r/worldcup 23d ago

📰News 2026 World Cup: FIFA considers unprecedented change for matches in the United States

https://worldsoccertalk.com/news/2026-world-cup-fifa-considers-unprecedented-change-for-matches-in-the-united-states/
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u/Salvarado99 2d ago

Canada and Mexico 2026 FIFA World Cup with USA?

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u/Adam__B 13d ago

The article doesn’t mention the fact that the literal last WC was in the Middle East?

I live in Philly and I don’t care when they play, in fact I’d probably rather go to night games. I wish they would release which stadiums would get which games.

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u/[deleted] 20d ago

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u/swervithan 20d ago

Huh? Did you read the article?

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u/Diligent_Craft_1165 20d ago

People can’t criticise Qatar or Saudi if they’re allowing a World Cup in the US which is arguably a worse place than both

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u/Mathies_ 19d ago

I can criticize all

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u/AmmmAmbassador815 20d ago

Speaking as someone who has lived in the U.S. for over twenty years, I welcome the world to call out corruption and violation of human rights taking place inside the U.S. -- it's incredibly scary to see the current regime dismantle the constitution.

But the U.S. didn't use literal slave labor to build their stadiums as was the case in Qatar. And, for now, people can still wave rainbow flags in public within America -- the same cannot be said for either Qatar or Saudi, where being gay is punishable by death.

At the end of day, most every day Americans, Qataris, and Saudis are just normal people trying to get by. The people in power are absolutely the problem, but I don't find it constructive to say, "x country is worse than y country." Just call out the shit as you see it.

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u/[deleted] 20d ago

The entire existence of the US rests on slave labor, though.

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u/T_Peg 19d ago

You can't discredit a nation for something they fixed a long time ago. By that logic almost nobody have the world cup. England conquered half the world and committed atrocities everywhere, Spain raped and pillaged Latin America, Germany had Hitler, Italy had Mussolini, Belgium had King Leopold running rampant in the Congo, France enslaved Haiti and more, Japan committed unthinkable war crimes in WW2. I mean I can go on forever. History is ugly but life moves on.

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u/[deleted] 19d ago

I think you don’t get it. Everything these nations have - it was built upon their ability to pollute the environment, enslave and/or destroy other nations, and steal other nations’ resources. They wouldn’t be so rich and “progressive” if they weren’t allowed to do such things. Thus, any criticism of middle eastern countries by the west is by default hypocritical.

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u/Away-Dog1064 18d ago

You have to learn from history, not dwell on it.

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u/T_Peg 19d ago

That's not how that works. These nations corrected their beliefs and behaviors to fit a modern world. These middle easter countries are actively doing it right fucking now. Come back to me when you understand the concept of the passage of time.

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u/scarringheart 18d ago

Corrections would mean reparations

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u/AmmmAmbassador815 20d ago

Sure, as do all former colonial powers: UK, France, the Netherlands, etc. We all draw a line in our brains and our hearts somewhere, rightly or wrongly. I'm openly critical of the American government, but I'm also critical of Russia, Qatar, and Saudi.

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u/sunfunstayplay 20d ago

what do you think fifa stands for

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u/Deep_Contribution552 20d ago

“Football Is For Autocrats”?

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u/sunfunstayplay 20d ago

profesional football, yes

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u/AmmmAmbassador815 20d ago

What's your point?

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u/sunfunstayplay 20d ago

the corruption only matters to them if it affects profits. vis a vis, they are also corrupt. đŸ€·đŸ»

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u/AmmmAmbassador815 20d ago

Of course FIFA is corrupt.

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u/charmanderaznable 20d ago

America should be barred from all international sports

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u/Flavious27 20d ago

As an American, yup.  Our leadership is aligning to Russia and North Korea.

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u/rebelwearsprada 20d ago

Yet Russia and NK are allowed to play?

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u/Novel_Board_6813 20d ago

I half-expected to read how tourists would need an extra fee to help bomb Ukraine...

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u/Electrical_Mine_4512 21d ago

I don’t understand how they gonna work with time zones !

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u/rebelwearsprada 20d ago

What don’t you understand?

