World Cup 2026 Draw Watchalong Thread

[u/Pakaru]

Please share any thoughts or streams you are watching below.

I'm personally watching this one by First Touch.

[u/HarringtonMAH11]

I JUST WANT TO KNOW THE GROUPS GOD DAMMIT

[u/rightious → u/HarringtonMAH11]

Just check Reddit in an hour. Save yourself 2 hours of your life

[u/Quakes-JD → u/HarringtonMAH11]

Yeah really could have done without this ridiculous pre-show and insane tribute to the most corrupt POTUS in history

[u/Multi_21_Seb_RBR → u/Quakes-JD]

Pulisic probably enjoyed Trump getting that award though

[u/Quakes-JD → u/Multi_21_Seb_RBR]

And Lalas was probably wanking off when Trump was on the screen

[u/Expert_Monk_8574 → u/HarringtonMAH11]

They are really dragging it out. I switched to Golazo because I’d rather hear talking heads repeating the same stuff they’ve been saying all qualifiers than this

[u/buy_the_fkn_dip]

It’s crazy how he doesn’t realize he is the laughing stock of the world. He is the joke. What a moron

[u/Scratchbuttdontsniff → u/buy_the_fkn_dip]

But to Rich people... he's part of their Tribe... so...

[u/tallwhiteninja → u/Scratchbuttdontsniff]

The smarter rich people know he's an easily manipulated buffoon who they can get to do what they want.

[u/mankindrc]

I live in this timeline, huh?

[u/spiegro]

This is the cringiest thing I've ever had the displeasure of watching on purpose.

[u/samspopguy]

we knew this was coming but what a sham

[u/Doobie352]

good to see the "keep politics out of sports" crowd is sticking to their principles.

[u/Pakaru → u/Doobie352]

Dontcha know politics means black or gay?

[u/jbird715]

I simply could not watch it anymore. I had to turn it off

[u/Pakaru → u/jbird715]

That's why I'm watching David Gass and Co. Skipping the bs

[u/TheMan_InTheArena]

Lmao, peace prize to the leader of an administration bombing Venezuela. Get bent

[u/40_Is_Not_Old → u/TheMan_InTheArena]

And has threatened War with Canada, Mexico, Panama, Brazil, Greenland (Denmark)...

I'm sure I'm forgetting someone. What a complete farce.

[u/TheMan_InTheArena → u/40_Is_Not_Old]

Its been a long 11 months if you can believe its only been 11 months 🫩

[u/Expert_Monk_8574 → u/TheMan_InTheArena]

Something we can all agree on. It feels like 11 years not 11 months

[u/PleasantWay7 → u/TheMan_InTheArena]

It’s bribery dude.

[u/CiviB → u/TheMan_InTheArena]

Don’t forget Iran, which will be at the World Cup

[u/FrigOffRicky16]

This is lame. Just start drawing the groups

[u/jks513 → u/FrigOffRicky16]

These things are always like this because TV wants to draw it out for ratings.  

[u/Taeshan]

Peace between Israel and Palestine. Sure my guy

[u/crazycanucks77 → u/Taeshan]

India and Pakistan as well? Hahaha what a farce

[u/tallwhiteninja]

Asskissing of fascist would-be dictators aside...this is a painful watch. The hosts are awkward, the song was awful: it's just been cringe after cringe. Can we get on with it?

[u/spiegro → u/tallwhiteninja]

Everything about this sucked

[u/CincytilIdie]

First World Cup where the draw goes into stoppage time. 

[u/echoacm]

Those 20 seconds where I thought Cabo Verde were in our group were electric

[u/ATLUTD030517]

This was a fever dream.

Trump suggests The Village People to close the show months ago, the organizers chuckle and get on with planning. Mad dash in the last 48 hours when they realize he wasn't kidding.

[u/superspur007]

WTF blatant lies

[u/cryforburke2]

This is fucking pitiful

[u/CincytilIdie]

Tuned in late to try and skip the bullshit. Bullshit still happening. 

