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2026 World Cup (Official Thread)
- By ScriptOhio
- Other OSU and Professional Sports
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England World Cup fan issues apology to America over stadium judgment: ‘They are simply better than ours’
An England soccer fan at the World Cup has gone viral after admitting that Britons underestimated the scale of America's sports venues.
In a video shared from the stands of the Dallas Stadium at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Oliver Henry said that Brits "owe America an apology" for doubting the size of their sports venues.
"We owe apologies to America because their football stadiums are so much better than ours," he said in a video taken at the England and Croatia match last Friday. "This is the Dallas Stadium and it's absolutely incredible. England just beat Croatia, but look at the size of the stadium."
The AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, is the home of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys. It has a retractable roof and can hold about 80,000 people.
Henry wrote in the caption of his post: "We owe America a huge apology about their stadiums, they are simply better than ours [sic]. This was the AT&T stadium in Dallas and it is the best venue I've been to. I went to watch Croatia vs England in the FIFA World Cup, England beat Croatia 4-2 and the stadium was one of the highlights of the day."
The tourist continued to be impressed by his trip to Texas, according to an Instagram post he shared days after the match, which started again with "we owe America a huge apology."
"The people of Texas have been the friendliest and most accommodating people I have ever met," Henry wrote.
"I came to watch England in the World Cup to play Croatia and that game was at the AT&T stadium in Dallas. We have had the best time for the entire trip. Part of my heart will forever stay in Texas."
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Just sayin': In case you wondered.....
England's largest soccer stadium is the national arena, Wembley Stadium, which holds exactly 90,000 spectators. For club soccer, Manchester United's Old Trafford is the biggest with a capacity of 74,879. The average capacity of a Premier League stadium is approximately 41,320. The top largest stadiums in English soccer include:
- Wembley Stadium (National Stadium): 90,000 capacity
- Old Trafford (Manchester United): 74,879 capacity
- London Stadium (West Ham United): 62,500 capacity
- Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (Tottenham Hotspur): 62,850 capacity
- Anfield (Liverpool): 61,276 capacity
- Emirates Stadium (Arsenal): 60,704 capacity
- Etihad Stadium (Manchester City): 52,900 capacity
- St James' Park (Newcastle United): 52,387 capacity
- Villa Park (Aston Villa): ~42,657 capacity
- Stamford Bridge (Chelsea): ~40,343 capacity
New Jersey restaurant explains why World Cup games have led to ‘60%’ less business around MetLife
A business close to the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey has lamented the fact that the World Cup has impacted their trade. Hosting the World Cup will have brought billions into the United States of Amer...
The World Cup in America was supposed to be a mess. Then fans started posting what they found.
Nobody warned me that the most emotional part of the World Cup wouldn't happen on the field.Instead, it might be best explained by a meme.
"Someone said the World Cup is just America having a giant sleepover with the cousins we never get to see because our parents hate each other."
The line has been making the rounds on Instagram and TikTok, usually over clips of fans from different countries packed into the same streets, singing together, trading flags, laughing in stadium seats, or celebrating goals for teams they did not come here to support.
A few weeks ago, much of the conversation about the 2026 World Cup in North America sounded very different. There were real questions about ticket prices, early empty seats, travel logistics, and whether U.S. host cities could deliver the kind of atmosphere people expect from the World Cup.
I expected those debates. I expected it to maybe be a mess.
What I did not expect was a social feed filled with international fans saying, in one way or another, that America was not what they had been warned it would be. I did not expect posts about the World Cup "healing" something. I did not expect visitors to fall so hard for tailgates, Waffle House, Buc-ee's, ranch dressing, giant breakfasts, efficient stadiums, and strangers who treat restaurant recommendations like a civic duty.
The World Cup came to America carrying every familiar warning: too expensive, too spread out, too political, too American to feel like the World Cup at all.
Then fans arrived, and the story changed.
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International fans keep saying they were wrong about America
America's image overseas is often shaped by its worst headlines. For years, many Americans have been embarrassed by how the country looks from the outside. This World Cup has added a strange twist: visitors are reminding Americans that the outside view was never the whole picture.Login to view embedded media
That is also why the "World Cup is healing" posts make sense, even if the phrase sounds dramatic when you say it out loud.
One Instagram Reel from creator aj_hernandez put it more directly. Over a crowd scene from Boston, the video reads: "The USA may not have deserved the World Cup, but the USA needed the World Cup."
In the caption, Hernandez wrote that the tournament feels "completely void of hateful rhetoric and leaders sowing division for clout," adding that people have been "yearning for goodness to cling onto." The Reel had been liked by more than 298,000 accounts as of the screenshot I saw.
That is not a small thing to see attached to a soccer video. It explains why the clips keep traveling. People are not only reacting to the matches. They are reacting to a version of the world that feels temporarily less cynical.
America became the world's backyard
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BP Fantasy Baseball est. 2008 (Current Champion = Ahiacitian)
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Aha! That explains my shitbirds inexplicably leading your team right now.
(I have 6 on the IL, the difference being my guys suck even when they are healthy,
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Cincinnati Reds (2026 Season Thread)
- By Bestbuck36
- Professional Baseball
- 649 Replies
Neither can he. Neither did his fantasy owner.
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Columbus Blue Jackets (Official Thread)
- By ScriptOhio
- Other OSU and Professional Sports
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Blue Jackets select six players on day two of 2026 NHL Draft | Columbus Blue Jackets
Columbus selected five forwards, one defenseman and one goaltender over the two-day draft
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Blue Jackets select six players on day two of 2026 NHL Draft
Columbus selected five forwards, one defenseman and one goaltender over the two-day draft
The Blue Jackets acquired a fourth-round selection, 112th overall, from the Washington Capitals and a fifth-round pick in the 2028 NHL Draft (from San Jose) in exchange for the 101st overall pick. Columbus then traded the 112th pick to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for the 121st and 185th overall picks in the 2026 NHL Draft. With the 121st overall pick, the club selected forward Evan Jardine, 18, from the United States Hockey League’s Youngstown Phantoms. The 6-0, 185-pound forward notched 27-34-61 with 70 PIM and a +12 plus/minus rating in 53 games this past season, ranking third on the team in goals (tied) and points. The Bloomfield Hills, Michigan native has notched 54-62-112 with 123 PIM and a +29 plus/minus rating in 127 career USHL games since making his debut in 2023-24. He is committed to play at The Ohio State University in 2026-27.
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