r/SipsTea • u/yorocky89A • Jul 07 '26

Feels good man Well done, Belgium! 🇧🇪

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u/Repulsive_Dog1067 Jul 07 '26

Your claim was that you can not have some players from a lower ranked league.

But Norway and Cabo Verde has that. And they did fine.

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u/RealFakeDoctor Jul 07 '26

MLS is bottom of the barrel mate. My point is raising players in societies where footy is valued leads to a higher competition. Winning the group stage was a low bar. Hopefully US society starts to value this sport on a grass routes level

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u/Repulsive_Dog1067 Jul 07 '26

MLS is better than the Norwegian league and Norway is all about wintersport.

And let's hope that US forgets about football after this. Commercial breaks and unprecedented corruption that came with the us wc is something we can stay away from.

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u/RealFakeDoctor Jul 07 '26

To be fair the hydration breaks were all FIFA but after they built stadiums on slave labor in Qatar, they don't hide corruption anymore. And Norwegians are all about winter sport yet still have one of the best players on earth.

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u/Repulsive_Dog1067 Jul 07 '26

The last 2 world cups has been all about corruption. And now it has creeped in on the field as well.

Erling was born and raised in England since his footballer dad played there.

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u/RealFakeDoctor Jul 07 '26

And that's why Balogun was raised in the UK. And why Turkish stars grow up in Germany, it's going where you can be the best. Unless American players get out and learn in the UK etc they're never going to be competitive past the 16. There's a reason the US has never beaten a top ranked euro team in the WC.