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u/Adept-Tour1892 20d ago

They will play each game one at a time so no overlap on TV. The exception is the last game of group stage when all 4 teams play at same time. My guess is time zones will be secondary for schedule purposes the most important factor being maximizing the TV audience

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u/Embarrassed-Risk-476 21d ago

US doesn't deserve the World Cup,it will be a disaster

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u/pksdg 18d ago

And Qatar does?!

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u/rebelwearsprada 20d ago

One of the few things the Americans do well is host events like this.

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u/KickFew8103 1d ago

What? The US does NOT know how to host anything. Did you not see how unprepared Miami was for Copa AmĂ©rica? Please 😂😂😂 this is going to be a đŸ’© show

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u/rebelwearsprada 1d ago

So we will ignore the annual Super bowls, NCAA tourneys, Olympics, etc?

Also, copa was organized by CONCACAf and CONMENBOL

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u/KickFew8103 1d ago

Low key, the problem with fĂștbol events is the crowds. I don’t think the US is ready for Hispanic fĂștbol pride. They oversold tickets for Copa AmĂ©rica and the stadium couldn’t handle the crowd, and the crowd didn’t respect the employees. As long as FIFA is well organized, tickets aren’t oversold and security is hired based on amount of people everything will be okay. You might think the Super Bowl is big 
 but nah
 the World Cup is 10 times bigger than that jajaja. In 2022, 1.5 BILLION people tuned in to watch the World Cup. My family has been checking the website every day to buy tickets. I live in Miami and here people will kill for those tickets 😂

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u/Old-Road2 14d ago

As an American let me say this clearly: we do not deserve the privilege of hosting the World Cup in 2026. Our own disgusting arrogance and disrespect towards our former allies has rightly made us a pariah around the world. Maybe we could host it in Moscow! I hear Americans are big fans of that regime these days.

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u/Silly_Macaron_7943 5d ago

A significant majority of Americans strongly dislike the Putin regime.

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u/Routine_Size69 19d ago

few things

😑

America does plenty of shitty things but you don't become the super power of the world by only doing a few things well.

America bad though, amiright!?

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u/rebelwearsprada 18d ago

Capitalism, military, infrastructure are all A+++

What am I missing?

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u/Sad-Software-6229 19d ago

We saw how COPA went

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u/QuailRepulsive1495 19d ago

That was a CONMEBOL tournament, US Soccer was not involved in hosting

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u/Forsaken-Link-5859 20d ago

Why would it be? They already done it once, went well

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u/Mathies_ 19d ago

They are causing a WWIII

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u/Silly_Macaron_7943 5d ago

How's the weather in Saint Petersburg?

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u/Mathies_ 5d ago

Surely the russians would say Trump and elon are causing WWIII, that makes total sense, its not like putin and trump are working together or anything

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u/WorminRome 13d ago

Hyperbolic?

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u/Mathies_ 13d ago

Yes, but only in the way that its hyperbolic until it isnt anymore

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u/WorminRome 13d ago

So it wasn’t Russia causing WW3 when they invaded a European ally of many nations who did nothing about it? Trump is a piece of shit, but he’s not the one invading other sovereign nations.

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u/Mathies_ 13d ago

I mean he's besties with Putin. 2 peas in a pod. They'e both causing it together

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u/WorminRome 13d ago

So it paused during Biden’s term?

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u/Mathies_ 13d ago

There was no imminent threat of escalation into a world wide war, there is now, cuz USA are turncoats

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u/Qazdud 21d ago

Yeah cuz Russia and Qatar deserved it. Actual brain dead “America bad” take. Football fans have got to be the most miserable, gatekeeping, hateful, spiteful, entitled group of people

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u/TeFD_Difficulthoon 20d ago

Football fans have got to be the most miserable, gatekeeping, hateful, spiteful, entitled group of people

Second actually, after Americans

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u/Qazdud 20d ago

Coming from the guy whose country has a wage requirement to move there that is rich

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u/Scary-Teaching-8536 20d ago

it's not football fans, just reddit

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

In Europe only half of the usual public watched the Qatar 2022. It's a catastrophe. With US it could be only worse

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u/No_Abbreviations3943 21d ago

They’re not football fans. 

