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Soccer/Football

littlemissmartypants

(36,203 posts) Fri Jul 17, 2026, 12:43 AM 16 hrs ago

Third-place Game World Cup 2026

Saturday, July 18: Match 103 - France vs England - Hard Rock Stadium, Miami - 5pm ET

I'm team France.

And you?

England or France? And why?

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Third-place Game World Cup 2026 (Original Post) littlemissmartypants 16 hrs ago OP

France - for sentimental reasons. yorkster 16 hrs ago #1

We follow English Premier League soccer/football and... 3catwoman3 15 hrs ago #2

4 Arsenal players on the English squad Ponietz 13 hrs ago #4

Will the teams show up? I mean do they even care? dem4decades 15 hrs ago #3

yorkster

(4,020 posts)

1. France - for sentimental reasons.

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Fri Jul 17, 2026, 12:51 AM

16 hrs ago

Love England as well, but France is really it for me.

3catwoman3

(30,436 posts)

2. We follow English Premier League soccer/football and...

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Fri Jul 17, 2026, 01:29 AM

15 hrs ago

…specifically Arsenal. 2 of our favorite Arsenal players, Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka, are on England’s national team, so we’ll be rooting for England.

And, lots of my ancestors were from England.

Ponietz

(4,776 posts)

4. 4 Arsenal players on the English squad

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 17, 2026, 03:44 AM

13 hrs ago

Rice, Saka, Eze and Madueke.

dem4decades

(14,784 posts)

3. Will the teams show up? I mean do they even care?

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Fri Jul 17, 2026, 01:53 AM

15 hrs ago

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