas, Spain and France should be included in the list, they are doing well and have many talented players, especially Spain because in terms of the quality of their game is not in doubt. One more country that needs to be included is Portugal. Portugal has the complete package as every area is occupied by players who are in top form this year.

Spain, France, Germany and Portugal are the countries I will be looking out for to win the world cup because they gat a complete squad and they're deadly. Mexico isn't the favorite anymore because they lack quality players. These set of footballers in Mexico wasn't like the previous sets. It will be a big blessing for Ronaldo if Portugal wins the world cup.

A big blessing at that, for Ronaldo to retire from football with a World Cup trophy won. That alone will be a shame to his haters who backlash him for not winning the World Cup yet, while Messi has.

It could be that Ronaldo may not lift the World Cup trophy with Portugal because of countries like France, Germany, Spain, England, Argentina, and Brazil they will have to battle it with. The mentioned countries have world-class players, as they have in Portugal team.

It will be lovely for Ronaldo to lift the World Cup he really deserve it he has put a lot of work in football and he has made a lot of people love football. he has a lot of fans all over the world and he brought in a very popular celebration in football he has made history with football and lifting the World Cup will be a complete life for him, nothing is impossible in football he may end up lifting the World Cup because his country has what it takes to do that.

Like a said nothing is impossible in football. This countries you mentioned may not be able to stop Portugal if they are determined to lift the World Cup, Portugal should just put in their best and their all in the coming World Cup competition.

[Sim_card]

Germany has unfortunately lost its "deadly" in recent years. They're certainly among those who could win the title, but if we consider them among the main favorites, the group of favorites should be expanded to 10+ teams. And that would be entirely fair, by the way, I don't think any team is so much stronger than the others that it has more than a 20% chance of winning the tournament. By the way, historically, European countries have been unsuccessful in the Western Hemisphere, we'll see how it goes this time.

You are right that European countries hasn't been successful in Western Hemisphere but that can change this time because I still see that the European countries are currently good contenders for the world cup. However, there's no guarantee that the cup will go to Europe because football is unpredictable and full of surprises.