++Sky News++ captured his words, as he explained: “”Yes, I asked for a review by FIFA. I spoke to a man [Infantino] who is highly respected. I’m the one who got them to do it, not Biden. Biden was asleep.”
Conspiracy time.
Because of the 250 years of independence, the final will be rigged to be USA/England and the USA will win controversially.
Then trump will keep the trophy
I’m already suspicious the USA have got as far as they have, yes Norway are ranked two places below, but Haaland is far far better than anyone the US can field. Chances are given the USA would have had plenty of Lantino countries in their qualifying group, they’re only chance of getting into the World Cup was automatic due to hosting it. I don’t know, maybe I’m being to harsh. Still it is utterly unbelievable that FIFA have reversed this.
Holy shit. As an American seeing the marketing and advertising for the world cup is sick. It’s so cringy… I feel bad for all the authentic people that love the sport.
I wouldn’t doubt if there’s some business going on with FIFA on large corrupt scale though… American football is losing its pull of American culture… They needed a new sport to help them create submissive people.
It’s about to get soulless like Hollywood and marketed pop music. …and the Americans will froth over it like hungry zombies.
American football is losing popularity and we’re trying to replace it with soccer? lol jesus fucking christ
I appreciate you calling me by my full name.
I thought your last name was Onnapogostik
I heard it was Inthehandholes
And here’s me, loving that our sports are becoming international. The WBC this year was fucking awesome to watch imo, and I think it’s cool that American football is expanding in other parts of the world. We can only imagine what an eventual “World Football Championship” would be like.
I agree it’s cool on the surface… But you know it’s going to lose authenticity exponentially.
That’s why I feel for the people who are genuine about it. It’s a double edged sword that probably won’t care about the genuine people.
It’s like every authentic thing America touches starts to oxidize, and rust.
I don’t agree with that. Imo professional sports lost its authenticity years ago when they started letting advertisers and sponsors dictate the games.
The nail in the coffin was legalized sports gambling, and NIL in college.
Just look at the world series to realise what could be.
I don’t think the US needs a new sport, most of the country is either brain dead from American Football, Basketball, NASCAR, Baseball. Basically anything the USA has invetend for themselves and every other country couldn’t give a shit about.
I wouldn’t exactly throw baseball on that list. it’s plenty popular in plenty of countries outside the US.
You mean Japan after the USA introduced it there?
Yeah most people in the US don’t give a shit about soccer, so I don’t get why you’d bother rigging it or other manipulation. Other than just because you are Trump and you just rug and grift and do shadey shit for no reason other than to do it.
They need to create new reason the human centipede reason to exist! Via the illusion of change and novelty.
Rugby, netball, any motorsport, cricket…turns out different regions like different things, but there are often analogues.
You have named sports that aren’t overtly native to one country. Yes of course the “US sports” have leaked to other countries, but they are the best at them and have a far greater following on TV, in league structure, in money pumped to and from. If the US turned its attention to sports away from what they host at home they could be world leaders in rugby, cricket, motorsport or netball, yet they’re happy to just circle jerk themselves with what they already have. And I’m fine with that. They already smash athletics. I don’t want them being good at everything.
The host countries are usually setup to get out of their group. US has generally been good enough on their own to get to quarterfinals when they qualify, but that’s when the real tourney begins.
You have the right of it otherwise, but one player usually can’t carry a whole team on his own. Not even a phenomenon like Haaland.
Granted, they have a few other good players like Ødegaard too, but that’s still not necessarily enough to beat a well-managed team and Pochettino managed a few of the biggest clubs in the world before taking the US gig.
Still, even if nothing else looks suspicious, the first withdrawn red card since 1962 at the request of the despot in charge of a host country is in itself enough to warrant an asterisk.
It genuinely feels like group stage was scripted to get them further in the tournament because they were a host nation. The team playing last night looked very different from the group stage team.
I feel like the script was for Balogun’s red card was supposed to be the reason for them to lose; but trump wanted to insert himself into the play to look like a hero “saving Balogun” so then they had to change the script on why they would lose.
Will one of Starmer’s last acts as PM be to try and get Quansah’s red card overturned?
No, because he has some honor.
does he ? when did this happen ?
You know he didn’t have to resign right? He literally only did it for honor. The uk political system is driven by honor. They even pressured Boris Johnson to resign. Could you imagine a US president resigning before their term was done?
The UK hasn’t had a single prime minister fill out their full term since 2015
You know he didn’t have to resign right? He literally only did it for honor.