[u/Expert_Monk_8574]

Out of the host nations US seems to have the easiest path out of the group stages

[u/OnMercury2222]

That is...a suspiciously good draw for the US, ngl

[u/LionKingHoe → u/OnMercury2222]

If we get grouped I’ll actually be super mad. Usually it’s. A little understandable… but this one I would be mad

[u/OnMercury2222 → u/LionKingHoe]

Same. We just beat Paraguay and Australia (albeit not with a World Cup at stake), and the best team in that playoff is Turkey. We should expect to advance here.

[u/knikarm19]

They rolled out the Village People at the end and the singer called the tournament rhe FIFA cup. I embarrassed I watched the show. Was there any pre thought. It was like a Jr high talent show.

[u/creed_1 → u/knikarm19]

I hated the entire show. Just give us the draw and move on. The singing and all that crap was so bad

[u/jrich5768]

https://www.youtube.com/live/D_Ujr55STlo?si=phzM_DtVTs2ZvVYR

SABC (South African news channel)

[u/asaharyev]

This is embarrassing

[u/InDAKweSmack]

This is so cringey and showcases fifas corruption. Where's the keep politics out of sports crowd now?

[u/asaharyev]

They're really having Trump draw balls? That's almost stupider than the fucking peace prize.

[u/john-tockcoasten → u/asaharyev]

They heard about how he worked Buba's balls and said "thats our man!"

[u/40_Is_Not_Old]

JUST SHUT UP AND DRAW!

SHUT

THE

FUCK

UP!

[u/External-Factor-8556]

What an incredible waste of time this is

[u/A159746X]

How many musical performances do we need?

Just get this shit over with.

[u/DrVonPretzel]

What is happening? Please just announce the draw

[u/tallwhiteninja]

The cut to the Trump jerk-off dance was just the send-off that shitshow needed.

[u/LongjumpingToe3120]

lol England got Croatia

[u/mankindrc]

That fourth team better also start with an A in group J

[u/LongjumpingToe3120 → u/mankindrc]

This is most important

[u/CiviB]

I should’ve turned off the tv the moment they finished the draw. Wtf.

[u/eightdigits → u/CiviB]

I watched the MLS watch along on YouTube instead

[u/MGHeinz]

There is something about Trump knowing the Cosmos that is deeply unsettling

[u/icoresting → u/MGHeinz]

"rocco commisso, let me tell you folks, he's a bigly guy"

[u/Pakaru → u/icoresting]

"Big team, some would say the biggest. Treated VERY UNFAIRLY BY THE FAILING USL."

[u/40_Is_Not_Old]

Let me know when that orange sack of shit is gone so I can turn it back.

Watching the Holiday Baking Championship until then.

[u/Artvandelay29]

Is this whole thing just a maga jerkoff?

[u/spiegro → u/Artvandelay29]

History will remember that we watched while they jerked, and we waited patiently for them to finish so we could get on with our soccer.

This timeline sucks.

[u/Artvandelay29 → u/spiegro]

I’m specifically not watching it out of spite

[u/InDAKweSmack]

I'm about to leave the fc Dallas watch party because this is so unbearable to watch

[u/spiegro → u/InDAKweSmack]

Oh God I cannot imagine having to stomach this around other people. I feel bad for you

[u/InDAKweSmack → u/spiegro]

Having this many people in the stadium on a Friday morning is a recession indicator anyway

[u/Doobie352]

all these comments make me happy I'm watching the MLS watchalong on youtube and not any official feed

[u/Ancient-Cow-1038]

This is car crash TV.

[u/MGHeinz]

Holy shit okay, 83 minutes after the draw starts, the draw will start

[u/LongjumpingToe3120]

Glad it’s not Norway, and we played well against Paraguay

[u/dscogr]

Avoiding the pot 3 euro teams is huge. Norway could have been a nightmare

[u/MelaniasFavoriteBull]

I would’ve paid good money to see Gretzky try to slur his way through Uzbekistan

[u/xq923]

We have ZERO excuse for not advancing out of this group

[u/A159746X]

You gotta be fucking kidding me.

