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Looking back, I can't remember a really bad World Cup (even in a miserable country like Russia it was held at a good level). In fact, it is always a holiday and probably everyone (except those who were very disappointed like Brazil at their home World Cup  Grin ) always remembers such an event in a positive way. The World Cup in such a big and rich country like the USA will certainly be good too.

The World Cup has been hosted in the USA before, for the 1994 World Cup. It was actually quite entertaining, with a young Marc Overmars, and a great Romario that helped Brazil get their 4th title.

Here are the hosting counties over the years:

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Okay, you make a good argument; it is about striking a balance between the many interests, right? Furthermore, the players' point of view must be taken into account. But let's be rationally skeptical for a second. The majority of players' pay comes from their clubs, yet there is no greater honor than playing for your country in the FIFA World Cup. No self-respecting athlete would risk that recognition for the sake of a few extra club games. This brings up an intriguing debate. The FIFA Confederations Cup and other regional tournaments may be perceived as watering down the prestige of the World Cup and the European Championship. However, they also help find and develop promising new talent. Spreading out these competitions over a longer period of time might help keep the World Cup's level of interest and enthusiasm high.

Well.. I don't want to change the current setup. Right now, the world cup is being played every 4 years, and most of the regional competitions are being played with shorter intervals. This should continue IMO. I am a big supporter of the expansion of the FIFA World Cup to 48 countries, and I am of the opinion that it will further popularize football. But any attempt to reduce the interval between two events to two years need to be opposed. In this case, I agree with the clubs. Playing world cup every two years may prove counterproductive.
And I think of something, if FIFA is so interested in holding a World Cup every year, it's not the right thing to do, it's too soon, I think it would take away a lot of interest, it's that in a World Cup things practically become even and they start to look impressing, If FIFA wants to reduce the time, I think that 2 years is still a very short time, the most that things could do in the earlier World Cup would be an interval not of 4 but of 3 years, which seems somewhat more rational to me, given It is more opportune that the teams continue to prepare well and that way the public does not get tired of a magnificent event like this, because personally, I would like a World Cup every 2 years, but even so , it is how soon the qualifiers would be something very violent, and they can get even more complicated with tournaments like the Euro, Cop America, among others.

Personally, my Venezuela would like to see it in a World Cup, I would also like to see India in a World Cup, they are teams that play interesting football, but have not yet been in shape to arrive, I hope that this World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada can achieve it, but they still have to work very hard, at least in South America the teams are very strong, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Colombia, they are very football-loving countries and they are also very strong with players who mostly play for recognized teams in Europe.

LOL.. If Venezuela was playing in any other confederation, then they would have been a regular participant in the world cup. Unfortunately for them, they play in the toughest confederation (CONMEBOL), and therefore always always miss out on the qualification. This is why I was in favor of selecting a few teams from a second round of qualifier, which would include teams from different confederations (I am not taking about the inter-continental playoffs). Now coming to China and India, I think the only possible way to get them included in the world cup might be through qualification as hosts.

What can I tell you, you're absolutely right, the best way to qualify for the World Cup in this part of the continent is to be for Concacaf where Mexico is the most dominant, of course the USA among others, but I think that Concacaf are the ones with the most options to go to the World Cup, any team from Central America has a good chance of going to the World Cup, on the other hand, I think that Venezuela should earn that spot, because it doesn't make sense to go to a World Cup without going through the tremendous filter of the toughest countries s from South America, then going to a World Cup to lose in the first round and almost making a fool of yourself is not the way, because if you play a team like Germany, England, or France, that would be like completely going through a steamroller.

Now if they don't go to the next World Cup, it's because they really are very bad, and that can't be denied, things must be said as they are, to go to a World Cup you need to be the best of the best, there are teams that come in with a very low performance and leave at once, it's not the idea either, the good thing is that they can play a good role, more than ucnaod is a debut, but I am particularly intrigued how these countries can do it, as I said before India intrigues me, I see that it has Soccer has grown there, and another team that I would like to see is the Philippines.

I think that we, who are great soccer fans, would not like an event like this to take place every year or every 2 years, I think that the longest I would put up with it being brought forward would be every 3 years, it seems good to me, because in 2 years we can do the qualifying rounds, and also now it is becoming more interesting because more slots for the World Cup have opened up and this makes things more interesting, especially for the teams of nations that have never been to a World Cup.
The faster and the major tournament that also involves many participants is held, it is very likely that the quality of the match will decrease because the players are also quite busy with the match schedule at their respective clubs and the possibility for players to get injured during the World Cup match can be detrimental to the club while the players get a salary from the club and what is no less can reduce the quality of the organization, namely the preparation of the host country will be reduced so that it can make the quality of the location used to be according, so there should be no changes regarding the time in organizing the world cup.