Ah, i see the confusion now, you’re talking about the “honour killings” kind of honour, the excessive toxic pride kind, like “leaving before you’re kicked out to try and save face”.
“I don’t think i can win so i won’t compete”, isn’t honour, it’s pragmatism.
I’m not even throwing shade for it, it’s a good call.
I was thinking of the idealised honour where you do the subjectively right thing, for the subjectively right reasons.
The uk political system is driven by honor.
Its driven by money/power/control, same as any modern political system.
They even pressured Boris Johnson to resign. Could you imagine a US president resigning before their term was done?
See the “leaving before you’re kicked out” section from above.
The UK hasn’t had a single prime minister fill out their full term since 2015
I’m not sure how this is relevant but it is factual.
I absolutely agree! Honor in the sense of social obligation isn’t a force for good, and can often be a very toxic force. UK politics is fundamentally broken and leads to countless problems for the people living there. I’m glad I left the country, I just try to help people be clear eyed about the ways it’s different to the US, because it’s very different and worth understanding on its own terms.
Nah, just the Neoliberal version of “honor”, which is timidness and excessive politeness, if not less obvious collaboration.
Never did. He only has ambition. Where was you when he was taking all these gifts?
Debunked. Thank fucking Christ.
4-1 jajajaja
I hate that this doesn’t sound as astoundingly stupid as it should thanks to the current state of affairs.
He already kept the FIFA trophy won by someone else and infantino had to give a copy to the winners https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-fifa-soccer-club-world-cup-trophy_n_68755c06e4b0b1c6f12569ae
france will lend a player to the americans, who then goes on to score the winner in extra time.
Statue of Liberty play, right?
Maradona had the hand of god, this will be the boot of liberty, the elbow of freedom or something else utterly wank
At the end of the match, they will reveal the top scorer on french team had gotten honorary citizenship just before, so his goals will count towards usa. Fifa will protest at first, but then taco will call fifa boss again…
Way to ruin the next season of Ted Lasso…
/s
I’m saving this, just in case… maybe you got a career as psychic ahead of you.
Tbh I’ve kind of suspected this might be the outcome.
If the US team managed to win, I would be fucking astounded. The team’s made the top 4 exactly once when they got 3rd place in 1930. 96 whole years without placing. I know the US doesn’t care about the sport much, but still shocked me a bit when I learned that.
God, how fucking stupid would it be if this turns out to happen?
That might actually get people around the world to pressure their leaders to take action against the USA. From what I understand about most of the rest of the world, soccer is taken very seriously.
And then everyone will clap
The US will be losing and then some French players will help from the sidelines.
And then Canada will come down and set the locker room on fire
I bet it’ll follow this script down to a T, hehe. I’ll show myself out.
I was thinking the same thing
deleted by creator
“We cheated and still lost” is not the flex you think it is
Isn’t it almost every trump flex , though?
2020 repeat
“it was I who cheated. Doesn’t that make me amazing?”
Doesn’t change a thing /s We did despise the corrupted USA administration already.
The thing is, in Trump’s mind that’s absolutely the case. Cheating, grifting and stealing and then getting away with it is what success looks like to him - all the better, if everyone knows he cheated, and he still gets away with it.
Lol I bet the commissioner didn’t expect he’d brag about it to the public.
He forgot he ever met Trump before? He ought to get that checked.
Should have known better then,
He has a record of mouthing off
Wtf would Biden have to do with this
Trump forgot that he’s president and still thinks he’s campaigning against Biden
Isn’t biden dying of cancer now. And STILL lives rent free in that orange perverted head.
Biden and Obama both have palatial estates on that fucktard’s head.
It’s just part of his cognitive bias manipulation.
He has to keep up chipping away logical reasoning and at some point people just accept it as truth.
It works, unfortunately. For example, Trump supporters believe that cyclist actually damaged the Reflecting Pool because he was arrested. Being arrested must mean he did it, right?
It’s the central foundation of his inferiority complex.
deleted by creator
Robert Baratheon: What about Aerys Targaryen? What did the Mad King say when you stabbed him in the back? I never asked. Did he call you a traitor? Did he plead for a reprieve?
Jaime Lannister: He said the same thing he’d been saying for hours… Burn them all!
I somehow forgot what a fucking hero Jaime was for that, and how it basically ruined the rest of his life.
That’s not a parody quote, it’s the actual quote in the Article, straight from the Horse’s ass.
Thanks for the clarification, one could think this came from the onion. /jk
Biden was asleep
This is a fucking weird chirp coming from someone constantly falling asleep on camera.