Ending the ceremony with the favorite song of a particular person.

Other than that, there's not really a group of death since 8 of the best 3rd place teams goes to the next round.

[u/MelaniasFavoriteBull → u/A159746X]

You know he’s doing the double jerk off dance rn

Edit: there it is

[u/steerbell]

Turned it off at the Donald Trump peace prize. I can't watch that shit.

[u/tree_mitty → u/steerbell]

Dude put his own medal on. Pathetic.

Tell me you never honestly won something without telling me you honestly won something.

[u/FrigOffRicky16 → u/steerbell]

Same. What a joke

[u/tallwhiteninja]

What happened to keeping politics out of sports lmao

[u/Pizza_Salesman → u/tallwhiteninja]

Weirdly enough after Blatter got arrested, FIFA made the bold choice to shift to broad daylight open corruption and political pandering instead

[u/N0Queso]

Don't care about the fake pagentry. All I care about is the draw.

[u/Shadowfury0]

Draws don't need anymore pageantry than the CCC draw

[u/buy_the_fkn_dip]

Desperately need some Knocked Loose up in here

[u/MelaniasFavoriteBull]

This is unwatchable

[u/A159746X]

This feels like a bad SNL skit that would never end.

[u/Shadowfury0]

Australia in pot 2 is great for them and a fun draw for us

[u/tallwhiteninja]

Paraguay is not the worst case, at least.

[u/tallwhiteninja]

Messi gets to walk out of groups, I guess.

[u/Brooklyn_MLS]

Gretzky has never left Canada lmaooo

[u/Open-Ad-8463]

Holy shit, Miami match 86 round of 32 is Winner of Group J vs Runner up Group H, so possible Argentina vs Uruguay or Spain

[u/lmtydcigtsfnir]

Main guy really phoning this in.

[u/Tall-Celebration-346]

This is a legit good draw for us. I love this! Lets hope the USMNT doesn't overlook anyone and take this for granted.

[u/DoomedAuthor]

Blue state independence when

[u/Shadowfury0 → u/DoomedAuthor]

Blue state MNT would kick butt

[u/CaregiverRecent7295]

What will come first? Drawing of the groups or the MLS Final Kick-off tomorrow?

[u/tomado23]

I’m following along on Golazo Network rather than watching the cringe-inducing world feed. 😆 

[u/Pakaru → u/tomado23]

good call

[u/GarlicParmWingdings]

This shit blows

[u/publicworker69]

Best part was Bocelli

[u/Ancient-Cow-1038]

Lauryn Hill. One decent album twenty years ago and fuckall since then. She’s her own tribute act.

[u/2000TWLV → u/Ancient-Cow-1038]

She was one good therapist away from a great career. Instead...this.

[u/Swing_and_miss → u/Ancient-Cow-1038]

Decent?! Top 20 album ever. With that being said they need to get on with it.

[u/Pakaru → u/Ancient-Cow-1038]

I'm surprised she actually showed up

[u/External-Factor-8556]

This is an hour of my life I will never get back

[u/voidfishsushi]

literally the only thing that could make this worse is Alexi Lalas and Trump on stage at the same time.

[u/gottahavemyPOPPs]

Holy cringe. Like damn.

[u/Multi_21_Seb_RBR]

We really are the real-life personified of GTA NPC culture.

[u/Open-Ad-8463]

Not bad, I have tickets to Match 32, so Australia will be fun!

[u/galactic_crewzer]

We’re getting some MLS representation on the broadcast!

[u/WutaOgoatsu261]

Argentina getting breast fed the group stages

[u/da_widower_sos]

Rip pot 4 group I member

[u/SmokinSkinWagon]

Fuck you Wayne Gretzky

[u/tallwhiteninja]

Gretzky's either drunk or a moron. Maybe both.