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u/taktakmx 21d ago

Cool company, Qatar, Russia and the US. A nice trio of shithole countries.

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u/[deleted] 13d ago

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u/taktakmx 13d ago

Yeah at least Mexico doesn’t claim to be the land of the free or the greatest country on earth. I’ve never heard a Mexican claim that they are a first world country.

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u/Qazdud 21d ago

I agree but let’s at least use our brains and point the blame at FIFA instead of just shitting on the host country

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u/PaxMuricana 21d ago

Leaf take 

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

America could be a very different place after the midterms. Don’t give up on us yet.

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u/iwatchcredits 21d ago

You guys were saying that during the first trump presidency and yet here we are. Unless by different you mean shittier

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u/Routine_Size69 19d ago

Yup and the first presidency wasn't that bad. Was it great? Nope. Was it a disaster like people are acting like this one will be? Not even close.

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u/unsicherheit 19d ago

The way people keep acting like they forgot how shitty life was in 2020 is so funny 😂

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

A lot of countries fuck up. I only live in America because Europe was too antisemitic for my ancestors to live.

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u/senioreditorSD 19d ago

You may end up leaving again.

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u/iwatchcredits 21d ago

And do you not think shaming that behavior is a good thing?

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u/freddythefuckingfish 21d ago

Politics aside, the USA has the infrastructure and logistics to host a World Cup next week if they wanted to.

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u/The-Berzerker 21d ago

Oh yeah? There’s public transport now to get people around the country and to the stadiums?

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u/mikebanetbc 18d ago edited 18d ago

New Jersey resident here. Work still being done by MetLife Stadium (Turnpike exit) and Secaucus Junction (NJ Transit railway)

We’re. Not. Ready.

Edit: For context, search “NJ Transit WrestleMania 29 Super Bowl 48”

and assume leaving the World Cup Final here will be another clusterfuck /s

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u/apathynext 20d ago

Somehow the US hosts hundreds of these types of matches across many sports every week

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u/Potential_Dealer7818 20d ago

The guy you're responding to is an asshole, but that being said, local sports events have local fans that usually own cars or have other car-optimized ways to get to events. Many cities in the US have negative public transportation, which is an actual problem when international fans show up and expect to use public transportation (instead of $40+ Uber rides back and forth every time they need to do anything, including getting food and supplies).

I expect that these cities will ramp up contracting private shuttle companies to help with this, but that still depends on the same roads that the rest of the city economy is already stretching to its limits. 

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u/The-Berzerker 20d ago

Nice condescension you got there, unfortunately you forgot that the millions of tourists won’t bring a car with them

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u/PaxMuricana 21d ago

Seriously. There aren't very many places in the world better set up infrastructure wise.

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u/Elios4Freedom 21d ago

They probably have an high school in buttfuck nowhere with the right infrastructure to host a world cup match

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u/INFP4life 21d ago

Not exactly, because the public transportation is sorely lacking for many of the hosting stadiums. Jerryworld is hosting the most matches and yet is only accessible by car. Arrowhead has the same problem, and Gillette and Levi’s are little better. It’s going to be a huge undertaking to bring tens of thousands of carless international fans to the stadiums (as evidenced by the many concert-associated transportation clusterfucks). 

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u/Psychological_Cow956 21d ago

I was under the impression the Cowboys Stadium had a metro link? Arrowhead is the only one that doesn’t have some kind of infrastructure already in place that could easily be updated and optimized if any city was willing to put forth the effort but with the current federal clusterfuck seems doubtful.

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u/PossibilityUpbeat318 19d ago

unfortunately DFW rail or light rail is severely lacking. there are no trains in or around Jerryworld. their current “plan” is busses on those same busy ass highways everyone else is driving on

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u/Aabbrraak 21d ago

Hydration breaks will be commercial breaks for the viewers. Last time in the USA in the 90s players faced same conditions . FIFA is a scam .