Personally, my Venezuela would like to see it in a World Cup, I would also like to see India in a World Cup, they are teams that play interesting football, but have not yet been in shape to arrive, I hope that this World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada can achieve it, but they still have to work very hard, at least in South America the teams are very strong, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Colombia, they are very football-loving countries and they are also very strong with players who mostly play for recognized teams in Europe.
Often these teams like India are only strong or show something interesting under certain circumstances but when they have to compete against teams that often appear in the world cup the situation changes and the matches become unbalanced, this happens because the teams that usually play in the World Cup have experience that can be used as capital and also the draw is very profitable for them compared to teams that only occasionally or have just entered the World Cup, but it does not rule out the possibility of these teams making surprises like what teams from Africa usually do, their appearance is often eagerly awaited because they often become a threat to strong teams.

Indeed, when there is a World Cup, the players do not have rest, even if they play in the league they play, they have a great performance, some come very tired and in the case of the last World Cup almost all the players were very tired, and of course that obviously influences a lot, because the games in leagues like the European one are very demanding, but this is what makes a World Cup special, so that they give their all.

Now, it is as you say, countries like these that are sometimes not so well known, well I would like them to be able to qualify, because they have every right to go to a World Cup, it may be that they grow a lot and can do things better, there are teams that when they go to a World Cup they believe it and play with their soul, so it would not be bad, if they do it badly, well, they simply lose, at most with a landslide, but hey, these things have happened even to the most difficult teams. strong in the world.
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Here we go with the Qatar thing again Grin

I pretty much sure that I didn't read any comments above that is saying that Qatar did a terrible job in hosting the recent world cup and that they did not made the event as fabulous as it can be because we all know that money was not a problem in that country, they even built new stadiums just for the world cup, and so there is no stopping them by making the event extraordinary. But we should be open minded in this topic because every hosts have their own distinctive flavor that can make another world cup unforgettable.

Looking back, I can't remember a really bad World Cup (even in a miserable country like Russia it was held at a good level). In fact, it is always a holiday and probably everyone (except those who were very disappointed like Brazil at their home World Cup  Grin ) always remembers such an event in a positive way. The World Cup in such a big and rich country like the USA will certainly be good too.
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A world cup ticket for three countries means that other American teams have a much greater chance of qualifying for the world cup than the three countries that have already been allocated. However, since three spots are already reserved, I guess some countries are supposed to get tickets for the world cup since normally they will not be able to compete, which is the negative aspect of this situation.


Well, this is a kinda unique situation, because they used to have only 3 direct slots, and now they changed two things: They added extra 3 direct slots for a total of 6 (because now there are more teams in the world cup), but also at the same time they removed the extra slots for the hosts.

It's a bit of a trick for this time because they literally added 3 extra slots, but it's not really for the hosts, it's in general from now on.

Everything is still blur as of this moment because they will be introducing a new format with more teams and I understand that many of us here, including me, are still having some questions regarding about the upcoming world cup as almost everything will be new to us. I think it's much more great if we will let the mystery unfold right in-front of us during the commencement of the event because I know that somebody from the organization will explain to the crowd and teams about the flow and how does the new format will be played.
I think it is not right to assume what kind of organization the next World Cup will be. However, it seems that no other single country can host the World Cup in such an extraordinary way as in Qatar.

Here we go with the Qatar thing again Grin

I pretty much sure that I didn't read any comments above that is saying that Qatar did a terrible job in hosting the recent world cup and that they did not made the event as fabulous as it can be because we all know that money was not a problem in that country, they even built new stadiums just for the world cup, and so there is no stopping them by making the event extraordinary. But we should be open minded in this topic because every hosts have their own distinctive flavor that can make another world cup unforgettable.
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I really want to see what can make Ancelotti with the super Brazilian team, i dont remember when was the last time BRazil has a non brazilian as a coach.

I think he can bring some new ideas, but most of the players knows him and also they know european tactis because all of them plays in europe.

I don't think if Brazil ever had a non-Brazilian coach in their history because they mostly tried to use Brazilian for their football team mostly the reason for using Brazilian coaches is they think Brazil is the strongest team in the world and they believe Brazilian coaches are better the other coaches in the world.
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A world cup ticket for three countries means that other American teams have a much greater chance of qualifying for the world cup than the three countries that have already been allocated. However, since three spots are already reserved, I guess some countries are supposed to get tickets for the world cup since normally they will not be able to compete, which is the negative aspect of this situation.


