# FIFA World Cup 2026 - discussion etc **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-soccer-fifa\ **Created:** [October 14, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962 "2025-10-14T15:43:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 29
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/561 "2026-06-13T00:16:06Z")
I’m not watching it, but Fox is doing a THREE HOUR pregame show for this match. What will they do if we actually make the quarterfinals or something?! ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/562 "2026-06-13T00:19:44Z")
Kendrick Lamar’s “[turn the] tv off” playing in the stadium as the tv break ends is pretty funny. eta Landon Donovan has had some kinda implants or Rogaine. Or a toupee. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/563 "2026-06-13T00:35:17Z")
It’s more like “we want you to hydrate when you need it, not obligatorily 2 times per game to facilitate advertising”. Again, 22 world cups were played without 2 obligatory 3 minute breaks per game, nobody died. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/564 "2026-06-13T00:42:46Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > eta Landon Donovan has had some kinda implants or Rogaine. Or a toupee. He’d look less ridiculous if he’d just kept his 1994 hairstyle. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/565 "2026-06-13T00:58:07Z")
The Paraguay national anthem seems like a lot more fun to sing than the U.S. (Which isn’t saying much) ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/566 "2026-06-13T01:00:56Z")
Though the U.S. anthem sounds more “epic” to me, more like a national anthem should sound. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/567 "2026-06-13T01:02:43Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > da implants or Rogaine. Or a toupee. H > [@Maserschmidt](#): > > eta Landon Donovan has had some kinda implants or Rogaine. Or a toupee. Hair plugs, specifically; he’s done advertisements for the company he used. TIL that the national anthem of Paraguay is called “Paraguayos, Republica o Muerte!” That’s…definitely interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/568 "2026-06-13T01:03:34Z")
> [@SwissMan](#): > > > [@Maserschmidt](#): > > > > Landon Donovan has had some kinda implants or Rogaine. Or a toupee. > > Hair plugs, specifically; he’s done advertisements for the company he used. Ah, thanks. He’s the only celebrity I have a selfie with, so I’m not ragging on him, I was just surprised when I saw it. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/569 "2026-06-13T01:04:23Z")
Yeah, it’s been a running gag online regarding people joking about the rebirth of Landon’s hairline in the past few years. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/570 "2026-06-13T01:10:40Z")
Own goal, ouch! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/571 "2026-06-13T01:11:09Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > Own goal, ouch!. Tough one. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/572 "2026-06-13T01:12:30Z")
My son is watching this in a sports bar in Cambridge or Somerville that’s filled with fans, I can only imagine the eruption. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/573 "2026-06-13T01:13:42Z")
Is the stadium pretty much full? ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/574 "2026-06-13T01:15:33Z")
It certainly sounds full. The crowd has been great so far. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/575 "2026-06-13T01:17:04Z")
Paraguay is in shock. The worst way to start a world cup, poor Paraguayans. Paraguay started better, but then… ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/576 "2026-06-13T01:20:38Z")
I’d never seen a ref hit by the ball until this Cup. Now I’ve seen it twice. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/577 "2026-06-13T01:39:48Z")
Paraguay just falling apart. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/578 "2026-06-13T01:40:39Z")
I’d forgotten that Stuart Holden likes to talk about tactics, which I greatly appreciate. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/579 "2026-06-13T01:43:20Z")
My BFF wouldn’t watch a soccer game if it was in his back yard and the beer was free. But his tween daughter is crushing on Cristiano Ronaldo, and I’ve been pimping ⚽ to him for a decade, so he’s giving this tournament a try. He’s hooked. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962/580 "2026-06-13T01:45:11Z")
It’s weird that Alfaro, who’s has a reputation as savy tactician hasn’t made any substitutions. (or he did and I missed it because I’m alt-tabbing to check the dope, twitter and bluesky?) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-2026-discussion-etc/1023962.md?page=30)