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@S.P.Requiem on post #3174801 (prinz eugen, bismarck, graf zeppelin, z1 leberecht maass, warspite, and 7 more (kantai collection and 3 more) drawn by yong-gok)

2018-07-15T13:21:46-04:00

firechikara said:

I'm not really into soccer/football but I don't think our team (France) will go far this year.

The first match against Australia was kinda meh.

The second against Peru bored me to death.

And I skipped the last against Denmark and I was told they ended in a tie with 0 each.

Overall, I found their performance pretty terrible so they really need to fired up for the future matches...

Well looks like you're wrong lol.
Congrats for your country, though!

@firechikara on post #3174801 (prinz eugen, bismarck, graf zeppelin, z1 leberecht maass, warspite, and 7 more (kantai collection and 3 more) drawn by yong-gok)

2018-07-10T17:28:30-04:00

Death_Usagi said:

We must have England vs France for memes!

Well, France is good (though I'm a bit ashame for Mbappe's action at the end just to stall some time, that was low).
We only need England to do their part.

@Death_Usagi on post #3174801 (prinz eugen, bismarck, graf zeppelin, z1 leberecht maass, warspite, and 7 more (kantai collection and 3 more) drawn by yong-gok)

2018-07-10T10:49:29-04:00

zero5889 said:

Belgium/France and Croatia/England confirmed for Final Four matches.

Speaking of USA and football/soccer, it was chosen (together with Mexico and Canada) to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup for a variety of reasons. At the time the "United 2026" bid was chosen, its only competition was Morocco, which is comparatively a riskier option in terms of spending, profitability and the fact that several of its proposed stadiums have yet to be built. By comparison, USA, Mexico and Canada have the money and resources, not to mention existing stadiums, all with only a small risk of becoming white elephants in the near future.
Besides, it seems FIFA still has fond memories of the 1994 FIFA World Cup, the last time it went to the USA, which continues to hold world records for highest attendances, both on average per game (almost 70,000) and overall (6.3 million). One may cynically say it has something to do with the USA's abundance of gigantic stadiums made with American football in mind (e.g., the 100,000-seater AT&T Stadium in Dallas), and that America's (and Canada's) top-flight league, the Major League Soccer (MLS), is increasingly becoming the favored place for European stars to spend their last few years on the field (e.g., David Beckham at Los Angeles Galaxy), but the point stands that the USA, with its increasingly diverse population, is a giant football/soccer market waiting to be explored.

We must have England vs France for memes!

@zero5889 on post #3174801 (prinz eugen, bismarck, graf zeppelin, z1 leberecht maass, warspite, and 7 more (kantai collection and 3 more) drawn by yong-gok)

2018-07-10T07:39:47-04:00

Belgium/France and Croatia/England confirmed for Final Four matches.

Speaking of USA and football/soccer, it was chosen (together with Mexico and Canada) to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup for a variety of reasons. At the time the "United 2026" bid was chosen, its only competition was Morocco, which is comparatively a riskier option in terms of spending, profitability and the fact that several of its proposed stadiums have yet to be built. By comparison, USA, Mexico and Canada have the money and resources, not to mention existing stadiums, all with only a small risk of becoming white elephants in the near future.
Besides, it seems FIFA still has fond memories of the 1994 FIFA World Cup, the last time it went to the USA, which continues to hold world records for highest attendances, both on average per game (almost 70,000) and overall (6.3 million). One may cynically say it has something to do with the USA's abundance of gigantic stadiums made with American football in mind (e.g., the 100,000-seater AT&T Stadium in Dallas), and that America's (and Canada's) top-flight league, the Major League Soccer (MLS), is increasingly becoming the favored place for European stars to spend their last few years on the field (e.g., David Beckham at Los Angeles Galaxy), but the point stands that the USA, with its increasingly diverse population, is a giant football/soccer market waiting to be explored.

@Shebadotfr on post #3174801 (prinz eugen, bismarck, graf zeppelin, z1 leberecht maass, warspite, and 7 more (kantai collection and 3 more) drawn by yong-gok)

2018-07-07T05:54:31-04:00

KillRoB-XV said:

JAPAN STATUS:

CRUSHED.

(Edit)

BRAZIL STATUS:

CRUSHED.

Ido will have a field day if the second semi finals is Russia x England, and if the finals are either France x England or France x Russia.

@KillRoB-XV on post #3174801 (prinz eugen, bismarck, graf zeppelin, z1 leberecht maass, warspite, and 7 more (kantai collection and 3 more) drawn by yong-gok)

2018-07-03T17:26:16-04:00

Saladofstones said:

How;s Belgium doing?

JAPAN STATUS:

CRUSHED.

(Edit)

BRAZIL STATUS:

CRUSHED.

@AyaReiko on post #3174801 (prinz eugen, bismarck, graf zeppelin, z1 leberecht maass, warspite, and 7 more (kantai collection and 3 more) drawn by yong-gok)

2018-07-02T02:15:03-04:00

I think it's more of a case of limited eyeballs and prestige level than anything. NFL dominates Fall and early Winter, NBA and NHL controls late-Winter and early-Spring, and MLB rules late-Spring and Summer. There really isn't much room for another top-tier pro-league where it matters; the public's attention and their wallets.

Soccer has its niche, but that's about the best it'll do unless one of the above four falters big time.

@oracle135 on post #3174801 (prinz eugen, bismarck, graf zeppelin, z1 leberecht maass, warspite, and 7 more (kantai collection and 3 more) drawn by yong-gok)

2018-07-02T01:43:30-04:00

Tapper said:

will play Japan on Monday.