Well, this is a kinda unique situation, because they used to have only 3 direct slots, and now they changed two things: They added extra 3 direct slots for a total of 6 (because now there are more teams in the world cup), but also at the same time they removed the extra slots for the hosts.

It's a bit of a trick for this time because they literally added 3 extra slots, but it's not really for the hosts, it's in general from now on.

Everything is still blur as of this moment because they will be introducing a new format with more teams and I understand that many of us here, including me, are still having some questions regarding about the upcoming world cup as almost everything will be new to us. I think it's much more great if we will let the mystery unfold right in-front of us during the commencement of the event because I know that somebody from the organization will explain to the crowd and teams about the flow and how does the new format will be played.
I think it is not right to assume what kind of organization the next World Cup will be. However, it seems that no other single country can host the World Cup in such an extraordinary way as in Qatar.
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A world cup ticket for three countries means that other American teams have a much greater chance of qualifying for the world cup than the three countries that have already been allocated. However, since three spots are already reserved, I guess some countries are supposed to get tickets for the world cup since normally they will not be able to compete, which is the negative aspect of this situation.


Well, this is a kinda unique situation, because they used to have only 3 direct slots, and now they changed two things: They added extra 3 direct slots for a total of 6 (because now there are more teams in the world cup), but also at the same time they removed the extra slots for the hosts.

It's a bit of a trick for this time because they literally added 3 extra slots, but it's not really for the hosts, it's in general from now on.

Everything is still blur as of this moment because they will be introducing a new format with more teams and I understand that many of us here, including me, are still having some questions regarding about the upcoming world cup as almost everything will be new to us. I think it's much more great if we will let the mystery unfold right in-front of us during the commencement of the event because I know that somebody from the organization will explain to the crowd and teams about the flow and how does the new format will be played.
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I really want to see what can make Ancelotti with the super Brazilian team, i dont remember when was the last time BRazil has a non brazilian as a coach.

I think he can bring some new ideas, but most of the players knows him and also they know european tactis because all of them plays in europe.
Ancelotti is a coach who is quite experienced so it is very likely that Brazil can play well.
During his time as coach Ancelotti has given quite a lot of titles to every football club he has cared for.
Even though Ancelotti is not native to Brazil, by coaching and adding talented players he can make Brazil have better strengths.
Do not forget during this time Brazil also has created quite a lot of great and famous football players.
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A world cup ticket for three countries means that other American teams have a much greater chance of qualifying for the world cup than the three countries that have already been allocated. However, since three spots are already reserved, I guess some countries are supposed to get tickets for the world cup since normally they will not be able to compete, which is the negative aspect of this situation.


Well, this is a kinda unique situation, because they used to have only 3 direct slots, and now they changed two things: They added extra 3 direct slots for a total of 6 (because now there are more teams in the world cup), but also at the same time they removed the extra slots for the hosts.

It's a bit of a trick for this time because they literally added 3 extra slots, but it's not really for the hosts, it's in general from now on.
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Often these teams like India are only strong or show something interesting under certain circumstances but when they have to compete against teams that often appear in the world cup the situation changes and the matches become unbalanced, this happens because the teams that usually play in the World Cup have experience that can be used as capital and also the draw is very profitable for them compared to teams that only occasionally or have just entered the World Cup, but it does not rule out the possibility of these teams making surprises like what teams from Africa usually do, their appearance is often eagerly awaited because they often become a threat to strong teams.
There are many other teams in the same situation and if they were in other confederations they could have more chances to get a ticket for the world cup, most of the countries get less chance in Europe because there are more and stronger competitors for it while in other places like Asia or Africa, this won't be hard for them.
I think that is also a bit double edge sword because teams in Europe send more teams to it whereas teams in Asia and Africa send lesser amount of teams. It means that you need to be a great team in order to be at the top so you could go, otherwise you are not going to be in the world cup. In Europe, you can be 8th best or something and still go if I am not wrong, other continents do not have the same chance.

In the end, we are going to see the big names up there anyway, Brazil, Argentina, France, England and these four are the biggest names so far and will be the most important ones once again. I would be suspecting them to be fighting for the title in 2026 as well, maybe not Argentina anymore but still will be good.
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I really want to see what can make Ancelotti with the super Brazilian team, i dont remember when was the last time BRazil has a non brazilian as a coach.