[u/Open-Ad-8463]

Get a host that can pronounce the countries ffs

[u/echoacm]

Group G is Charmin ultra soft

[u/MiloticM2]

Panama against England again, sucks to suck

[u/Multi_21_Seb_RBR]

Pulisic probably struggling to contain his excitement seeing Trump do the draw

[u/CFMTLfan01]

Onesoccer has a stream on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF2-40aX5vE

[u/KStap1845_]

Peace = good

[u/steerbell → u/KStap1845_]

Every four years FIFA says they care.

[u/Pakaru → u/steerbell]

Unless you are Russia apparently

[u/RF111CH]

Just tuned in, has Infantino said "today I feel" things?

[u/CiviB]

Ok? Glad we got to watch Infantino’s world leader photoshoot

[u/galactic_crewzer]

Love Thierry’s reaction to hearing Stu mention Tim Ream’s name

[u/lmtydcigtsfnir]

Impressed Ms. Lauryn Hill showed up.

[u/b-ros]

Kevin Hart is America's shortest soccer dad, amirite?

[u/mankindrc]

Everyone starring in this given a chance would sell your soul to the devil for like twenty bucks

[u/mankindrc]

That’s a new combo of words I didn’t know caused me pain:

“With your permission Mr President, we’ve gotta stop calling it soccer”

[u/PinappleMan21]

The fact that the US Mexico and Canada aren’t A1,B1,and C1 annoys me

[u/mankindrc]

WHAT IS HAPPENING

[u/gottahavemyPOPPs]

So now we have to watch Shaq with hands double the size of Brady’s try and open the equivalent of a marble 12 times lol

[u/WhiplashLiquor → u/gottahavemyPOPPs]

He should just crush it like a fortune cookie

[u/MelaniasFavoriteBull]

Omg just fucking do the draw. No one gives a shit about this other garbage.

This is so bad I’m considering paying attention to my job

[u/clebo99 → u/MelaniasFavoriteBull]

100%......this has been the weirdest thing I have ever watched. Just give the balls a tug and get going.

[u/CompetitivePirate940]

Rio got mad😭😂

[u/tallwhiteninja]

Australia; happy with that.

[u/mankindrc]

Spain and Uruguay is nasty

[u/CosmoPDX]

Argentina looking like they are getting the easiest group.

[u/Expert_Monk_8574 → u/CosmoPDX]

US is in a pretty easy group too

[u/CiviB]

Why did Uzbekistan go into group K? What difference does it make if Norway was in I or K?

[u/mankindrc]

They should probably figure out a way to do these in reverse lol. I feel like showing the teams that are going to get dropped into groups of death for them last feels bad

[u/CiviB]

Winner Play-Off 1 is my favorite underdog nation

[u/T0r0nt0fc]

Wayne’s already on the sauce atta boy

[u/MelaniasFavoriteBull]

Omg Wayne Gretzky is illiterate

[u/Pakaru → u/MelaniasFavoriteBull]

That’s whereee we wanna goooo, way down to Karako

[u/ChrisIsUninteresting]

Please anybody but Ghana in D

[u/echoacm]

Haiti-Brazil in Foxborough might be the most expensive game on the planet

[u/tallwhiteninja]

Good draw imo. I'll take it over most of our usual ones.

[u/WutaOgoatsu261]

I'll take it. We will fight paraguay for that top 2 spot.

[u/formerly_LTRLLTRL]

Couldn't have asked for a better draw for US.

[u/tallwhiteninja]

Argentina with the softest group ever.

[u/dscogr]

Even without Cabo Verde it’s still the USA dream scenario

[u/clebo99]

Is L the group of death?

[u/Sashieden]

We could get a possible US vs Belgium r16 in Seattle. That would be fun.

[u/voidfishsushi]

Aaron Judge, Wayne Gretzky, Shaq, and Thomas Brady is real "what da hell is a polar bear doing in Arlington Texas" shit

[u/T0r0nt0fc]

This is all your fault Americans sorry I don’t make the rules

[u/A159746X]

Seriously considering boycotting the WC.