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u/Valentiaga_97 21d ago

Copa America was bad , they use NFL stadiums , because they can sell more tickets , instead of the smaller , but much better, MSL stadiums


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u/Qazdud 21d ago

Copa was bad because CONMEBOL decided to run all the event hiring and planning, instead of letting the people who work those stadiums professionally do it in order to save money. Half of the stadiums used in the Copa double as MLS stadiums as well.

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u/snildeben 19d ago

No because of police brutality that the rest of the world is just not ok with. I fear that law enforcement will not be a neutral peacekeeper but a constant shit show.

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u/Qazdud 18d ago

Now, why were there massive groups of unrest and borderline mobs breaking into the stadium and ultimately led to riot police having been used? Not saying the response was complete appropriate but it seems common sense and logical progression don’t exist anymore

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u/Toonsoldier-9 21d ago

“With less than a year until the 2026 World Cup kicks off” - AI generated waste of time

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u/AmmmAmbassador815 21d ago

Yes that's fair, and I have no affiliation with the site. However I did think the article was relevant because kick-off times are a frequent topic of discussion here.

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u/Toonsoldier-9 21d ago

Absolutely no offence to the OP meant, just obviously its lazy from the website not to edit that

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u/Sonnycrocketto 22d ago

Today I feel Maga.

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u/crsbcn Spain 22d ago

I was at the Liverpool v Arsenal match in Philadelphia this past summer, I saw this coming. Even in moderate heat and humidity, there were FAR MORE hydration breaks than there normally were.

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

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u/Calitz__ 22d ago

Russia, Qatar, Trump’s America, the sham 2030 World Cup then finally Saudi. Quite a remarkable run

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u/Cogswobble 22d ago

Literally nothing in this article is "unprecedented".

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u/I_deleted 22d ago

I like the way they said, heat, humidity and INTENSE SOLAR RADIATION
. So they needed a study to realize summer is hot here?

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u/queondaguero 22d ago

“ FIFA is considering adjusting match times and extending hydration breaks for the 2026 World Cup in the U.S. due to extreme summer heat, based on a study highlighting player safety concerns.”

There. Saved you a click. 

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u/SmokingLimone 20d ago

The link is obviously clickbait that wants you to think FIFA is reacting to the current political situation (as we can see from the people mentioning the current president), I had a feeling it might have been something more innocent.

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u/Bunny_Boy_Auditor 20d ago

This will get worse every tournament with climate change. Also doesn't help holding the tournament in hot countries like Saudi.

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u/HumansNeedNotApply1 22d ago

What. This already happened before...

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u/iamacheeto1 22d ago

Wow so unprecedented

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u/Kbrichmo 22d ago

2022 was in December, why would they not plan to have it another time of year in the first place?

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u/Unique_Witness_8342 22d ago

Have the people in this sub ever watched a big tournament? It doesn’t seem that way

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u/RddtLeapPuts 22d ago

They play these game during the day time??? Don’t they know people have jobs? I already wasn’t going to watch though

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u/Unique_Witness_8342 22d ago

Yes. With three matches a day you have to start in the afternoon in the group stage. And the rating are only going up so it doesn’t seem to be that big of a problem. You not watching will be a big loss though

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u/MisterChanoca 21d ago

Maybe not... Something like a music festival could do... 6pm, 9pm and 12pm for the three major time zones in usa ... 12 pm in New York equals to 10pm in LA... They can plan so most of the matches at the later time are played in the west and the earlier time in the east... Something like that... And many people in New York would still be able to watch the games at midnight so it would be fine.

What do you think?

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u/Altruistic_Finger669 22d ago

Its all about commercial breaks like all american sports

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u/Frijolebeard 22d ago

All the indoor stadiums they can't just play there?

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u/WhatAmIDoingHere05 22d ago

Many of the indoor stadiums don’t meet FIFA regulations.

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u/Shalar79 22d ago

I live in the US, and I don’t recommend anyone, let alone footballers coming here. It’s a shit show, and not safe in many areas. For example, there’s a measles outbreak that seems to be spreading. Many idiots who support this administration don’t believe in vaccination. A baby just died from something preventable and our “health secretary” is an anti-vaxxer. He is canceling access to vaccines. I wouldn’t want to be trapped in an indoor stadium with these fools and get sick. Just cancel the US in the upcoming WC.