Mayonezland vs Bukkakkeland

@Saladofstones on post #3174801 (prinz eugen, bismarck, graf zeppelin, z1 leberecht maass, warspite, and 7 more (kantai collection and 3 more) drawn by yong-gok)

2018-07-02T00:36:41-04:00

Tapper said:

Beat England to win the group, will play Japan on Monday.

Carpe Diem, Belgica

@Tapper on post #3174801 (prinz eugen, bismarck, graf zeppelin, z1 leberecht maass, warspite, and 7 more (kantai collection and 3 more) drawn by yong-gok)

2018-06-30T18:04:06-04:00

Saladofstones said:

How;s Belgium doing?

Beat England to win the group, will play Japan on Monday.

@user_509926 on post #3174801 (prinz eugen, bismarck, graf zeppelin, z1 leberecht maass, warspite, and 7 more (kantai collection and 3 more) drawn by yong-gok)

2018-06-30T17:56:11-04:00

Saladofstones said:

How;s Belgium doing?

makin good beer, still.

@Saladofstones on post #3174801 (prinz eugen, bismarck, graf zeppelin, z1 leberecht maass, warspite, and 7 more (kantai collection and 3 more) drawn by yong-gok)

2018-06-30T17:19:30-04:00

How;s Belgium doing?

@Chobittsu on post #3174801 (prinz eugen, bismarck, graf zeppelin, z1 leberecht maass, warspite, and 7 more (kantai collection and 3 more) drawn by yong-gok)

2018-06-30T17:15:58-04:00

ithekro said:

The Americans however...don't really care.

Is that why you're hosting the next one?

@firechikara on post #3174801 (prinz eugen, bismarck, graf zeppelin, z1 leberecht maass, warspite, and 7 more (kantai collection and 3 more) drawn by yong-gok)

2018-06-30T14:22:35-04:00

Missed the first 30 minutes but saw the rest, it's certainly better and interesting than their previous matches.

@AdminPageAbe on post #3174801 (prinz eugen, bismarck, graf zeppelin, z1 leberecht maass, warspite, and 7 more (kantai collection and 3 more) drawn by yong-gok)

2018-06-30T12:22:29-04:00

Update: France beats Argentina 4 - 3, must say that their counterattacking is dangerous.

@Shebadotfr on post #3174801 (prinz eugen, bismarck, graf zeppelin, z1 leberecht maass, warspite, and 7 more (kantai collection and 3 more) drawn by yong-gok)

2018-06-30T10:10:17-04:00

trees said:

I'm just excited that there exists the potential for the finals of the World Cup to be France vs England. Angevin Empire's comin back boys!

Im afraid about Les Bleus who plays not Well. There is none of that sweet madness from 98-2000. I remember skipping last weeks of school to watch all France matches. You could cut the tension during the penalty shootouts against Italy with a knife, the deathlike silence when Di Baggio (? Iirc) shot and hit the bar, the screams of joy that drowned my neighborhood. Glorious.

@SentinelNikolaev on post #3174801 (prinz eugen, bismarck, graf zeppelin, z1 leberecht maass, warspite, and 7 more (kantai collection and 3 more) drawn by yong-gok)

2018-06-30T09:51:16-04:00

Just imagine how shit would be hitting the fan here if Brazilian Navy dreadnoughts would have been implemented.

@trees on post #3174801 (prinz eugen, bismarck, graf zeppelin, z1 leberecht maass, warspite, and 7 more (kantai collection and 3 more) drawn by yong-gok)

2018-06-30T09:22:26-04:00

I'm just excited that there exists the potential for the finals of the World Cup to be France vs England. Angevin Empire's comin back boys!

@Algester on post #3174801 (prinz eugen, bismarck, graf zeppelin, z1 leberecht maass, warspite, and 7 more (kantai collection and 3 more) drawn by yong-gok)

2018-06-30T08:53:41-04:00

because everyone knows that Soccer is a religion, and that its basically a global version of Eurovision in that the results of the match can either make or break wars if history is proven right 3rd times the charm right lads?
Germany, Honduras... Germany???

@Fireminer on post #3174801 (prinz eugen, bismarck, graf zeppelin, z1 leberecht maass, warspite, and 7 more (kantai collection and 3 more) drawn by yong-gok)

2018-06-30T08:52:56-04:00

Tk3997 said:

It's the fact no one here gives even a tenth of the shit about it that Europe does. This won't change either because without the cultural brain washing already in place the US population isn't going to just stop watching the sports it has for a new one. Not unless it's in some way much more compelling or interesting and despite the ravings of it's zealots, Soccer is not on balance a better spectator sport in my view. Actually on balance I'd rate it lower then all of them here beside Baseball where I'd call it a tie (more is happening overall in the Soccer game, but the Baseball game has more peaks of higher action IMO, but that said both are pretty boring to watch).

Pretty much every decade for the last half century has been it's zealots claiming the US is "just about" to go crazy over it, but it never happens. The response of the nation to missing the World Cup outside of said zealots was "meh", and all these supposed polls about the sports increased popularity have completely failed to translate over into any sort of cultural relevance or resonance. Soccer will likely continue to grow, if for no other reason the being driven by an expanding Hispanic population, but the chances it will ever hold a candle to the zeal afforded it in wider European or Latin culture is very remote.

It won elsewhere because it never really had competitors, it has four in the US.

I also find it kind of amusing how people act like soccer is some thing that everyone should want to be part of when it's only global to begin with because it was largely spread by centuries of colonialism and often supplanted and stamped out homegrown games in various places. Soccer is like the poster-child of a homogenizing globalist export that blots out local culture, but because it originates from Europe that's apparently a good thing in this one case.

Ohhhhhh! Someone is salty!

And you know what? Sport is actually in the last possible thing they could have included in your so-called "brain washing" scheme. Unless modern sports change, they will continue to lost millenials because of short attention span.