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Posted on 06/11/2026 12:07:41 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The biggest World Cup tournament in history has arrived in North America, and soccer fans across the globe are buzzing with excitement for the opening matches and star-studded ceremonies on Thursday and Friday.
From Mexico City to New York to Toronto, millions of spectators draped in their country's colors will gather to watch as 48 national soccer teams compete at the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup. It's the first time the tournament will use the newly expanded field, up from the previous 32-team format that had been in place since 1998.
It's also the first time three nations are hosting one of the world's most-watched sporting events.
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That’s exciting!!
Still 1-0.
Well now, with just over a minute left, a replay on Tuesday looks absolutely vital. There's Archimedes, and I think he's had an idea.
Archimedes (John) Eureka! [He runs towards the ball and kicks it.]
Football Commentator Archimedes out to Socrates, Socrates back to Archimedes, Archimedes out to Heraclitus, he beats Hegel [who, like all the Germans, is still thinking]. Heraclitus a little flick, here he comes on the far post, Socrates is there, Socrates heads it in! Socrates has scored! The Greeks are going mad, the Greeks are going mad. Socrates scores, got a beautiful cross from Archimedes. The Germans are disputing it. Hegel is arguing that the reality is merely an a priori adjunct of non-naturalistic ethics, Kant via the categorical imperative is holding that ontologically it exists only in the imagination, and Marx is claiming it was offside. But Confucius has answered them with the final whistle! It's all over!
If all those folks woke from the dead to find themselves watching a soccer match, they would happily return to their crypts after 90 minutes.
Mexico 2
South Africa 0
Final
The official tickets for the Mexico vs. South Africa World Cup opening match are completely sold out through FIFA, as the tournament begins at Estadio Banorte in Mexico City.
I don’t know what America would do without soccer.
South Korea vs Czech Republic at 10:00 PM
Should be a good match.
NHL Game 5 tonight also.
Downtown should be Hot and Hoping. 🍻
Hate to miss an important cultural event like that but I can sing along while I'm mowing the lawn. I goggled up the lyrics - the refrain is "Oh-eh-oh-eh (Oh-eh), eh-oh-eh Oh-eh-oh-eh (Oh-eh), eh-oh-eh" Catchy.
3 red cards in the game.
You left out France.
Yea. They mentioned that had not happened before in an opening match.
Fantastic response!! Exactly right. There are no time outs in world football / soccer. There is no 'resting'. Once you come off the field, you don't go back on the field. They are great athletes, whether they are uninteresting to you or not.
Incorrect. Today's match had several five-minute "hydration breaks."
There is no 'resting'.
There's lots of resting if you count the time that the players stand around on the pitch
Once you come off the field, you don't go back on the field.
BFD -- That's also the rule in MLB and Rugby Union.
But would you sit for three hours to watch 18 minutes of action during a game that's supposed to only last 60 minutes?
LOL 😂
I’ve been watching that for 3 hours now
It’s like watching Joe Biden explain something
There are no time outs in world football / soccer. There is no ‘resting’.
That’s going to change very soon. They already have “hydration breaks”, during each half, when the weather is hot.
I suspect that will become a permanent fixture, to give the networks five minutes of advertising.
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