The draw procedure for the Men's World Cup draw has been confirmed. Like 2022, the pots are done by FIFA ranking, except for the three hosts in Pot 1, and the six placeholders in Pot 4. New wrinkle: The top four teams must be in separate quadrants of the KO bracket, assuming they win their group:

Unlike previous Men's World Cups, venue assignments for each match will not be made until after the draw*. This is important because three of Philly's five group match days are shared with MetLife Stadium. That means that if a marquis draw comes up, they will probably be allocated to NY/NJ. 🙄

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Get you someone who looks at you the way Rose Lavelle looks at Fireball ❤️‍🔥

Looks like RFK Jr. Stadium now

I’d love to be mad about the Union and the Eagles blowing a 21-point lead to the Cowboys but I totally forgot that I had played my 5yo school’s square game fundraiser and I ended up hitting for two quarters and that is a net positive for my mental health. Happy Monday.

Treguna Mekoides Trecorum Satis Dee, Charlie Brown.

Not for nothing, but with the Eagles losing tonight, the Union had a great chance to jump up another notch amongst this city’s sports fans. Again, they let it slip.

So it’s NYCFC against Inter Miami in the Don Garber Wet Dream Bowl, sponsored by Trojan.

Thank you, friends! In spirit of the NWSL supporter community we've sent a matching donation to SMYAL.

Hopefully he thrives with Freo. Either way, he deserves another chance in the AFL.

You haven’t lived until you’ve been at a soccer game where security guards are getting slapped like three rows from you how good

Mega Man X Pax Unplugged II

Mega Man X Pax Unplugged

“What does it matter to ya? When you got a job to do Ya gotta do it well… You’ve gotta give the other fella HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL”

I’m taking the advice we give our 5yo and that is to listen to our bodies. My body is telling me to stay home today. So I’m staying home. I had a great time at Pax Unplugged though. I got to see and meet so many people. My cup runneth over. 🫶🏻

creating a wrestler named Shakespeare and his nickname is the No Holds Bard

Pax Unplugged Day 2. I am zonked. But I had fun. I’m 50/50 for tomorrow.

Made it, with three spots to spare.

Make that 10:40 because all of my first three parking plans were full.

Looking at not making it into Pax Unplugged until roughly 10am, which means at best I'll be waitlisted for the Crokinole tournament. Sigh.

The Barmy Army spending longer in a plane to watch the first test than they did actually watching the first test will never not be funny

Pax Unplugged Day 1 in the books. I played “Buy the Vote,” “Fit to Print,” and “Can’t Stop.” I bumped into someone from New Zealand on my way out and we’re gonna play the dice cricket game tomorrow. I also saw so many friends today, old and new. I’m over the moon and we’re only one day in.

Reader, I am here at Pax Unplugged.

*slams desktop shut for the weekend no I don’t have a work laptop shutup*

Happy Pax Unplugged! I’ll be leaving work at 2, hoping to get down there around 3. We’ll see how that goes.

Mystic… curling?!

Seeing 19 wickets fall on the first day of the Ashes makes me lament the fact that Mike Lange never commentated cricket. And he should have. “Labuschagne is bowled and he doesn’t know whether to cry or wind his watch!”

So, a little bit of a long shot here. But, I got this Cricket dice game a few months ago and have been itching to play it with other people. Is anyone who reading this and is headed to Pax Unplugged keen on giving it a try? You need not know much about cricket and I can teach what you do know.

MERRY ASHMAS

PAX UNPLUGGED IS TOMORROW I’M GONNA SEE A BUNCH OF FRIENDS AND PLAY CROKINOLE

On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city. We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.

Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance and as we do every year we swap our colours to those of the trans flag in honour of those who we’ve lost. Let’s all make sure to do everything we can to promote love & support of our trans friends and make sure they do not become another statistic.

Following the Playoff and UEFA Playoff draw this morning, here are the projected pots for the 2026 Men's World Cup draw on December 5th.

We had 69. The new generation only has 67. Shrinkflation is no joke.

The investigation should also include what ownership knew and how they handled it. The volume of complaints seems to lead that Ernst should’ve been dismissed long ago, and if this was known by Sugarman and others, they should be forced out.

And as expected, the FIFA World Rankings have been updated following this weeks matches. The Pots for the Men's World Cup Draw are set.

The FIFA World Rankings are expected to be updated sometime today. For now, here are how the Men's World Cup pots look right now. Croatia and Norway may move up. One team from each pot will occupy the 12 groups, and no more than one team from each confed. (or two UEFA teams) may occupy a group.

How can you not be romantic about football?

This will be confirmed tomorrow when the newest FIFA rankings come out, but it looks like Iraq (57) and DRC (60) will get byes into the two playoff finals and only need one win to advance to the World Cup. The other four teams (JAM 68, BOL 76, SUR 126, NCL 150) will be drawn into the semifinals.

Six teams from Concacaf have qualified for the World Cup, and another two more may do so via the playoff. Only ONE team from Central America.

Danley Jean Jacques and Duke Lacroix are headed to a World Cup

CURAÇAO HAS DONE IT. SMALLEST COUNTRY EVER IN THE WORLD CUP. 🇨🇼🇨🇼🇨🇼🇨🇼

Full Time at the Concacaf Thunderdome: ✅ In the World Cup: 🇵🇦 Panama 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇭🇹 Haiti ⚠️ In the playoff in March: 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇸🇷 Suriname ❌ Eliminated 🇭🇳 Honduras 🇨🇷 Costa Rica

JUST KIDDING

Penalty to Jamaica. Wow.

SCEEENES

Halftime at the Concacaf Thunderdome: As of now… ✅ In the World Cup: 🇵🇦 Panama 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇭🇹 Haiti ⚠️ In the playoff in March: 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇸🇷 Suriname ❌ Eliminated 🇭🇳 Honduras 🇨🇷 Costa Rica

ITS TIME FOR THE CONCACAF THUNDERDOOOOOME 12 teams enter. 3 will qualify. 2 will get a playoff lifeline.