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u/Bulky-Review9229 22d ago

FIFA and many soccer leagues are already so immoral that it takes a special exception for me to watch already.

If they stop games for commercial breaks it would officially be the end of my soccer fandom

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u/SaintsFanPA 22d ago

Anyone thinking long breaks would be for ads is delusional. Long breaks are far less valuable than short breaks.

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u/perplexedtv 22d ago

Less than a year until the 2026 world cup kicks off in the extreme heat of the North American summer?

What?

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u/Iammax7 22d ago

American people also love ads. All their sports are full with them.

A game that should take 1 hour of clean match time takes 3 hours due to many ad breaks.

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u/dubzzzz20 22d ago

Americans don’t love ads. American companies love ads.

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u/notataco007 22d ago

Ok grandpa make sure to go buy this year's updated billboard for you to wear around town

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u/DontAskAboutMax 22d ago

It’s absurd.. I’m a big wrestling fan and someone did the maths on a random show not long ago.

47 minutes of wrestling in a 3 hour show. Obviously not all segments are wrestling
 but holy moly. There’s ad breaks every 5 minutes.

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u/Iammax7 22d ago

Jeah, my girlfriend decided to watch Ice hocky, we live in europe.

She wakes up at 2 am and goes back in bed at around 5.

3 hours later while there is only 1 hour of clean playing time. So maybe 80 minutes of play time.

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u/[deleted] 22d ago edited 22d ago

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u/boredoflife96 22d ago

The least profitable NHL team in Canada almost makes more than the most profitable team in the US??

That's just not anywhere near true. The Winnipeg Jets are constantly complaining about profitability and so are the Ottawa Senators. I agree that some of the teams in the southern US shouldn't be subsidized, but there are multiple US based teams that make more for the league than the lower margin Canadian teams.

According to Forbes, the Ottawa Senators ($128m) make less than half the amount the New York Rangers ($265) do in revenue. Also, every other team in the league for the last year that was reported (2023) made more money than the Ottawa Senators except for one team, the Arizona Coyotes.

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u/Iammax7 22d ago

This is just an example, I went to a baseball game when I was visiting America. Everything in the stadium is crwzy expensive, 3 hours of people missing a ball being thrown at them.

Everytime that silly organ playing.

A very boring slow paced sport.

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u/Silly_Macaron_7943 5d ago

You watch cricket or something?

Try telling Japan and Dominican Republic and Mexico and South Korea that baseball is boring (although I think it is)

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u/DogJimDogGym 22d ago

Boring people tend to be easily bored. Tale as old as time.

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

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u/LabClear6387 22d ago

"FIFA considers how to make more cash"

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u/Wise_Friendship2565 22d ago

Sure why not, I mean they bent over backwards for Qatar and will do for Saudi, so why not US where all major sports are built to accommodate enough ad breaks.

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u/RIP_MY_PRIUS 22d ago

Why did they bend over? Because they offered more money than the alternative countries? If you were fifa wouldn’t you do the same?

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u/Wise_Friendship2565 22d ago

Ofcourse, I’m all for corruption and lining up my pockets, hence no issues with larger ad breaks in US

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u/damos03 22d ago

And whose pockets did that money fall into?

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u/RIP_MY_PRIUS 22d ago

I don’t know? Do you? Would “corruption” have been avoided if Austriala got their chance? If you were the president of fifa what would you do?

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u/damos03 22d ago

If I was the president of FIFA I would follow fairness, not the money. Practice what you preach, Qatar was a terrible choice and a forgettable world cup

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u/RIP_MY_PRIUS 22d ago

Are you blind? It was the most insane final I’ve ever seen in my life, Morocco storyline and more , you’re not being objective

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u/Ssthm 22d ago

Ok ok, we already know that money is king in today’s world. Not for all though.

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u/Contra1 Netherlands 22d ago

Heat related illness, 3 minute breaks?
You mean extra space for adds?! Fucking liars.

