World Cup 2010 to be relocated to the USA??

bababui · 07-13-2006, 06:08 PM

FIFA officials are concerned about South Africas preperations....

http://football.guardian.co.uk/world...818166,00.html

thanks to sdpm for the link

FrancoeurFranks7 · 07-13-2006, 06:17 PM

That would be great. If we could get some stars to MLS within next 4 years, then have the World Cup, soccer MIGHT actually take off in the U.S.

mikev · 07-13-2006, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by FrancoeurFranks7

That would be great. If we could get some stars to MLS within next 4 years, then have the World Cup, soccer MIGHT actually take off in the U.S.

Like it did in 94?

Oh wait.

FrancoeurFranks7 · 07-13-2006, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by mikev

Like it did in 94?

Oh wait.

Don't remember any big stars in MLS in 94

mikev · 07-13-2006, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by FrancoeurFranks7

Don't remember any big stars in MLS in 94

You shouldn't.

MLS wasn't around until 1996.

mgsports79 · 07-13-2006, 06:56 PM

It would probley be in LA.
Other cities could include Orlando,Chicago,Houston,Atlanta and so on.

FrancoeurFranks7 · 07-13-2006, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by mikev

You shouldn't.

MLS wasn't around until 1996.

Exactly my point, MLS has to build before soccer takes off. You think baseball or football, just one day became HUGE? No. It has to slowly build.

bababui · 07-13-2006, 07:05 PM

The 94 Cup was moved from Brazil because they couldnt build the infrasrtucture. Deja vu all over again...

South Africa has massive health and social problems. It seems criminal to waste public money on a sporting event.

Dr. Walter Doodah · 07-13-2006, 07:21 PM

It'd be nice for it to be in South Africa, but for entirely selfish reasons I hope it gets moved.

Raderick · 07-13-2006, 07:28 PM

Well seeing that the United States had only a 6 month notice to put together the Women's World Cup in 2003, I'm sure organizers can put a good tournament going a few years advanced.

piperclap · 07-13-2006, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by bababui

The 94 Cup was moved from Brazil because they couldnt build the infrasrtucture. Deja vu all over again...

South Africa has massive health and social problems. It seems criminal to waste public money on a sporting event.

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It'd be sweet to be in the US, since we have all these monster stadiums just hanging out and doing nothing and really wouldn't have to do anything at all to facilitate the WC. And I agree, I think SA should be more worried about oh, the highest infection rate for HIV of anywhere in the world and other such non-football matters.

theasfl · 07-13-2006, 07:35 PM

I definitely wouldn't complain about the World Cup being here in 2010, although I was suposta be honeymooning to it, which is kinda assanine now...not that I was excited about going to South Africa in their winter or in the first place...

moving on, I hope the Marlins get a new stadium (not city, ***holes) by then so games can be down here instead of Orlando...unless of course im in Orlando.

away from my life...

GO USA, if SA gets there act together we still have a chance in 2014 and 2018.

kenyan_cheena · 07-13-2006, 07:37 PM

Maybe they could offer South Africa automatic qualification even if it is held in the USA, seeing as they were awarded it originally.

Sdpm100 · 07-14-2006, 03:00 AM

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Originally Posted by bababui

The 94 Cup was moved from Brazil because they couldnt build the infrasrtucture. Deja vu all over again...

And the 2014 World Cup that was all but certain to go to Brazil in the now seemingly defunct rotation that Blatter cooked up, could go to Australia instead for the exact same reason.

boilermaker · 07-14-2006, 03:05 AM

The Guardian is allegedly a respectable source of journalism, but I'm not sure why. I would completely disregard the article as utter bullshoy.

Sdpm100 · 07-14-2006, 03:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Raderick

Well seeing that the United States had only a 6 month notice to put together the Women's World Cup in 2003, I'm sure organizers can put a good tournament going a few years advanced.

The Women's World Cup is slightly more easier to become host of on short notice than the Men's version though. (very few fans from overseas, fewer teams, etc.)

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Originally Posted by theasfl

moving on, I hope the Marlins get a new stadium (not city, ***holes) by then so games can be down here instead of Orlando...unless of course im in Orlando.

It would need to be above 40,000 seating capacity to host games - Dolphin Stadium would be the only likely venue in Miami.

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Originally Posted by kenyan_cheena

Maybe they could offer South Africa automatic qualification even if it is held in the USA, seeing as they were awarded it originally.

If any change happens in late 2008 or 2009, this may well have to happen as qualifying will be too close to the end to add South Africa to CAF qualifying and delete the USA from CONCACAF qualifying.

Sdpm100 · 07-14-2006, 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by boilermaker

The Guardian is allegedly a respectable source of journalism, but I'm not sure why. I would completely disregard the article as utter bullshoy.

It's not a Guardian report though. It comes from the German sports news agency SID.

bababui · 07-14-2006, 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Sdpm100

It would need to be above 40,000 seating capacity to host games - Dolphin Stadium would be the only likely venue in Miami.

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There will never be any games in Florida because:

1) Euro TV will insist that the matches be in their prime time....as in 94

2) That would mean the matches would have to be played in the afternoon in Florida and its just too hot and humid..(see Germany v South Korea played at about noon in the Dallas summer heat.)

ukhotstove · 07-14-2006, 04:26 AM

FIFA = Laughing Stock, couldn't organise a drunken party in a brewery. They go on about cracking the big markets instead of actually seeing if countries can actually run tournaments or are even bothered about running them and not just in it for the money.

Not being biased or anything and not ragging on the MLS but kind of stinks that a country is talked about running a World Cup only what will be 16 years ago in 2010, when a true footballing country like England hasn't ran it in what will be 44 years in 2010 pretty much sums up FIFA's ineptness in running things.

And before anybody say's it was in Europe this time, FIFA had scrapped the rotation policy to fit in an African country so the rotation policy and not having it in Europe twice doesn't hold water.

Sdpm100 · 07-14-2006, 04:54 AM

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Originally Posted by ukhotstove

(FIFA) go on about cracking the big markets instead of actually seeing if countries can actually run tournaments or are even bothered about running them and not just in it for the money.

Don't agree with that. When has China hosted it? And South Africa is hardly a big market is it?

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Originally Posted by ukhotstove

Not being biased or anything and not ragging on the MLS but kind of stinks that a country is talked about running a World Cup only what will be 16 years ago in 2010, when a true footballing country like England hasn't ran it in what will be 44 years in 2010 pretty much sums up FIFA's ineptness in running things.

Clearly you missed the bit about Germany being the other back-up host then. They only had it a week ago.

And there is no way the FA will bid for a World Cup when we've got an Olympic Games in 2012.

And anyway, you've contradicted yourself. First you say that only countries that can actually run tournaments and are bothered about running them should host them, which the USA clearly fit into both categories, yet you're saying it shouldn't go there because of the length of time between their last tournament and now. It would be the same gap as Mexico (16 years).

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Originally Posted by ukhotstove

And before anybody say's it was in Europe this time, FIFA had scrapped the rotation policy to fit in an African country so the rotation policy and not having it in Europe twice doesn't hold water.

Well they hadn't scrapped it to fit in an African country, because there wasn't one.
Actually Blatter made the rotation policy to have an African country host a World Cup, and then he scrapped it once they got one.

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bababui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 14,147 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	The 94 Cup was moved from Brazil because they couldnt build the infrasrtucture. Deja vu all over again... South Africa has massive health and social problems. It seems criminal to waste public money on a sporting event.

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