Men's Football FIFA World Cup 2026

[NearPup 3,498]

4 hours ago, bestmen said:

USA will.play in California then Seattle then California ...why hell this long distance , teams should stay in 1 place , this is tiring even for spectators 

That’s not a long distance, it’s barely a 2h flight and there is no difference in timezone. Easily doable for fans as well.

Edited Monday at 08:18 PM by NearPup

[NearPup 3,498]

4 hours ago, bestmen said:

Ooooooh the group of Canada , they play in Toronto then Vancouver ...look at the distance 

 

That was known from the start for  and will be planned for.

 

Sadly just the reality of sports in North America. Canada and the US are both huge, a flight from Vancouver to Halifax or from Seattle to Miami is north of five hours. Every sports league in North America has to deal with this kind of travel logistics on the regular, so none of this will seem particularly unusual to a North American player.

Edited Monday at 08:22 PM by NearPup

[Quaker2001 258]

1 hour ago, NearPup said:

That’s not a long distance, it’s barely a 2h flight and there is no difference in timezone. Easily doable for fans as well.

Yes and no.  Flights are pretty frequent, but when you're trying to move tens of thousands of people, it becomes a lot more difficult.

[bestmen 2,904]

2 hours ago, NearPup said:

That’s not a long distance, it’s barely a 2h flight and there is no difference in timezone. Easily doable for fans as well.

Its not 2 hours , you prepare your luggage , , wait the bus , take the bus , wait in the airport hours ,hours of  control in the airport , take the plane ...you repeat all that once arrive 

[orangeman 2,285]

14 hours ago, bestmen said:

Its not 2 hours , you prepare your luggage , , wait the bus , take the bus , wait in the airport hours ,hours of  control in the airport , take the plane ...you repeat all that once arrive 

It's a very scenic drive! What else are you going to do between games? 

[bestmen 2,904]

Today : Jordan 3-0 Egypt 

This team will surprise us 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 06:34 PM by bestmen

[Roamingrover86 862]

On 12/6/2025 at 4:01 PM, MHSN said:

FIFA announced the stadium and time for each match

 

for  Iran, it will be 2 matches in LA (and not just 1) and 1 in Seattle and luckily we avoided playing in Canada. absolutely nothing against the country, but there are just too many douchebag Iranian groups in Vancouver trying to mix everything with their stupid politics. it's better to stay away from them.

 

that can happen in US too but less likely. playing in LA is more like playing at home, at least I hope so. 2022 Qatar was a disaster from our point of view, hopefully this one remains only about football.

Is it true Mehdi Taremi could face visa issues due to him serving in the IRGC previously? Could US sanction professional footballers playing in World cup under FIFA? 

[MHSN 3,779]

16 hours ago, Roamingrover86 said:

Is it true Mehdi Taremi could face visa issues due to him serving in the IRGC previously? Could US sanction professional footballers playing in World cup under FIFA? 

whatever you heard is just speculation. no one knows at the moment, probably even the orange himself.

 

and Iranian athletes failed to get visa so many times before. even female athletes. there is no pattern, it's just too random. 

 

and yes Iran has a system of compulsory military service for men, and there is 50% chance for anybody to be randomly drafted by IRGC affiliated organizations. that's the case for Taremi and few others in the current team.

 

[bestmen 2,904]

You prefer matches in USA , look at that ... 

 

Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan to enter 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/10/tourists-social-media-trump