And, like, how the heck is it Joe Biden’s job to corruptly influence FIFA officials?
Biden derangement syndrome? He’s complaining a past president didn’t do anything for a current event
The projection never ends.
I’m convinced that projection is just like the basest form of human psychology. They literally just cannot stop themselves. It’s fascinating.
It’s like projection and empathy are two sides of the same coin, and you end up with one or the other.
Either you are able to put yourself in other people’s shoes. Or you’re so inherently narcissistic (and lacking in empathy) that you subconsciously assume that everyone must be doing what you’re doing.
RENT. FREE.
Pretty sure it means he was asleep and someone woke him up to bribe or pressure the official
Man they really want the Wikipedia entry for US Men’s National Team results section to have an asterisk by the number 2026, don’t they
They are well ahead of you:
In the round of 16, the US team was eliminated by Belgium after a 1–4 defeat. The USMNT’s lackluster performance stood in contrast with its energetic and creative showings earlier in the tournament, perhaps overshadowed by controversy surrounding FIFA’s stunning reversal of Folarin Balogun’s suspension due to his red card in the previous match.
…and the whole football world cheered as Belgium mobbed the floor with them.
*mopped
*mogged
*mossed
*modded
He went and did exactly what he always goes and does: he made the thing about himself.
I was a great athlete and understand sports very well…
I understand penalising someone in one game but you can’t penalise them for a game that hasn’t happened yet.
How can anyone listen to such nonsense and be like “yeah I should vote for that guy”. Every time I torture myself by watching a video of him, there’s some outlandish claim of great knowledge or adeptness on a subject, immediately followed by laying out complete misunderstanding of said subject.
Yeah, that second one was an insane sentence. You literally can, Donald. That’s how the fucking suspension system works, as you well know.
And while none of the more popular US sports have a card system with set rules, every single one of them can and does eject players and then suspend them for subsequent games.
as you well know.
Doubtful.
When I get more time I might edit this for a world cup theme…but it still mildly fits.
My god I love Mike Luckovich. He might be the best political cartoonist out there. Been enjoying his work since the 1990s.
Was it a bad call? Absolutely. Did this orange fuckwad make it worse by sticking his dick in it for his own glorification? You bet your ass.
All the hard work US Soccer has put in, to bring the world cup to the US and to raise the quality and status of football/soccer in the country has be thoroughly crapped upon in every way possible by this dementia riddled rapist.
The mierdas touch strikes again.
I LIKE that. I’m stealing it.
All the hard work US Soccer has put in, to bring the world cup to the US and to raise the quality and status of football/soccer in the country
All destroyed now, and probably only because he had some bet on the game. No other president, no matter how shitty, would have done this or even accidentally come close.
We have never been so hated by our own leaders as we are right now.
Don’t forget the ICE shitshow that cooled the desire for people to come to the games leading to stadiums and hotels half empty.
i bet the dipshit can’t even name a rule of soccer other than the generalization “you can’t touch the ball with your hands”… and even that would be stressing the brain cell a bit.
What about throw-ins, goalies, grabbing the ball while falling to ensure a foul is called, etc?
His references are out of control. I have to admit it’s pretty sweet that da mayor is a proficient footie shitposter.
LOL americans need to STFU about sports they don’t understand
Believing the World Cup is actually real and not just the global stage version of pro wrestling is incredible to me. Theres nothing to “understand”
We lost so it’s fake and we don’t care about football anyway.
americans are petty sore losers, petty as alwaysBrother all big sports are theater & scripted, not just football.
I bet you believe all those players holding their legs on the ground from being tapped begging for a card are actually hurt and not acting.
yes that’s tooootally the same as having all games rigged.
As an American Tottenham fan I am over the moon with how Poch has transformed Team USA and I was so ready to watch them beat Belgium without one of their best players.
Now it just looks stupid, like no one believes they could do it without this one guy. On top of the optics of it now Belgium has an extra reason to fight, it will absolutly light a fire under them. Was it a red card? No, it should have been a yellow but that’s the game. You put the chip on your shoulder and go out there and fuck shit up. Now Belgium has the chip.
Just another example of the whining bitch culture the US has become under trump, the biggest thin skinned bitch of them all.
Norway is on form and are going to give England a great run and France are going to be hard to beat. People have been dogging this WC but honestly its been entertaining. The officiating has been half trash but the games have mostly been lit and the upsets have been great.
I agree with. I just want to say you’re delusional to think the US could beat Belgium with or without this player.
Edit - I see the Americunts are voting with their feelings again
We will see.
