AmericanHero40

i dont think a change.org petitions ever worked

really.... Washington? same leadership that is accused of being helped to win the elections by who exactly? oh thats right, Russia......

shouldn't have helped donald trump win the election

Excuse me? And why is that exactly? Because your country have a long history of doping and finally got caught? Or because you actually had a kgb lab fixing all the samples in Sochi. How many medals you lost from there ? So many that we are again at the top of the table. Did putin figure out how much steroids you need to win the world cup And not be embarrassed on home soil? Don't do the crime if you can't do the time

Americans decided to use all 22 quota's, on basically 2.5 medal hopefuls (shiffrin, vonn and possibly ligety). Our moto is give us all your quota's , we will find a way to use them

there are many people who can ski down a double diamond course, not in a speed of a trained alpine ski'er but still ski down safely, my uncle is in his 60's and ski's the most daring trails around lake tahoe

Guys, Question, are the courses, existing courses in the resort, or are they setting a special course? i never ski'd before, even though i always wanted to try (hopefully will one day) but if let's say i come to St. Moritz, or Cortina, can i ski on the downhill course, or it doesnt really exist outside the world cup competition days

since i dont know any of the players, are the americans have an outside chance at a medal? or are they and canadians the ones that are hurt most with the absence of the nhl?

really? well winnipeg might actually do it, or VEGAS lmao

well you're from canada, that is your one time to beat USA in hockey, seeing as a canadian team didnt win the stanley cup since 93 (while the kings won twice )

Am i the only one who will have a much more diminished interest in hockey since the nhl didnt send out players? i was very invested in hockey the past few games however without the best in the world, i dont think i will really watch (which i guess is good, have more time for other sports)

all athletes live in the US! LOL, i remember during rio where like every other track and swimming big name was going to school somewhere in a big ncaa school

Damn! i didnt even know israel competes in skeleton, where would they even train?? it's not like there is a track anywhere around.....

no chance that usa gets anywhere near the medals in the team event, shiffrin is amazing but there really isn't anyone else, vonn is really a downhill skier and she is not in the shape she been few years ago before the injuries, and there is no one on the men's side (Ligety is too old by now, and was injured the whole season, dont think he will be near medals in the GS)

I believe she intends to start them all, and it's very possible to win at least 3 (slalom, giant slalom and combined with her slalom advantage), she did win a downhill this season and i believe she did well on her super g, there was no downhill/superg in a while but there are still 4 DH and 2 SG before the olympics (and 2 GS)

i wonder if she will actually be able to get 5 gold medals, she did win a downhill earlier in the season

yes, i see it now, Israel - Iran, Israel - Qatar, Israel - Bahrain, Israel - Saudi Arabia...... we can just qualify because so many teams just wont show up against us can we be in a group just with South Korea, Japan, China, Australia? wait, i dont think we can make it out of this group up until 1994 when israel joined uefa (someone remembers the amazing win in france ? 3-2 on the 94th minute against Eric Cantona and David Ginola), before that they were in Oceania and through there they qualified for the 1970 World Cup and also the playoffs for the 1990 world cup (lost to colombia)

haha , 2 finals in 74, 78, semi final in 98, 14, final in 10 yea..... tiny!! though the expansion means that USA will never miss the world cup again!! (and no , israel will still NEVER qualify)

That didnt change the tournament to it's very core, 8 groups instead of 6, still going to a round of 16 , now it will be 16 groups of 3 teams, moving on to a round of 32! and btw, they change to 32 didnt add that many teams per confederation, here they add 5 teams to Africa, 4 to Asia and make the final round of North America meaningless (this year there was only 5 legit teams in north america, and yes i know usa lost to trinidad)

well i dont know about 78-82 and big teams who missed the tournament then, but i do remember England and France not making the 94 world cup in the US

They just shouldn't expand, and then have a very convoluted tournament with 16 groups of 3 teams, the World Cup is Fine the way it is!

Eh, South America might still be ok since this year was very close and chile didnt make it (and they might get 7th place since they will probably get another playoff spot) but the other 3? 6 teams of Concacaf? 8 of AFC? 9 of CAF???

No they said that geographical constraints still exist, a group can only have 2 european teams, and no other confederations in one group, so once nigeria or morocco come out , they will take out the groups of tunisia, egypt and senegal out of the pot

That's not totally true, Europe will gain only 3 more teams, the other confederations though will have pretty pointless qualifying. North America will have 6 (the entire Hex) South America will have 6 Africa will have 9!!! Asia will have 8!!! and Oceania will have 1 direct and also 2 playoff spots, not sure from which confederations yet This expansion is only made for the smaller countries to qualify, not European teams Confederation Total FIFA eligible members Percentage of members with places in finals Total places in finals (including host) Total places before 2026 (excluding host, including half-places) AFC 46 17% 8 4.5 CAF 54 17% 9 5 CONCACAF 35 17% 6 3.5 CONMEBOL 10 60% 6 4.5 OFC 11 9% 1 0.5 UEFA 55 29% 16 13 Play-Off 2 - Total 211 23% 48 31 (+ host)

7 Playoff games in europe, 4 of them ended in 0-0 (including all 3 of the return legs) and 2 in 1-0, boring.......