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[Zenon33]

Australiua 1 Denmark 0 bitches.

I've been saying to you all that whenever Aussies put on that shirt, even the Brazils of this world need to watch out!

Australians always punch above their weight and always punch hard bitches.

What a great win for Australia and now they qualify for the round of 16, just like he 2006 squad from the golden era.

It doesn't matter who Australia plays. They can turn anyone inside out. Any team. Even Brazil.

DT, if Australia played Cyprus, by how many goals do you think the Aussies would win by? It would have to be at least 4 you would think?

Maybe 1-0. Tunisia is not stronger than Cyprus. Same as Qatar, New Zealand or Costa Rica.

[Londonrake]

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[Paphitis]

It doesn't matter who Australia plays. They can turn anyone inside out. Any team. Even Brazil.

DT, if Australia played Cyprus, by how many goals do you think the Aussies would win by? It would have to be at least 4 you would think?

Take a look at the world cup winners since 1990...

1990 Germany – 83.7M
1994 Brazil – 217,2M
1998 France – 67.9M
2002 Brazil – 217,2M
2006 Italy – 61.1M
2010 Spain – 47.2M
2014 Germany – 83.7M
2018 France – 67.9M

As can be seen from the table above, to be able to pick a world class football side a country needs to have a pool (population) of at least 50 million!

Having to pick a world class football side out of a population of 800K; as in the case of Cyprus, is like trying to get a quadriplegic to win the gold medal in the Pole Vault!

So the chances of a little island like Cyprus entering this competition let alone winning it, is pretty much zero; and neither will Australia’s 26 million be sufficient to ever win it.

I hear what you are saying and I agree that it is unlikely Australia or US will win a World Cup but it isn't impossible. Both countries are mainstay world cup qualifiers and because of that, both teams are a mere 4 wins away from that trophy. Of course they are outside chances, with a probability of 1% but it can't be ruled out because both these countries really lift on the big occasions and can even turn Brazil inside out on the day and with a bit of luck.

But yeh, unlikely for sure and to say the least.

Australia has had a lot of glory on the Footy Pitch. Like Greece which won the Euro cup, Australia also won the Asia Cup and the Asian Champions League as well at club level and qualified for the Confederations Cup. Asian Cup and the Champions League is a tough task as well, because there are some Football superpowers you still need to play and beat, like Saudi Arabia, Iran, Japan and South Korea and these teams are not easy. they are actually quite hard and good teams.

So Australian Football fans have a fair bit to cheer about.

Both American, Australian, and African Footy players are highly sort after by big European Clubs as well.

No one thought Greece would win the Euro Cup neither and yet it did.

I don't believe Australia will win the World Cup but it can make the quarters quite easily with a bit of luck and it has made the quarters before.

Beating Denmark is a great achievement for ASustralia and making the round of 16 is a great achievement also. So it doesn't matter as even if they lose the next game, both US and Australia will not feel like losing. It is already a successful World Cup, and this puts their players in the spotlight and in the eyes of major Euro clubs, which will only make them both much stronger in 4 years time.

[Paphitis]

Australiua 1 Denmark 0 bitches.

I've been saying to you all that whenever Aussies put on that shirt, even the Brazils of this world need to watch out!

Australians always punch above their weight and always punch hard bitches.

What a great win for Australia and now they qualify for the round of 16, just like he 2006 squad from the golden era.

It doesn't matter who Australia plays. They can turn anyone inside out. Any team. Even Brazil.

DT, if Australia played Cyprus, by how many goals do you think the Aussies would win by? It would have to be at least 4 you would think?

Maybe 1-0. Tunisia is not stronger than Cyprus. Same as Qatar, New Zealand or Costa Rica.

I think Tunisia is stronger than Cyprus. in fact, I think Tunisia are quite an impressive team and they beat France. Same with Iran. They both impress me and have skilfull players.

New Zealand is a team that will surprise many. They are no easy beats and I also believe they are stronger than Cyprus. They have a habit to overwhelming any unweary side that under estimates them.

I don't know much about QATAR but I do know that at a club level, they are strong because the Sheiks own the clubs and they have an endless supply of money to the point where they own major European Teams like Paris St Germain.