I think he can bring some new ideas, but most of the players knows him and also they know european tactis because all of them plays in europe.
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 To me, the best world cup so far is the just concluded 2022 world cup held in Qatar, from the beginning of the tournament to it's end was full of suprises and I enjoyed every bit of games played although my preferred country didn't ended up lifting the trophy but they still participated in the final and made it a very tough one for the champions Argentina, countries like Morocco and Croatia took everyone by suprise in reaching the semi finals, but Morocco especially drew everyone's attention on them they were very exceptional and most people thought they'll get into the finals.
 However the upcoming world cup in 2026 would be more interesting and anticipated by people worldwide because this is the first time it would be hosted by three different countries the good thing is that they'll be held in North America making it easier for people to move to various locations for the tournament, it's going to be a tough one and I'm expecting a decent play this time from Brazil because they've got a squad filled with world class talents from high ranking European clubs and now got a new coach with a great record and winning mentality in person of Ancelotti, but I'm still rooting for France to win the trophy by then,only time will tell.
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The Brazil team can do great things in the next World Cup. Because some of the young players in this team are currently performing exceptionally well, these players will have tremendous experience when the next World Cup comes around.
Brazil is expected to do well in every world Cup tournament because they have already good records as one of tge best team. Brazil as a team Has quality players that can always come out with good performance and it is very sure in the coming world Cup their performance won't be bad even if they are not able to win the league.  Brazil performance is always interesting and tough. Last world Cup they were eliminated quick, I think the coming world a lot is expected from Brazil.
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Now things for the Argentine star are going to change much more , at Inter Miami things are not as Stressful as in Europe , things can look bad for many , but you also have to think about your well-being as a person and for your family , things can Change from one moment to another and everything is going for a better path.


Yes also but a lot of people here, maybe you dont know but Miami its the main city of the "Latinos", mayority of caribeans countries like Cuba, Mexico , Venezuela , Colombia, but also from the 80 a lot of Argentinians are living and investing there, some of the most famous celebrities after retirement always go to Miami from thei holidays so he its gonna be ina  much more friendly side.

Well, if you're right, what you mean is very logical, I don't know if this is an incentive for Messi or if it becomes a shadow for him, anyway, wherever he goes he will attract attention and things can change a lot, but from the point of view that he said, I said it, he spent two years where he did not see happiness, obviously he was referring to the PSG club, that was something he said openly in his language, and that was recorded, that means that he was not at all comfortable in France, so when comparing the US and Arabia, he chose the US perhaps because he saw it as more accessible and without as many rules as a country like the Arabs can be.

And well, we all know how his debut was, in fact even Kardashian herself went to see his debut, and other celebrities, and the free-kick goal was something unique, for me Messi can change the MLS League, just as CR7 is changing the Saudi, in retrospect if the MLS league had a higher rank in soccer it would be something great, I don't deny that there are very good players, but they have to do really strong things at their level I didn't go down when he was going to play in his national team, although Messi already said he was not going anymore, but it's a total shame, I think we all want to see Messi once again in the World Cup.

In this World Cup things can look different, because if Messi manages to convince him, we could see a World Cup again with great emotions, maybe that clash between Portugal and Argentina can happen, with a Messi vs CR7, I think we still deserve to see this type of match between two legends.
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Now that we entered the world of multi-country hosting, the qualifying phase for the rest of the teams in the hosting federation might have a tougher time.

But on the other hand, for example in the 2026 World Cup, the 3 strongest teams of CONCACAF are already qualified (USA, Canada, and Mexico), so that means that this might be a good opportunity for the Central American and Caribbean teams to qualify. Usually CONCACAF has three direct slots plus two play-off slots, but now because of the extra slots they have 6 direct slots so we will probably see more of the Central American and Caribbeans teams!

Interestingly, they also removed the hosting slots:

However, in a change of format from previous World Cups, there would be no dedicated host country slot, with the slots of automatically qualifying host countries now taken from the quota of its confederation.

A world cup ticket for three countries means that other American teams have a much greater chance of qualifying for the world cup than the three countries that have already been allocated. However, since three spots are already reserved, I guess some countries are supposed to get tickets for the world cup since normally they will not be able to compete, which is the negative aspect of this situation.
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Now that we entered the world of multi-country hosting, the qualifying phase for the rest of the teams in the hosting federation might have a tougher time.

