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[JHBulls]

1 hour ago, UMFan83 said:

The start time for this game tonight is actually pretty wild.  Here is what time the game starts locally for the 4 participants:

USA ET: 10pm (75% of US population is in ET or CT)

Paraguay: 11pm

Türkiye: 5am

Australia: Noon

Literally only convenient for the US West Coast (which I get it, the game is hosted there) and Australia.

This is the first World Cup I will be watching every game of (I might have done it 20 years ago, or watched most) because the time zone is so friendly. Earliest game starts at 2AM (my alarm is at 3 AM, so I set it an hour earlier for those games) and latest is at 2PM. In the knockout stage, games start between 2AM and 1PM. 

[jb10194]

2 hours ago, Brian707 said:

USA chances to reach the QF seem to be really high?  Bosnia and then either Egypt or South Korea most likely. 

I think Friday will be a fun day with Group G still being somewhat in the air. Belgium still has a chance to win the group with a win and Egypt draw/loss depending on goal differential. On the other hand, if Iran wins and stays ahead of Belgium, they can win the group - leading the potential to a very interesting USA/Iran matchup in the Round of 16. It would be fun to get revenge on Belgium, but I feel like that's the worst case scenario.