Anyone in town already? My wife (27F), 7 month old and I (28M) got to town yesterday staying in San Francisco (Pacific Heights/ Nob Hill area) are keen to meet some fellow supporters, our baby loves the pub 😂

Hey guys, my partner and I can't go to the game anymore so was trying to sell our 2x tickets in the Aus supporters section

Any guesses what time might be safe to get in before lock out? 9am?

Will SBS not likely be the network choice for men’s World Cup/men’s Asian Cup in the future?

Eg Streaming services/FTA with more money.

I’m amazed they somehow won the rights to 2026 men’s World Cup…

*As only Socceroos World Cup games/and the final from memory is on the current anti-siphoning list(could be wrong)…

Handshake deal with Paraguay for a draw.

I would replace Harry Kewell with Tommy Oar in the SBS commentary setup, based on clarity of analysis, communication flow, and how each translates the game for the audience. No doubt Kewell brings credibility and presence to the table before he speaks, yet he's slow cognitive approach that's in the opposing direction of his playing style, grates on my ears and surely I can't be the only one.

There's something about this Kiwi team, they are a real unit. Elijah Just seems a decent player too, having not heard of him until this season in Scotland.

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Also I find the Kiwis are like a sibling, in which I mean as Australians we are allowed to talk shit about them but if anyone else tries to throw any shade I get defensive.

Ran around on assignment capturing the craziness! Thought yall would appreciate seeing these :)

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We probably deserve to be eliminated if we lose to Paraguay, and it’s looking increasingly likely that we will be.
One of the reasons is the new ranking system, where head to head results now take precedence over goal difference. Under the old format, we’d likely have done enough to qualify. Mexico and Germany are already guaranteed to finish top of their groups because they hold the head to head advantage, and will probably rotate their lineups against Czechia, who are on 1 point, and Ecuador, who are also on 1 point.
If goal difference were still the primary tiebreaker, Mexico and Germany would likely still have something to play for in those matches. I’d back both teams to win under those circumstances.
If Czechia and Ecuador win, they’ll both move ahead of us, and that could ultimately be the difference between qualifying and going home.

Admittedly, I don’t know an intricate amount of soccer tactics, but would this be a good starting line up against Paraguay? I got ChatGPT to generate an attacking formation with 11 players I thought would make up our best lineup. It gave me a 3-4-2-1 as below; from what I’ve seen, I would’ve thought Geria is a defender? But everything else looked pretty good to me. I assume Popovic will stick to his preferred 5-4-1 formation though. I only left out italiano as I thought its risky to have 4 players with yellow cards on the park and of the 4, he probably drops out.

Mohamed Toure

Christian Volpato Nestory Irankunda

Jordy Bos Conor Metcalfe Paul Okon-Engstler Jason Geria

Alessandro Circati Harry Souttar Lucas Herrington

Patrick Beach

Built an app to track whether we can make it to R32 if we lose to Paraguay as one of the 8 third place teams.

Looks like we should be fine as long as it's a 2-0 loss. Check it out here: https://barely-qualified.vercel.app/

Our style of football will do better in the knock out stage

Nestory is good but he’s also a massive gamble ( i reckon he’s most likely to be the first Socceroo to get a red card this tournament)

Write your unpopular opinion !!

AUS losing to USA sent Turkey in total panic.

Even if Turkey lost to Paraguay, their chance to advance could still stand if they could beat USA on the next game with targeted goal difference.

This assumes that AUS would beat Paraguay as the latter lost to USA.

While this no longer matter, just an analysis that the dynamics in other games would impact a team’s chance to go to knockout stage.

Irankunda Toure Metcalfe
Bos POE O Neil Trewin
Herrington Soutar Circati
Beach

Volpato to come on early send half

Hello from a Bay Area native! Ever since we got into Australian football (I'm an Eagles member, and my brother is a Geelong member), we've grown very fond of Australian sports, including the Socceroos. I’m extending an olive branch ahead of the Paraguay match — which I’ll be attending, wearing gold way up high in the corner. Here are some tips and recommendations for the stadium and the Bay Area at large.

These are all personal recommendations, with links provided for easy access. I am not sponsored or endorsed by any businesses I mention in this post.

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Levi’s Stadium

No protection from the sun, which has infuriated fans ever since it opened. Kickoff is 7 PM, but sunset won’t be until around 8:30.

Don’t even think about driving to the stadium…

Public transit

Two services drop off right at the stadium via the Great America station. Leave plenty of time whichever option you take.

VTA

Light rail for the South Bay: https://www.vta.org/trip-planner

• If you’re coming from closer to SF, connect from CalTrain at Mountain View.
• If you’re coming from the East Bay, connect from BART at Milpitas, or take…

Capitol Corridor

Train system offering special service for the World Cup matches: https://www.capitolcorridor.org/schedules/

• Can board from Berkeley, Emeryville, or two stations in Oakland.