But on the other hand, for example in the 2026 World Cup, the 3 strongest teams of CONCACAF are already qualified (USA, Canada, and Mexico), so that means that this might be a good opportunity for the Central American and Caribbean teams to qualify. Usually CONCACAF has three direct slots plus two play-off slots, but now because of the extra slots they have 6 direct slots so we will probably see more of the Central American and Caribbeans teams!

Interestingly, they also removed the hosting slots:

However, in a change of format from previous World Cups, there would be no dedicated host country slot, with the slots of automatically qualifying host countries now taken from the quota of its confederation.

It turns out that theoretically we can see 8 teams from the CONCACAF zone at the World Cup 2026. Cool! Although I strongly doubt that such teams as El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras or Curosau (in the CONCACAF rankings they are just in the region of 6-8 places) are able to win the intercontinental playoffs. I think the qualification of any of these teams to the final part of the World Cup will be a sensation.
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Now that we entered the world of multi-country hosting, the qualifying phase for the rest of the teams in the hosting federation might have a tougher time.

But on the other hand, for example in the 2026 World Cup, the 3 strongest teams of CONCACAF are already qualified (USA, Canada, and Mexico), so that means that this might be a good opportunity for the Central American and Caribbean teams to qualify. Usually CONCACAF has three direct slots plus two play-off slots, but now because of the extra slots they have 6 direct slots so we will probably see more of the Central American and Caribbeans teams!

Interestingly, they also removed the hosting slots:

However, in a change of format from previous World Cups, there would be no dedicated host country slot, with the slots of automatically qualifying host countries now taken from the quota of its confederation.
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Often these teams like India are only strong or show something interesting under certain circumstances but when they have to compete against teams that often appear in the world cup the situation changes and the matches become unbalanced, this happens because the teams that usually play in the World Cup have experience that can be used as capital and also the draw is very profitable for them compared to teams that only occasionally or have just entered the World Cup, but it does not rule out the possibility of these teams making surprises like what teams from Africa usually do, their appearance is often eagerly awaited because they often become a threat to strong teams.

There are many other teams in the same situation and if they were in other confederations they could have more chances to get a ticket for the world cup, most of the countries get less chance in Europe because there are more and stronger competitors for it while in other places like Asia or Africa, this won't be hard for them.
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I think that we, who are great soccer fans, would not like an event like this to take place every year or every 2 years, I think that the longest I would put up with it being brought forward would be every 3 years, it seems good to me, because in 2 years we can do the qualifying rounds, and also now it is becoming more interesting because more slots for the World Cup have opened up and this makes things more interesting, especially for the teams of nations that have never been to a World Cup.
The faster and the major tournament that also involves many participants is held, it is very likely that the quality of the match will decrease because the players are also quite busy with the match schedule at their respective clubs and the possibility for players to get injured during the World Cup match can be detrimental to the club while the players get a salary from the club and what is no less can reduce the quality of the organization, namely the preparation of the host country will be reduced so that it can make the quality of the location used to be according, so there should be no changes regarding the time in organizing the world cup.

Personally, my Venezuela would like to see it in a World Cup, I would also like to see India in a World Cup, they are teams that play interesting football, but have not yet been in shape to arrive, I hope that this World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada can achieve it, but they still have to work very hard, at least in South America the teams are very strong, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Colombia, they are very football-loving countries and they are also very strong with players who mostly play for recognized teams in Europe.
Often these teams like India are only strong or show something interesting under certain circumstances but when they have to compete against teams that often appear in the world cup the situation changes and the matches become unbalanced, this happens because the teams that usually play in the World Cup have experience that can be used as capital and also the draw is very profitable for them compared to teams that only occasionally or have just entered the World Cup, but it does not rule out the possibility of these teams making surprises like what teams from Africa usually do, their appearance is often eagerly awaited because they often become a threat to strong teams.
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Personally, my Venezuela would like to see it in a World Cup, I would also like to see India in a World Cup, they are teams that play interesting football, but have not yet been in shape to arrive, I hope that this World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada can achieve it, but they still have to work very hard, at least in South America the teams are very strong, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Colombia, they are very football-loving countries and they are also very strong with players who mostly play for recognized teams in Europe.

LOL.. If Venezuela was playing in any other confederation, then they would have been a regular participant in the world cup. Unfortunately for them, they play in the toughest confederation (CONMEBOL), and therefore always always miss out on the qualification. This is why I was in favor of selecting a few teams from a second round of qualifier, which would include teams from different confederations (I am not taking about the inter-continental playoffs). Now coming to China and India, I think the only possible way to get them included in the world cup might be through qualification as hosts.
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