Australia is Asia's neighbour as an Island continent it cant compete against itself so it should compete in Asia.
Is Israel in Europe because they compete in UEFA?
World Cup 2026
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Australia is Asia's neighbour as an Island continent it cant compete against itself so it should compete in Asia.
Is Israel in Europe because they compete in UEFA?
You can compete in Oceania like every other countries in the region.
But no, you had to get cute at the expense of everyone else.
This is like the underarm bowling incident all over again, mate.
It’s in your DNA to cheat I guess.
FalseFlagg K
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45 years one live. Time to pluck your head out of a sheep’s arse and get over it
Have you got any knowledge or facts or is it just more bull ****? **** off you tool
And .. representing Asia…. “Australia”!!!
LOL …
Talk about blatant cheating.
LOL …
Talk about blatant cheating.
“**** off?”
That’s what the Asian Confederation should have said to Australia years ago.
How much did you have to pay off the top representatives?
Again, Australia is NOT an Asian country.. lol..
Captain spastic is back again!!!!
Schrödinger's Gerbil
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I'd like to hear what people think as to why the USMNT sucks so badly. The recent 4-0 thrashing by Switzerland is just the latest in a decades long string of disappointments, the nadir of which was failure to even manufacture a tie with Trinidad & Tobago (surely, one of the world's least distinguished football/soccer countries) back in 2017 to qualify for the World Cup. The US competes in perhaps the world's weakest football confederations (CONCACAF) but still struggles to qualify each qualification cycle. It can't beat good teams with consistency and consistently loses to marginal teams (e.g., Honduras). For years we heard it's because the men weren't playing in the top European leagues, but now they are, and they still suck. We were better and more competitive when we were MLS-centric.
It's good that the US is hosting the WC this year, giving us an automatic qualification. Otherwise, I think that there are quite good odds we would not qualify.
It's an embarrassment. There's got to be some explanation, perhaps cultural, perhaps talent, perhaps both, or perhaps other factors. But, there's definitely something going on there. Any ideas?
I had hoped and prayed the USMNT would hire Klinsmann, but I though Pochettino might be a nice consolation prize. But apparently not.
I don't mean to highjack this thread. I tried to create my own, but it appears I lack credentials on this site to do so.(Not sure why that's the case.) I'm hoping people here have some views and insights on this, because, frankly, I'm baffled.
If someone else wants to start a separate thread on this, please do.
It's good that the US is hosting the WC this year, giving us an automatic qualification. Otherwise, I think that there are quite good odds we would not qualify.
It's an embarrassment. There's got to be some explanation, perhaps cultural, perhaps talent, perhaps both, or perhaps other factors. But, there's definitely something going on there. Any ideas?
I had hoped and prayed the USMNT would hire Klinsmann, but I though Pochettino might be a nice consolation prize. But apparently not.
I don't mean to highjack this thread. I tried to create my own, but it appears I lack credentials on this site to do so.(Not sure why that's the case.) I'm hoping people here have some views and insights on this, because, frankly, I'm baffled.
If someone else wants to start a separate thread on this, please do.
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Answer is super easy. For men in the US soccer (football) is like the 4th or 5th most popular sport to play in the US. In pretty much every other country soccer is the #1 most popular sport to play.
Schrödinger's Gerbil
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Sure, that makes sense. That, and that soccer appears not to be a major part of the sports culture among African Americans, the primary feeder of talent into American football and basketball.
That's a good place to start, but it strikes me as a bit too simple.
The US has a significantly larger pool on which to draw, even if much of the talent is diverted into other sports. Even after drawing off thousands of top athletes to other sports, thousands of top-flight athletes remain for soccer. There's no shortage of elite athletic talent to go around. We have no problem, for example, producing world class athletes in other sports that compete at the international level.
At the same time, our players are mostly playing in top flight European leagues. That's an indicator that our talent is competitive on a world-class level. Yet, still, we can't win even when we have the talent.