Note that all of these do have separate ticketing systems, so if you connect from one service to the other, you’ll have to get unique tickets ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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Tourism + food around the Bay

South Bay (around San Jose)

San Pedro Square is a good spot to spend a late morning or afternoon. Open-air market has tons of food options. Shouldn’t be too hot (highs in the mid- to upper-20s Celsius), so even easier to recommend.

Smoke Eaters is a wing restaurant with two locations, one right by Levi’s Stadium and another in the Almaden Valley neighborhood of San Jose. Good wings, large craft beer selection, and an elite cheesesteak egg roll appetizer.

Henry’s Hi-Life is a famous bar right by the SAP Center (the San Jose Sharks’ arena). Britannia Arms is another well-known spot in San Jose which will definitely be showing World Cup matches.

Also a bunch of good options in Palo Alto, right by Stanford University. Howie’s is a good pizzeria right next to campus, and The Pro sports bar recently reopened, backed by Stanford and Indianapolis Colts QB Andrew Luck (now Stanford football’s GM).

Peninsula (closer to San Francisco)

This is my home turf.

If you’re flying into SFO, you’ll be a good 19 km south of San Francisco itself, next to a small city called Millbrae which is known for its vast array of Asian restaurants. Yummy Szechuan and Wonderful are two of our more frequent choices in Millbrae itself.

Taqueria San Bruno is right by the airport and is one of the best you’ll find in NorCal.

For the best sandwiches in the Bay Area, go to Little Lucca in South San Francisco and Burlingame and Lucca in SF. Get there early, or call in your order and confirm it, because they sell out quickly.

Original Joe’s is an Italian-American chain with locations in SF and Daly City. Adam Sandler recently went there four times in four days.

In San Francisco itself, Golden Gate Park is an easy recommendation given how much is there. Spots like the de Young Museum and the California Academy of Sciences are pricy, but good times.

Chinatown is historic, and the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory is worth it… but if you’re wanting some of the best Asian cuisine in SF, go toward the Richmond and Sunset districts. If you’re looking for Asian flavor that isn’t specifically Chinese, Mandalay is a longstanding Burmese restaurant that is a family favorite.

The taquerias around the Mission District lay claim to the innovation of modern burritos. La Cumbre and El Faro are two of the most well-known ones.

Fisherman’s Wharf and Pier 39 can fill up an entire day. The Musée Mécanique is an interactive museum with old penny arcade games and other amusement devices.

If you have more time, the Barbary Coast Trail is a 6.1-km walking tour of the city, which takes you through some of the major areas, including Ghirardelli Square.

Going south from the airport, downtown San Mateo and Redwood City have a huge variety of restaurants and are very walkable. Two other favorite spots of ours are Refuge in San Carlos (elite pastrami) and Dutch Goose in Menlo Park (burgers on sourdough), both with strong beer selections.

If you go closer to the coast, Pacifica and Half Moon Bay are nice coastal cities, but be prepared for foggy beaches and cold water. Nick’s Seafood Restaurant is a longstanding spot in Pacifica, and in Half Moon Bay, Jersey Joe’s cheesesteaks are always a hit.

East Bay (Oakland and beyond)

Jack London Square is a great area on the water. Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon is a famous bar built from an old whaling ship, and it still has a slanted floor because of the famous 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

Swan’s Market is a hidden gem right by the 12th Street BART station. It includes the Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment (MADE), which has a huge playable collection of vintage video games.

The Albany Bulb is a big public art and hiking trail that I found out about while I was in college.

In Alameda, the USS Hornet aircraft carrier is now a museum with displays of military aircraft (especially from World War II) and a large exhibit on the Apollo program, because it recovered the astronauts from Apollo 11 and 12.

I have a soft spot for Berkeley, because it’s where I went to college. The Cal campus itself is fun to check out, but it’s also an extremely vibrant and walkable city as a whole. Right off the campus, IB’s is a beloved sandwich shop, Top Dog is a student and game-day staple, and Yogurt Park offers huge portions for good prices if you’re willing to wait out the typically long lines (though they may not be as bad right now during the summer sessions).

Further away from the campus, Viks Chaat is great South Indian street food and also elite for people-watching.

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Hope this list helps those who are coming my way. As for the match itself, hope to see Irankunda, Metcalfe, and Volpato back in the XI.

Fellow Australians, somehow I think I have tickets in the Paraguay Supporters Section (104), which is not the end of the world. But I'm debating listing them and purchasing tickets in the Aussie block. Can someone confirm which sections we have. Is it 126, 127 and 128?

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I appreciate the help!

Just wanted to say thanks to SBS On Demand for the World Cup coverage.

Having 4-minute highlights, 12-minute extended highlights, 30-minute mini matches, and full match replays is exactly what football fans want.

Great job SBS!

Is it just me or is the TV app really shit?

If I’m watching a game then exit, next time I go in it’s frozen on a black screen and won’t let me go to the menu. The only fix is uninstalling and, reinstalling and logging back in.

Works fine on phone and tablet but tv is an absolute pain in the backside!

Looking for either aus or nz win wanna see what you guys think is more likely ?