Edit: welp, they looked like shit. Belgium played better than they have all tournament. Belgium came out with the chip square on their shoulder and USA shit the bed. I was wrong, oh well.
I wouldn’t have down voted you last night when I first read this, but will HAPPILY upvote you this morning
It was a red. It was dangerous and could have broken his ankle, even if he didn’t intend it.
Belgium are crap, but would have comfortably beaten USA.
No one believes you can do it without that one guy before this. He’s been carrying you.
They shouldn’t have fucked with the ruling at all, but lmao at “dangerous”
It could only possibly be considered dangerous if you thought he intentionally stepped on Muharemović’s ankle. Straight reds are typically reserved for aggressive plays that are either clearly malicious or willfully reckless.
Balogun was playing the ball without looking where he was stepping - at worst it should have been a yellow. Careless? Definitely. Dangerous? Lmao, I guess taking a reaching step is dangerous now
But thats really not the problem anymore - the league overriding the decision reaks of corruption and does a disservice to everyone involved, including the USA team.
You obviously don’t know enough about “soccer”. You been listening to your presidents definitions?
A red can be given for serious foul play.
“Serious foul play is defined as “a tackle or challenge that endangers the safety of an opponent or uses excessive force or brutality.””
It fits the definition. Even with FIFA suspended the sentence they didn’t overturn it.
Quansah got a red card for England despite playing for and winning the ball. Intent is not the key ingredient of a red card.
Either way, Belgium’s hammered the USA even with Balogun. Tis a lol.
Either way, Belgium’s hammered the USA even with Balogun. Tis a lol.
No question - they shouldn’t have even made it that far
A red can be given for serious foul play.
The ref is intentionally given leeway to make whatever calls necessary to keep control over the game (which is why the reversal is so damaging to the tournament broadly). He had every right to send Balogun off, I just dont think it’s was a good one.
Quansah got a red card for England despite playing for and winning the ball
A bunch of reasons why this comparison is bullshit:
- Quansah went into a sliding tackle against a player in control of the play, not after a 50/50 challenge
- despite there not being intent, sliding tackles are held to higher scrutiny because they’re dangerous even when done correctly
- The tackle was unnecessarily aggressive. Quansah could have stayed on his feet and defended without risking a tackle
You obviously don’t know enough about “soccer”. You been listening to your presidents definitions?
I love how catty this is
A ref is given leeway, they choose whether to exercise or not and he didn’t provide any leeway or special favour. He made a call and refs decision stands.
It still amazes me that you don’t see how dangerous Balogun’s challenge was. Did you not see the dude’s ankle? Could have got broken. Quansah didn’t even touch the guy with studs and won the ball. It was still a red. Both without intent, both deemed dangerous. One almost snapped a players ankle.
Yes, that last bit was catty, but the weird tribal defending of it it with weird justifications seemed to fit in with how Trumpy was arguing. Not necessarily within the rules of the game or historical precedents.
It still amazes me that you don’t see how dangerous Balogun’s challenge was. Did you not see the dude’s ankle? Could have got broken
I don’t think we’re using ‘dangerous’ in the same way here. I’m saying there is no reasonable expectation that Balogun’s play could have resulted in a serious injury, regardless of what injury almost did occur. Just because Muharemovic’s ankle almost did get broken, doesn’t mean that was due to any risky, aggressive, or malicious move made by Balogun to begin with. That the foul didn’t even initially merit a yellowcard at the time points to the same conclusion.
When I was taught to be a referee (granted, that was 15 years ago), they urged us not to issue red cards unless the play itself was uniquely dangerous, where that if another player committed the same foul there would be the same high risk of injury. The two other remedies for keeping this type of play in-check are more reasonable and less likely to cause chaotic discontent from the bench, and sending the player off doesn’t make anyone else on the field any safer.
Your job as referee isn’t to doll out justice or retribution for harm committed on the field, it’s to keep the players safe and the game fair to the extent reasonable.
Quansah didn’t even touch the guy with studs and won the ball.
That’s not the point - he made a needlessly aggressive tackle against an attacker that wasn’t an immediate threat on goal, and hit Gallardo midway up the shin with studs up. If someone else on the field made a similarly needless and dangerous tackle, the risk of serious injury would be just as high. It could have just as easily been a yellow card, but what made the tackle worse was that it was done without any apparent strategic advantage over staying on his feet, which made it seem like he did it in part because there was a risk of harm.
If the ref didn’t take action, it was likely that the two would continue escalating their challenges until someone did get injured
