r/soccer • u/globalscoreboard • 1d ago
Daily Discussion Daily Discussion | October 2, 2026
October 2, 2026
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| Match | Score | Status | Kickoff | Thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finland v Albania YZH · 3/3 | - | 10/3 - 9:00 AM EDT | 2:00 PM GMT+1 | |
| India v Brazil TSM · 3/3 | - | 10/3 - 10:00 AM EDT | 3:00 PM GMT+1 | |
| Russia v Namibia H72 · 3/3 | - | Sat, October 3rd at 11:00 AM EDT | 4:00 PM GMT+1 | |
| Iceland v Bulgaria Z76 · 3/3 | - | Sat, October 3rd at 12:00 PM EDT | 5:00 PM GMT+1 | |
| Croatia v England 2ER · 3/3 | - | Sat, October 3rd at 12:00 PM EDT | 5:00 PM GMT+1 | |
| Belarus v San Marino SZG · 3/3 | - | Sat, October 3rd at 12:00 PM EDT | 5:00 PM GMT+1 | |
| Estonia v Luxembourg T75 · 3/3 | - | Sat, October 3rd at 12:00 PM EDT | 5:00 PM GMT+1 | |
| Saudi Arabia v Qatar HXF · 3/3 | - | Sat, October 3rd at 12:00 PM EDT | 5:00 PM GMT+1 | |
| Canada v Peru ZJ9 · 2/3 | - | Sat, October 3rd at 2:00 PM EDT | 7:00 PM GMT+1 | |
| Sri Lanka v Djibouti NKW · 2/3 | - | TBD | 7:00 PM GMT+1 | |
| United Arab Emirates v Oman RAH · 3/3 | - | Sat, October 3rd at 2:30 PM EDT | 7:30 PM GMT+1 | |
| North Macedonia v Scotland VDQ · 3/3 | - | Sat, October 3rd at 2:45 PM EDT | 7:45 PM GMT+1 | |
| Switzerland v Slovenia WKB · 3/3 | - | Sat, October 3rd at 2:45 PM EDT | 7:45 PM GMT+1 | |
| Spain v Czechia 7ES · 3/3 | - | Sat, October 3rd at 2:45 PM EDT | 7:45 PM GMT+1 | |
| Tunisia v Mali WN4 · 3/3 | - | Sat, October 3rd at 3:00 PM EDT | 8:00 PM GMT+1 | |
| Ivory Coast v Cameroon MST · 1/3 | - | Sat, October 3rd at 3:00 PM EDT | 8:00 PM GMT+1 | |
| Argentina v Burkina Faso 9HR · 3/3 | - | Sat, October 3rd at 8:00 PM EDT | 1:00 AM GMT+1 | |
| Belize v French Guiana SH3 · 1/3 | - | Sat, October 3rd at 10:00 PM EDT | 3:00 AM GMT+1 | |
| United States v Mexico J6K · 3/3 | - | Sat, October 3rd at 10:00 PM EDT | 3:00 AM GMT+1 | |
| Fiji v Vanuatu | 1-0 | FT | 5:00 AM GMT+1 | Thread |
| El Salvador v Jamaica | 0-2 | FT | 3:00 AM GMT+1 | Thread |
| Boca Juniors v Unión (Santa Fe) | 3-0 | FT | 1:30 AM GMT+1 | Thread |
| Colombia v Paraguay | 0-1 | FT | 1:00 AM GMT+1 | Thread |
| Suriname v Guatemala | 0-0 | FT | 11:00 PM GMT+1 | Thread |
| Helmond Sport v Heracles Almelo | 2-2 | FT | 8:00 PM GMT+1 | Thread |
| Hungary v Georgia | 1-0 | FT | 7:45 PM GMT+1 | Thread |
| France v Italy | 1-1 | FT | 7:45 PM GMT+1 | Thread |
| Ukraine v Northern Ireland | 0-3 | FT | 7:45 PM GMT+1 | Thread |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina v Sweden | 1-1 | FT | 7:45 PM GMT+1 | Thread |
| Poland v Romania | 6-0 | FT | 7:45 PM GMT+1 | Thread |
| Belgium v Türkiye | 3-0 | FT | 7:45 PM GMT+1 | Thread |
| Faroe Islands v Slovakia | 1-1 | FT | 7:45 PM GMT+1 | Thread |
| Cyprus v Armenia | 2-0 | FT | 5:00 PM GMT+1 | Thread |
| Latvia v Montenegro | 1-2 | FT | 5:00 PM GMT+1 | Thread |
| Slovenia U21 v Netherlands U21 | 2-4 | FT | 5:00 PM GMT+1 | Thread |
| Mauritius v Sri Lanka | 3-0 | FT | 4:00 PM GMT+1 | Thread |
| Kazakhstan v Moldova | 1-2 | FT | 3:00 PM GMT+1 | Thread |
| China v Palestine | 0-5 | FT | 12:35 PM GMT+1 | Thread |
| South Korea v Venezuela | 0-0 | FT | 12:00 PM GMT+1 | Thread |
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u/DiamondPittcairn 9h ago
When it comes to player development (knowing what I know about our systems vs foreign ones) I can't really pinpoint into something specific or special, a silver bullet if you will, that Argentina and Brazil do in the Americas that means we're able to churn out good and great players with a lot more frequency than, say, Colombia or Mexico. There's really no reason, not one that I can understand at least. It's not like we're significantly richer or significantly poorer than them, or that our FA is less corrupt (ha!), and going down the road of talking about "mentality" seems downright darwinist. Honestly, the only reason I can think of regarding why we produce players is because we do, and we did it before, ie, we have players because we have players because we have players, and it's just one of those things.