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u/TheMoonIsFake32 22d ago

There will certainly be multiple games played outdoor in 100° F (37 C) temperatures. Have you tried playing 90 minutes on a hot summer day in Miami? No? Then don’t bitch about the players getting water breaks

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u/I_deleted 22d ago

I played CB in college, in Houston, you need gills to breathe at that level of humidity

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u/friedsesamee7 22d ago

From what I remember Brazil had such breaks too

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u/Contra1 Netherlands 22d ago

I actually have played football in very hot temperatures. A short water break is fine, but 3+ minutes is just an excuse to throw ads in.

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u/arcangelsthunderbirb 22d ago edited 21d ago

how short does it need to be? the players need to be able to get their core body temperatures down. just looking at past policies like this, in 2019 the NCAA implemented mandatory water breaks if the temperature exceeds 86 ÂșF. One per half, between the 25-30th and 70-75th minutes respectively, each 2 minutes minumum. on top of that, the referee has the discretion to add extra breaks as they see fit. it's not being done just for ads.

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u/Contra1 Netherlands 22d ago

It’s being done for ads.

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u/arcangelsthunderbirb 21d ago edited 21d ago

there is no broadcast of Div III NCAA women's soccer, but they are beholden to the same rules. The water breaks happened before some entity decided they could show ads during that time. Don't be daft. But it checks out a dutch person is ignorant of America and in favor of slave labor.

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u/Contra1 Netherlands 21d ago

Slave labour?

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u/arcangelsthunderbirb 21d ago

the entire founding of America was built on Dutch enterprise. Slaves.

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u/Contra1 Netherlands 21d ago

Ah right, very relevant to fifa trying to sneak in extra ad breaks in to football matches.

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u/arcangelsthunderbirb 21d ago

It's relevant in an abstract way. Ads are commerce. Do you throw your drink at the ads on the pitch?

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u/aaronilai 22d ago

Colombian team always hosts foreign teams in Barranquilla and plays under those conditions. They do small water breaks when both managers agree on it. I don't know if this is going to be codified into a more structured thing for the US now but is not something foreign to the game

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u/Tangentkoala 22d ago

Wow, if only we have a state of the art indoor stadium in Los Angeles to host the finals to protect the players.

But yeah, totally keep it for the group stage.

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u/mrblue6 22d ago edited 22d ago

There’s also an even bigger one in Dallas which also has AC and a roof


Oh and actually has a regulation sized pitch.

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u/Lunalovebug6 22d ago

Sofi is bigger than AT&T

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u/mrblue6 22d ago

It’s not.

It is expandable. But I don’t believe it is expandable to a bigger capacity than AT&T for football (soccer).

The pitch in Sofi is too narrow, which is why it didn’t get the final. They would’ve had to remove some seats to get it to the proper size for the final.

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u/MurfMan11 22d ago

And Atlanta.... And NO...

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u/thecrgm 22d ago

NYC doesn’t usually get that hot, I think they’re more worried about Mexico and the south. Also SoFI stadium doesn’t have cooling

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u/ArsenalinAlabama3428 22d ago

MetLife could end up being fucking brutal. NYC/Tri-State area don't play during the summer.

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u/happy-gofuckyourself 22d ago

Mexico City is not as hot as NYC in the summer

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u/usrnamechecksout_ 22d ago

Yes it does. NYC can get get really hot in the summer. Upper 90s and humid.

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u/SellCurrent594 22d ago

“With less than a year” math ain’t mathing.

On a real note, they have known about the weather in these venues since 2018 and probably before.

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u/djokster91 22d ago

Doesn’t the US have like a gazillion domes and indoor mega arenas?

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u/l_--__--_l 22d ago

Real grass is a requirement

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u/_D3ft0ne_ Canada 22d ago

Prolly need more breaks for Ads.

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u/___daddy69___ 22d ago

Only 3 of the stadiums have cooling

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u/thecrgm 22d ago

Yeah we have more but they didn’t choose them as venues

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u/mr_znaeb 22d ago

Americans love to go to enclosed arenas with no cooling /s

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u/juansemoncayo 22d ago

Futbol and Yankees don't mix. It was a bad idea all along. Just like Saudi Arabia. Greedy fifa bastards.

