OT: The Pittsburgher Thread: The Unofficial Official World Cup Thread|Parafuso Portugal
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Stunned to see MeHEco play so well thus far. They have been garbage for some time and now seemed poised to cruise out of the group stage.
Beauner
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Just thinking out loud, but how cool would if be if the US hosted the World Cup originally given to Qatar, and Pittsburgh was able to host a few games?
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Big McLargehuge
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It'd be nice, but Pittsburgh would likely rank fairly low on their prospective list.
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1-0 Chile in the 20th minute
Spain could be the first team eliminated. Hilarious. Or I guess they'd be eliminated along with Australia.
Spain could be the first team eliminated. Hilarious. Or I guess they'd be eliminated along with Australia.
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Big McLargehuge
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To build on the World Cup in the US talk...
Pittsburgh wasn't among the candidates in the official bid, so I can't imagine it'd have a chance. San Francisco and Chicago also weren't included in that bid, so I highly doubt it's iron clad...still hard to see Pittsburgh beating out bigger cities with bigger stadiums. Hopefully the World Cup would be the final kick to get Farmers Field built here in LA. LA would be the obvious choice as the primary city, as it was in 1994.
My guess would be Los Angeles, Seattle, Dallas, Houston, New York, Washington, Boston, Miami, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Chicago, and a wild card (I'll go with Atlanta, though I'd prefer Denver).
Unfortunately Portland doesn't have a venue anywhere near FIFA standards or they'd be a lock.
lol Spain
Pittsburgh wasn't among the candidates in the official bid, so I can't imagine it'd have a chance. San Francisco and Chicago also weren't included in that bid, so I highly doubt it's iron clad...still hard to see Pittsburgh beating out bigger cities with bigger stadiums. Hopefully the World Cup would be the final kick to get Farmers Field built here in LA. LA would be the obvious choice as the primary city, as it was in 1994.
My guess would be Los Angeles, Seattle, Dallas, Houston, New York, Washington, Boston, Miami, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Chicago, and a wild card (I'll go with Atlanta, though I'd prefer Denver).
Unfortunately Portland doesn't have a venue anywhere near FIFA standards or they'd be a lock.
lol Spain
bathroomSTAAL
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God a US World Cup would be so awesome. I was too young to appreciate the one in '94.
I don't want to say Spain is done, but they're probably done
I don't want to say Spain is done, but they're probably done
i only vaguely remember the 1990 world cup, but 1994 was when i became obsessed with national team. those denim jerseys, man. that said, pittsburgh seems like the longest of long shots to host.
Big McLargehuge
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Likewise.
Had it been 1998 or 2002 I'd probably have been a lot more into soccer, but it wasn't until the 2006 World Cup that I actually watched any games and not until 2008 or so that I actually started picking teams to follow.
My soccer fandom is still a work in progress, but having the Galaxy here has definitely helped accelerate it. If the US does indeed get the 2022 WC I'd try to make it to as many of the LA games as possible (7 may be a stretch...).
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SaintLouHaintBlue
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Umm...
Have you ever been to Atlanta?
Nope nope nope. Although they did host an Olympics (those facilities have been purchased and absorbed by the city).
The idea now is to get out of the City, like the braves, who are scheduled to move to Cobb County.
Big McLargehuge
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New football/soccer stadium and a huge airport, that's why I said Atlanta. There's about 20 places I'd prefer it to be.
Beauner
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Lots of stadiums are now outside of the city, which I never really realized until I was bored and started looking at them on Google Maps. About a week ago I was at the Pirates game and wondered where the Pirates would ever build a new stadium should they ever need one years down the line. Obviously it won't be for decades, but it's interesting to think about. Not a lot of room in or near the city anymore.
Hopefully they can just renovate it like MSG. Would hate to see that beautiful park ever torn down, regardless of condition.
bathroomSTAAL
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There was actually some news about this recently, that they're beginning a study to work out how to make PNC last much longer than Three Rivers. Hard to believe it's 13 years old already, almost half of Three Rivers' lifespan.
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great tourny so far
wonder if FIFA would ever think of moving up the time span from tourny to tourny
wonder if FIFA would ever think of moving up the time span from tourny to tourny
Big McLargehuge
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The plan is for PNC Park to last as long as Forbes Field did, so ~60 years or double what Three Rivers was. It's most certainly feasible, but updates are necessary every 10-15 years for that to happen.
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As soon as Flowers was cut, i thought he'd be a brilliant fit for this D and given we have roughly 6M in cap space, and a need for NFL ready CB depth, he's a great fit. Down year last season but was not in the right scheme to succeed and had a pretty solid track record before that. Putting him opposite of Cortez Allen means Taylor and Gay would be in the slot where they should be.
Big McLargehuge
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Expectation: Steelers strong interest in Brandon Flowers results in The Killers playing at Stage AE.
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