CanadianTraveller

And given that Uruguay vs Brazil is almost a pick 'em, I'd say both had a lot to play for. If nothing else than to save money on cracked shin guards and ice packs. Meanwhile...Panama has a 10% chance to win in 90 minutes over Colombia; makes Ecuador look like a sure thing to advance.

And we would have beat Brazil in '94 in added time but they didn't give us the chance - Eddy Berdusco would have potted a 2nd. Plus the Brazilian goalie was off his line every single time in PK's in '84 Olympics or we would have beaten Brazil then too. 🤣 (Canada asked to play more added time until someone scored; sadly Kerry Fraser was busy combing his hair and did not officiate that game or else Dale Mitchell would have scored his 4th in triple OT.)

All quite accurate. Also accurate is the 12 month+ build up of both the World Cup (even before Canada qualied) and Euros, versus a very brief build (on TSN) to Canada @ Copa. Also a lack of mainstream media interest in Copa. So expecting WC viewership levels from casuals who wouldn't know Copa from Coke is unreasonable. And so yes 1.6 Mil for a practically unknown event ("but I hear it's a big thing in South America!") for a team that had completely disappeared from public interest for 18 months is insanely great, and that we're even comparing it to the championship match of a 20-year old team in the center of the universe that had a weekly match for eight months prior...is insanely good (You might recall a MLS Cup promo running...about every second commercial block the week prior. I'm not seeing those for Copa during Wimbledon coverage. Maybe during Euros?) Sadly Canada men's Soccer doesn't have a lot of comparibles. Hopefully the last 3+ years is the start of a wonderful change in that. Maybe we'll be laughing at a "mere" 1.6 for an unimportant group stage match in Copa?

It is not (at least not in Broward.) But perhaps someone could ship a jersey to your...hotel? place of residence in Miami.

If Peter Augruso guaranteed one name-brand match each window from now to 26, and CSB wrote a contract with financial penalties if they couldn't make a match (like the October window), TSN would pay real honest-to-goodness money to CanPL CSB. TSN spends a lot of ad-time promoting the game, and the results from Copa don't lie. But there has to be regular, reliable product. If not before 26, then most definitely after. And it can't be Canada vs Dominica (or Dominican Republic, or even our nemesis Haiti.) At least one Top 50 match every window.

Does this board look anything like World Cup, or even WCQ? How's the audience at watch parties? Let's not talk about in person attendance. We're not just "going to the Hex" this time, nor is this the usual B-Side Mexico and C-Side U.S. playing for the Gold Cup. We are actually in the knockout stage of the 3rd biggest world football nation vs nation tournament. We actually WON a match. I would have thought interest, excitement, activity would be higher? Or is Copa a non-event? Maybe everyone's waiting for Canada to win at match at Euros? Or maybe I'm in the wrong room at the party? 😁

No, those are INSANELY good numbers. Shows what TSN can do for Canadian soccer when it puts its back into it. Wish supporters were as interested in Copa as the casual fans are. For comparison, that beats TFC in the MLS Cup in 2016, and blows away the TFC-Montreal game the week earlier.

https://canadiansoccerdaily.com/2024/06/22/canadas-copa-america-debut-watched-by-1-1-million-canadians/ To contrast, US-Bolivia got 3.2M English-language viewers down south; considered quite high by most accounts. I'd guess 300,000 for early Peru match; hopefully 600,000+ for Chile. Won't get to 1 Mil on Friday, but hopefully close. All of which would be very very respectful.

Not to beat a dead horse, but...that there is no water slide chute. That one is at Lusail pitch side, but they all had something similar. The stadium seating A/C was certainly a mixed bag.

Yeah I was under cover, as were 95% of the Iranians. But the Welsh in the (north?) end zone...well, they baked esp. in the 1st half. KC would have been a good 5C warmer than Qatar (and no field A/C); unlike KC there were few empty seats to move to, and I doubt the supporters would have even given the chance?

Perhaps. But not on the pitch - indoor match.

Poor Alistair. Between the Europeans not watching games @ 4 AM and the Americans assuming they need evening matches in the Pacific time zone, there's no chance of his request being honored for WC26: "“It can’t be a five o’clock kickoff,” Canada defender Alistair Johnston told the Star. “That’s the simplest one … It’s gotta be an eight or nine o’clock kickoff. Because honestly, it’s not even safe for the fans.”" I doubt they'll even try to schedule indoor stadiums for daytime matches only; more important to show games back home at the right hour. 1PM/noon and 7PM/6PM kickoff in the east; 1PM and 7PM kickoff out west. 2PM in Mexico except for the host team's 2nd & 3rd matches - Monterrey might be the worst of all? FWIW: The Welsh supporters were baking in the Qatari sun during a 1PM match and most of them stayed hydrated. Or were pre-hydrated? The fans will be OK in 26. The players...?

There is transit to Arlington, but mostly for solo travellers. For $6 out ($3 back) you get to Centrepoint/DFW station on Trinity Rail (think Go Train), followed by an 8 mile Uber/Lyft ($12?) to the stadium. Runs every 30 minutes; 45 minute ride. Last train back to Dallas @ 11 PM. But most will look to Uber and not sweat the surge pricing when compared to the parking rate. And beer is affordable. $10 for a real pint, and for the Cowboys they sell water (aka Miller Lite) for $5.

Park @ Globe Life, if you aren't marching from a bar. Smart pick is Lot M; cheapest @ $20 and closest to AT&T. Can book now if you wish: MLB Parking Note: Rangers are playing @ 7 (Canada @ 8 ) so it'll be a little congested, but less than a Cowboys game.

It'll be so cool Canada will choose the black jerseys on Friday! "The stadium includes a central plant providing 11,000-tons of cooling capacity..." Which should take it from 41C to 38C. 😁 (Actually a thunderstorm might knock outside temp down to 26C for kickoff, not that it should affect the game.)