With World Cup coming and all the other sports events maybe I make the "games people who know ball" discord a thing 👀

Trump says government will have to 'force ourselves' on Los Angeles during World Cup U.S. President Donald ​Trump on Tuesday told reporters the government ‌will have to "force ourselves" on Los Angeles when the World Cup happens, saying he did ​not want any crime or problems.

"We're ​gonna have to do something when ⁠it comes World Cup time, and we're ​gonna have to force ourselves upon them, ​which we have the right to do, because we don't want to have any crime, we ​don't want to have any problems" www.reuters.com/world/trump-...

Not only has Taiwan boycotted the 2026 World Cup, but we have also boycotted the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the 2018 World Cup in Russia, and World Cups generally.

Italy's commitment to boycotting World Cup's hosted by ethically immoral countries is quite impressive.

World Cup Poster, Uruguay, 1930.

Where it all began.

Artemis, Olympics, World Cup. Why do all of these proud American moments have to have Trump's shit stains tainting them

🇯🇲 Jamaica's World Cup miss the latest blow for Concacaf Concacaf stays at six teams in the tournament. Is the confederation improving quickly enough?

Making sense of Jamaica's failure to make the 2026 World Cup and what it says about the health of men's soccer in Concacaf as a whole.

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🏆 The line-up for the 2026 World Cup is confirmed after a dramatic conclusion to the play-offs - but for some countries, the dream died long ago.

So who were the first teams to be eliminated? And how did they get knocked out? Here are some of the quickest & most brutal qualifying exits...

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Me and Daft Dog are definitely* going to do our special World Cup rap so you should get a ticket now!

(*actual levels of definiteness as yet to be determined.)

Party atmosphere does little to give USMNT home advantage, unlike for Mexico Mexico City's Estadio Azteca gives the kind of home advantage the USMNT must crave

Mexico found their fight inside a hostile Estadio Azteca.

The USMNT were embarrassed inside a night club atmosphere in Atlanta.

On what home-field advantage will look like for two World Cup co-hosts.
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Experiments, excuses and uneasy truths for USMNT as the World Cup looms An international break that many expected to provide clarity has instead provided fresh reasons to doubt the tournament co-hosts

NEW: If you’re laboring to spin this, perhaps Mauricio Pochettino wanted to muddy the waters for World Cup foes.

Almost certainly not. March camp begged far more questions than answers for the USMNT in its final pre-selection window. A brutal 180 minutes. Gulp. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

"european countries deserve more world cup places"

I am so excited to switch from football to fútbol mode when World Cup starts

World Cup winner and Olympic gold medalist Tierna Davidson is BACK with the USWNT for the Japan friendlies! 🇺🇸

The Gotham defender hasn’t featured since the SheBelieves loss to Japan on Feb 26, 2025 — now she gets her shot at a rematch.

I'm not sure how to react that all the law nerds on this app are tweeting about Supreme Court oral arguments like it's Germany 7-Brazil 1 (2014 World Cup semifinal)

Evelyn Ijeh holds up Sweden flag with text "Called Up - Sweden - World Cup Qualifiers"

Ijeh's headed to Sweden for upcoming World Cup Qualifiers 🇸🇪

You only tweet about Germany 7-Brazil 1 if you're either a Germany fan or a rubbernecker. For too long progressive politics in this country has felt like Belgium 2-USA 1 (2014 World Cup round of 16) and we're seeing the strain

Why love love football 💙

A remarkable snap of a youngster celebrating Bosnia and Herzegovina's qualification for the World Cup in Tuzla. It's just their second World Cup berth and comes at the expense of footballing superpower Italy. What a night 🇧🇦

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Can the U.S. play in Philly at the World Cup? It's complicated Here's what would need to happen for the U.S. to play at the Linc on July 4.

Ever since Philadelphia was picked as a World Cup host, I’ve been asked if the #USMNT could play here.

Here’s the ultimate answer - all the way down to percentage chances of various scenarios.

With really cool graphics from @gpotts.bsky.social and @sammorr.is:

www.inquirer.com/soccer/inq2/...

Mauricio Pochettino rolls out one final experiment but old problems cost USMNT against Portugal The USMNT lost 2-0 to Portugal in their final friendly before head coach Mauricio Pochettino names his World Cup roster

final dispatches from Atlanta:

Mauricio Pochettino tinkered one last time before the World Cup roster is named, and while it was fun to see Weston McKennie play further forward than Christian Pulisic, old problems continue to haunt the #USMNT

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Jamaica doing the right thing and boycotting this summers World Cup in the USA.

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a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a red chair with uefa nations league in the background ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a red chair with uefa nations league in the background

I made a commercial trance track inspired by the early 2000s and the UEFA Euros, and it's an absolute banger. With national teams dropping World Cup anthems, I can totally hear this one representing some European team like the Netherlands! 😀

Jamaica doing the right thing and boycotting this summers World Cup in the USA.

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