[Get Real!]

America has very good chances of winning a world cup; not this particular one but sometime in the future.

With their 340 million strong population they can easily produce a world class squad of 25 players if only they can increase public interest in football and thus more youngsters are tested for skill.

At the moment there are only about 20-30 odd million Americans interested in football but it’s growing in popularity every year so I expect that when this public interest surpasses 50 million they’ll be able to start winning or making a final.

Football is a numbers thing...

[Paphitis]

America has very good chances of winning a world cup; not this particular one but sometime in the future.

With their 340 million strong population they can easily produce a world class squad of 25 players if only they can increase public interest in football and thus more youngsters are tested for skill.

At the moment there are only about 20-30 odd million Americans interested in football but it’s growing in popularity every year so I expect that when this public interest surpasses 50 million they’ll be able to start winning or making a final.

Football is a numbers thing...

I agree with that. Especially if the sport gains traction there, they can become a superpower.

Merikans are crazy about sports. But so are Australians. Hence why it does well at Olympics and in international sports across the board.

The A League though is developing very fast and the clubs have a lot of money in Merika and Australia. In fact New York City is a sister club to melbourne City and Manchester City. They have the same emblems and colours as well. They are basically the same company.

Hence why you have Spanish Players who are actual current Spanish Internationals worth 40 million play for new York and Melbourne City on loan from Manchester.

If Soccer gains as much traction as other sports in Australia, then Australia can win a World Cup or come close to it. But that's a big if and maybe because Merika and Australia are very pluralistic in their sports and there is a lot of competition.

New York and Melbourne have as much money as the biggest teams in Europe.

[Paphitis]

America has very good chances of winning a world cup; not this particular one but sometime in the future.

With their 340 million strong population they can easily produce a world class squad of 25 players if only they can increase public interest in football and thus more youngsters are tested for skill.

At the moment there are only about 20-30 odd million Americans interested in football but it’s growing in popularity every year so I expect that when this public interest surpasses 50 million they’ll be able to start winning or making a final.

Football is a numbers thing...

Anyway, I think FIFA are a bunch of criminals.

The World Cup should have been in growth markets like Merika or Australia. Both these countries already had world class stadiums and infrastructure and could host such an event easily without the need of building stadia,, and other infrastructure and it would have been real good for soccer if it was held in Merika or Australia, because both countries would have benefited by raising the profile of the game and increasing the sports popularity.

Football in Europe has already reached its peak but it hasn't in US or Australia as there is a lot of room for growth in Merika and Australia and a lot more potential too.

[Londonrake]

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[Lordo]

America has very good chances of winning a world cup; not this particular one but sometime in the future.

With their 340 million strong population they can easily produce a world class squad of 25 players if only they can increase public interest in football and thus more youngsters are tested for skill.

At the moment there are only about 20-30 odd million Americans interested in football but it’s growing in popularity every year so I expect that when this public interest surpasses 50 million they’ll be able to start winning or making a final.

Football is a numbers thing...

A friend of mine said that 30 years ago. America is not a footballing nation hence they will never be able to win the world cup. Unless of course their players are good enough to play in the top European clubs and they are also able to attract top players from elsewhere into their own clubs to raise the standard.

At the moment all they are getting is all the oldies who have finished their serious career and cannot hack it in Europe. I only recognised one player who plays for Chelsea, and they are shit this year too.

SO, I am afraid we will have to wait a very long,,,,,, long time before they can win the world cup. But that is not a problem after all they win the baseball world series every year, right?
Oh and the American football too. They are very good at them.
BTW India and China are even more in population, and they can't even make to the group stages as yet.

[Get Real!]

BTW India and China are even more in population, and they can't even make to the group stages as yet.

India and China don’t seem to care enough about football; the former loves Cricket while the latter love Ping-Pong and Badminton the most, and unlike America neither country has the advertising/sponsorship type of environment that can invest in and propel a sport like football.

As more and more money flows into US soccer with every passing world cup, you can bet it’ll make an impact in the future, so I definitely see them making a final… maybe 3-4 tournaments from now.

Football is all about numbers… Lots of money invested + big population = success.