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Originally Posted by Bagor
That's what people were expecting/hoping in 1994.
Ireland in 1994 had games over 1600km apart in New York and Orlando. Meanwhile Argentina had two games up the road in Foxboro and a third in Dallas.
Geographically it's a nightmare to try and follow a team.
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I remember Ireland got screwed because they were in Italy's group and the geography was catered to them. If Ireland had gotten another group it might be been better. They really wanted the Irish in Boston but that ended up being Group D.
Italy's first 3 games were New York, Washington, New York
Ireland's were New York, Orlando, New York
That was dumb, why stick an Orlando game in that group. Then Ireland finished 2nd and had to go back to Orlando.
Italy finished 3rd in the group and just went to Boston. They really could have gone anywhere as a wildcard. They got lucky.