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Would Rudy count?

The last hooligan activity I recall seeing at a high profile international event (World Cup or Euro) was Euro 2016 or the 2018 Russian World Cup. And the 2018 World Cup was really just Russian hooligans attacking confused British non-hooligans because the Russians thought this would be the way to show the Brits they were the top dogs.

Travel is just too expensive for these large international events.

Qatar, South Korea, Japan, South Africa, the US.
All very expensive to travel to and places with no hooligan culture.

We’ve been wondering the same thing.

The first five (potential) games all being on the West Coast is a head scratcher.

That’s the one I got as well :cheers:

I was in Cleveland 3 summers ago for four days ago. I liked it a lot but I also benefited from staying at a nice hotel right off the Case Western Reserve campus and being their in late May or early June with wonderful weather.

The downtown is easily accessible with the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame right by the stadiums. You can walk to the major sights.

Is the football team moving to the suburbs? I hope not. That would be terrible for the Downtown area and an inconvenience for many residents.

I was at the game last night.

The rest is just an educated guess. I bet Almiron covered his mouth and called him a basic curse word but covered it out of instinct.

Calling a player a bitch or a motherfricker may get you a yellow card if the ref is having a bad day. Almiron already had a yellow card for his fake dive against Tim Ream last week and didn’t want to risk a yellow and a suspension by default for the final game.

The mouth covering rule is very new and this is the first tournament where it’s been in place, and I bet he had no idea he was risking a 10-20 percent chance of a yellow card versus a 100 percent chance of a red.

Around me none of the Turks were expecting a red card for Almiron. The few Paraguayans were even more confused.

I bet no one from FIFA thought the first red card for this would come from a South American player saying something to a white guy, but that’s the letter of the law

Aussies may win it all with Raygun tbh

I got 2nd place and 76 points

Striker was Andy Cole, Lampard and Le Tissier in central midfield, Joe Cole and Robbie Keane on the wings, Patrick Viera as my defensive midfielder. That was definitely the strength of the team.

Jefferson and Chase are both clear WR1’s (but fortunately not made of glass)

The two boiler room guys from Wall Street Warriors are surely getting the last laugh.