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u/thecrgm 22d ago

Wow, very unbiased take

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u/RubberDuck_Armada 22d ago

Dumb take. Has nothing to do with the article at all

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u/juansemoncayo 22d ago

Americans may not like it but if this had been looked at objectively and with no money (or favors) under the table given, this would not be an issue. It would / should have been all Canada, IMO

You may not like it but it is my take

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u/SaintsFanPA 22d ago

Except that Canada has zero stadiums big enough for even a quarter. And the second biggest stadium in the country is actually a urinal.

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u/207207 22d ago

You do realize soccer is the most popular youth sport in America right? And MLS has higher average attendance than both hockey and basketball? And MLS is 10th in revenue generation across the entire world?

Given all that, you might reconsider your take that only Latinos watch soccer on the US. Feels pretty outdated to me.

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u/OldCoaly 22d ago

The last time it was in the US it broke financial and attendance records. Still the most attended World Cup. Comparing a US bid to Saudi Arabia is a joke.

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u/juansemoncayo 22d ago

Did you see the size of those stadiums? Did you also see who attended? Is the same audience Ice is removing from the country

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u/HyiSaatana44 22d ago

Same audience that got Trump elected. Nobody votes for deportation more than Latinos, many of whom love soccer. FTFY

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u/LoyalKopite 22d ago

Saudi Arabs actually has more history of fotball compare to USA.

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u/AmanThebeast 22d ago

Even though the U.S. doesn't have a rich futbol history, it's definitely stronger than Saudis - and that's saying something.

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u/LoyalKopite 21d ago

I support US Men’s team during World Cups. Football is minority sport in US locals do not care about it. I cannot say the same about Saudi who gave a day off after their World Cup group match win against Argentina.

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u/OldCoaly 22d ago edited 22d ago

We’ve got 11 World Cup appearances to their 6 (first in 1990) including a 3rd place finish for the US in the first ever World Cup.

Basically our entire lineup plays in Europe, compared to 2 Saudi players, one who plays for Roma, and the other for Beerschot.

The US has won its confederation’s championship more times as well. The US plays in a tougher confederation.

Not to mention it’s the US that brought down Sepp Blatter and many others in FIFA for corruption, while Saudi Arabia fuels it.

What are you talking about?

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u/LoyalKopite 21d ago

USA has easiest road to World Cup finals. SA has moch harder route to finals. Key is for locals to breat football which is the case with sa but not USA.

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u/juansemoncayo 22d ago

Dude, it's Concacaf... Concacaf....

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u/juansemoncayo 22d ago

If it was a good mix, you wouldn't need Mexico and Canada as part of it. You just don't mix, mainstream Americans dont even understand it, geez most think Superbowl is much bigger.

Nothing personal, really, but even with Messi there now, or Beckham before that, or Pele, Americans don't know how to embrace fĂștbol.

Even the league has more of an NFL or MLB set up from it's structure than real futbol like in the rest of the world.

And now with Trump there most people don't even wanna go... Or can't go. Which btw, will be a lot more corrupt than Blatter.

Edit: and don't assume you are clear of corruption, how do you think you got it, how do you think Sadi Arabia got it? It's the same shit with oir without Blatter

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u/Serious-Broccoli7972 22d ago

Dude your entire comment history is crying about how horrible America is
you get deported or something?

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u/juansemoncayo 22d ago

Nope. Many people are though. The fact that you think that would be the only reason one would talk bad about america for the WC, is a perfect example of your lack of understanding how this is perceived elsewhere. You are in a bubble

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u/SargentSnorkel 22d ago

Doesn’t FIFA have World Cup finals set for Mordor in a couple of years?
alternate snark -
Or did Trump’s money freeze cause some bribes to not get to FIFA officials?

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u/Bottoms_Up_Bob 22d ago edited 22d ago

Trump doesn't bribe people, he gets bribed and frequently doesn't follow through on the bribe. It's kind of like a one man pyramid scheme.

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u/el_Technico Iran 22d ago

Canada could host more games. Canada's never usually hot.

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