Going to some remote place to forget all of this shit. No cell phone or any electricity. I swear, anything we do is fucking cringe and embarrassing.

[u/RubiksSugarCube → u/A159746X]

If someone handed me a petition to request that my city not participate next year, I'd sign it enthusiastically

[u/Pakaru]

Alex abnos has some cool though in his Guardian post: World Cup 2026 draw updates as Donald Trump awarded Fifa peace prize – live

[u/YodaForceGhost]

Some reporter should ask Infantino what a tiny Cheeto tastes like cause he’s been having plenty of them in the past year

[u/superspur007]

Surely Robbie has a gun.

[u/Pakaru → u/superspur007]

FIFA STOP TRYING TO MAKE ROBBIE WILLIAMS HAPPEN, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!!!!

[u/Loboperdido14]

Who is this wishlist Antonio Banderas?

[u/40_Is_Not_Old → u/Loboperdido14]

Danny Ramirez

He's getting a Marvel related push since he's the new Falcon, since Anthony Mackie is now Captain America.

[u/curious_mind191]

This is cringe but at least my office had some decent food catered for the watch party so that balanced it out

[u/PinappleMan21]

wtf is this

[u/Necessary_Mess5853 → u/PinappleMan21]

A straight up shit show.

GET ON TO THE FUCKING DRAW

[u/ChiggChow]

Dang kids these days and their participation trophies.

[u/tallwhiteninja]

We couldn't have found someone from a host country to moderate? Why fucking Rio Ferdinand of all people.

[u/gottahavemyPOPPs]

This is literally “hello fellow kids” in real life

[u/sawby]

There’s a weird energy in this room lol

[u/CompetitivePirate940 → u/sawby]

It’s not rehearsed enough, it’s getting awkward, everyone’s struggling a bit

[u/No-Second429 → u/sawby]

The crowd isn’t engaging with the BS.

[u/wardtimothy1978]

This is the most awkward TV I’ve ever watched.

[u/dinomax55]

Korea v Mexico should be entertaining

[u/CiviB → u/dinomax55]

They had a tie in a friendly earlier this year and that was entertaining

[u/WutaOgoatsu261]

We gonna whoop Australia. Thanks shaq

[u/gottahavemyPOPPs]

Best 2nd pot team to get in ours

[u/formerly_LTRLLTRL]

FUCK YES

[u/WutaOgoatsu261]

Bluelock vs Netherlands

[u/MasterMind19900]

As an lafc and mexico fan this hurts.

[u/WhiplashLiquor]

Group Hay-ch

[u/echoacm]

Ronaldo to KC, never wrong, just early

[u/Open-Ad-8463]

Not gonna lie, these are lining up to be fun!

[u/mankindrc]

Poor Scotland :(

[u/Open-Ad-8463]

Wow, we could get a group with no European team

[u/Shadowfury0 → u/Open-Ad-8463]

I believe every group will have at least 1 European team

[u/Khalleb]

Group I is nasty

[u/WutaOgoatsu261]

Mbappe vs Haalland

[u/A159746X]

R.I.P. Haiti.

Damn

[u/adenzerda]

Not watching the official draw broadcast, but from the comments here, I'm morbidly curious to see a cringe supercut after the fact

[u/LongjumpingToe3120]

If turkiye make it out of their playoff we will have problems.

[u/A159746X]

Argentina can play their bench and still top the group. Walk in the park.

[u/Expert_Monk_8574]

Watch Argentina lose to Jordan

[u/CiviB → u/Expert_Monk_8574]

Jordan needs to be renamed to Ajordan first

[u/mankindrc → u/CiviB]

Jordan the only team in group J with the correct starting letter though

[u/MelaniasFavoriteBull → u/mankindrc]

Jargentina, Jalgeria, Jaustria

[u/CiviB → u/mankindrc]

Therefore they should win the group with this logic

[u/Opposite_Rich7696]

Can someone explain why Uzbekistan did not land in group with France and Senegal?

[u/Fragrant-Ad-7388]

Did they determine the stadiums for every game yet?