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I found myself cheering for Iran late in yesterday's game. Who am I?

Posted on 6/27/26 at 11:58 am
Posted by ColoradoCock
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Posted on 6/27/26 at 11:58 am
Just like the Zoolander scene. Who am I? We are at war with them, yet that takeaway of their goal in extra time was heartbreaking to watch.
Posted by Bigbens42
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Posted on 6/27/26 at 12:00 pm to
I mean frick Iran but I’m not stupid enough to conflate their freaking soccer team with their government lol.

They’re very much the scrappy underdog and I kind of hope they’ve done enough to get through. Bad luck not taking the game last night.
Posted by Mattgobear
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Posted on 6/27/26 at 12:09 pm to
I pulled for Egypt because it would have kept Belgium out our Round of 16 bracket.
Posted by RandySavage
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Posted on 6/27/26 at 12:29 pm to
Why is everyone worried about Belgium, they aren't that good.
Posted by tigerfan88
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Posted on 6/27/26 at 12:46 pm to
I mean they’re definitely better than Egypt. And better than us on paper.

It’s a winnable game but it’s not a great reward in the round of 16 for winning the group.
Posted by DandA
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Posted on 6/27/26 at 12:51 pm to
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We are at war with them


No. We are not. We are at war with their tyrannical extremist Islamic government that the vast majority of Iranians want nothing to do with. Don't conflate the two.
Posted by The Boat
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Posted on 6/27/26 at 12:54 pm to
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I mean frick Iran but I’m not stupid enough to conflate their freaking soccer team with their government lol.


Except that their team is a bunch of queers trying to disparage the US World Cup. frick them, couldn't have been happier to see them get a game winning goal wiped out.
This post was edited on 6/27/26 at 12:56 pm
Posted by AkronTiger
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Posted on 6/27/26 at 1:08 pm to
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I pulled for Egypt because it would have kept Belgium out our Round of 16 bracket.

Posted by AkronTiger
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Posted on 6/27/26 at 1:09 pm to
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I mean they’re definitely better than Egypt. And better than us on paper.

It’s a winnable game but it’s not a great reward in the round of 16 for winning the group.


Ya Belgium is beatable but it's still a bad matchup that I thought we'd avoid.
Posted by BCLA
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Posted on 6/27/26 at 2:06 pm to
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Why is everyone worried about Belgium, they aren't that good.


Because they just beat our arse 3 months ago without a few of their best players.
Posted by Bigbens42
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Posted on 6/27/26 at 2:12 pm to
Yeah but we also had two of our back line missing. Richards is quite literally that important and McKenzie is such a laughable step down.

Also Weah was at RB instead of Dest and the difference there is night and day too.
Posted by Bigbens42
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Posted on 6/27/26 at 2:13 pm to
No effing clue what those two were doing against Turkey. Painful to watch.
Posted by AkronTiger
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Posted on 6/27/26 at 2:13 pm to
Dest, Adams, Richards were also not playing and thus defensively we were a completely different team and outmached. But the point still stands, that's not the roster you want to face compared to Egypt.
This post was edited on 6/27/26 at 2:19 pm
Posted by RandySavage
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Posted on 6/27/26 at 5:30 pm to
Friendlies are meaningless
Posted by theballguy
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Posted on 6/27/26 at 5:46 pm to
The Boat is heartless.

I like it though
Posted by Bigbens42
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Posted on 6/27/26 at 8:17 pm to
Gonna come down to Algeria, it seems.
Posted by DeshaHog
Member since Mar 2016
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Posted on 6/27/26 at 9:26 pm to
I feel for the Iranian team when I think about how they are getting punished for the actions of a government they really have nothing to do with.

And then I see them disparage our country and think about what would happen if our players said such things at a World Cup in Iran…. my sympathy for them disappears very quickly
Posted by Bigbens42
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Posted on 6/27/26 at 9:31 pm to
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And then I see them disparage our country and think about what would happen if our players said such things at a World Cup in Iran…. my sympathy for them disappears very quickly


They are getting fricked though. International travel is a different beast. A lot of their support staff can’t accompany them.

Not that this is entirely our fault. A lot of it is Iran’s.
This post was edited on 6/27/26 at 9:37 pm
Posted by Lickitty Split
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Posted on 6/27/26 at 10:52 pm to
A Colorado Cuck
Posted by JLivermore
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Posted on 6/27/26 at 10:59 pm to
Bwhahahahahaha!!!

They got exactly what they deserved tonight!!!
This post was edited on 6/27/26 at 11:46 pm
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