Would You Rather: Club Win Champions League, or Country Win World Cup?

By: Daryl | October 20th, 2009

Just over a week ago, I gave everyone two hypothetical options. Option A: Your club wins the league title. Option B: Your country wins the World Cup. Club vs country. The most popular answer by far was “country” and winning the World Cup. The second most popular answer was “country, but if you’d said Champions League instead of league then maybe things would be different.” So… no prizes for guessing which question I’m about to ask. I’m going to do it properly this time.

You have two options to choose from:

Option A: Your club wins the Champions League (or continental equivalent, like Copa Libertadores)
Option B: Your country wins the World Cup.

Doesn’t matter if your club or country is unlikely to win either trophy in reality. Just imagine it’s possible. So if you could choose one or the other (you can’t choose both) then would you rather your club wins the Champions League or your country wins the World Cup?

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Namu

I think Marshall is completely mentally disabled...
Thomas

Also, I think a good one of these would be whether or not you like Jose Mourinho
Chris

Just realized I never answered a would you rather with that...

Since they're all rather equally unlikely, I'd say the US winning a World Cup would just about make my soccer life. I'd try my hardest to get to a game if Chicago were playing for the CONCACAF Champions League trophy, and if Fulham EVER play in the UEFA Champions League, I will die.
Chris

My favorite European club is Fulham. So... the chances of Fulham winning the Champions League are about as good as the chances of the US winning a World Cup in the next three cycles.

Now, my favorite American team, Chicago, stands a much better chance of winning the CONCACAF Champions League than Fulham or the US. Still remote, but hey, if they ever get into the knockout stages anything can happen. Am I allowed to cheat like that?
Zapata

No doubt, I would prefer that Zürich wins the CHL and not Switzerland the WC.
Ryan McManus

I like Celtic, Hoffenheim, Wolfsburg, Getafe, Sevilla, Roma, Genoa, Arsenal, Bordeaux, and last and currently least Real Madrid. I don't know if I could be considered a complete Madridista, but I just have to go against the grain when everyone is so pro-Barca and anti-Madrid.
MoMONEY

WORLD CUP! NO DOUBT! ALL FOOTBALLERS WILL SAY THE SAME THING TOO. sorry for the caps im too lazy to go back and change it
Thomas

Oh, this is tough. Since I've seen France win the world cup, I'm going with a PSG champions league. By the way, everyone seems to be answering the country thing based on their country of origin. I am not French, but I simply cannot imagine supporting another national team. Am I doing this wrong?
Ahmed

Country, no doubt. With clubs, there's always next year, but with country, you don't get to see your favorite players as often compete on the highest level of football. So Champions League victories can wait, but football glories for the country can't be matched.
Matteo

Roma winning the Champions'. I've seen my national teams (as a Brazilian Italian) with 3 WCs in recent years :).
Mike Diamente

United States winning the world cup over AC Milan winning the Champions League...
other Al

Mexico winning the World Cup.

I love Atleti but I'd rather see my nation rejoice and be happy.
Lowe

I would have to take the US winning the WC over Newcastle winning the CL. Could give a rat's ass about what anyone else says about the Americans winning the world cup- I want to see it. As for Newcastle, well, I will just go off into a corner and cry some more. And leave it at that.
Ian

World Cup, without a doubt. Plus, if Caley Thistle won the Champions League, I'd start looking for it raining frogs and locusts. The end would surely be nigh.
Al

OOOH- tough question. Being that Italia just won, and will win again in the future and that it has not happened in FOREVER I would have to say Fiorentina in Champs league

<<looks over his shoulder to make sure the FSM is not about to smack him with FSM's noodly appendage... .
Cerberus

I'm going country. Denmark winning the WC over FC Midtjylland winning the CCL, but mostly because I would fear for the stability of the space-time continuum if such an unlikely scenario as the latter occurred. I mean, they haven't yet made it to the group stages of the UEFA Cup and they're going to knock out the likes of Barcelona and Manchester United? Uh uh.
Dave Trotter

For the US, a World Cup win of course.

For France, I would like to see their clubs go deep in the CL, including the finals. France has already proven themselves with appearing in two of the last three WC finals.

But for Ligue 1 to grow in popularity, they need to do better in European play. Lyon's win yesterday will help move toward that goal.
cap123

tbh the way we've come so close to the champions league the last two seasons i would almost say chelsea over england. however, three lions does win over in the end, i've dreamnt of it since i was a kid :'(
rosay

italy winnin its fifth trophy, over milan winnin champs league
Kuduzela

The Kuduzela is made from injected plastic into metal molds, the design of the Kuduzela is one thing that stays, but the colors are another thing and it can be very different from one to another.The best Kuduzelas are the ones with the official World Cup colors, but you can find the teams Kuduzela’s and the national flags Kuduzela’s.
Yusoff

i am from singapore and by current standards world cup will never happen...least not in this lifetime lol
tom

world cup without a doubt.
i'd even let my team (who i have maybe missed watching ten games in the last five years) get relegated to see my country win the world cup.
Jose

"USA winning the World Cup. cause it would piss off sepp blatter"

I'd think FIFA would absolutely be licking their lips at the potential marketing revenues that could be produced after the USA win a World Cup.

"I have a sneaking suspicion that the USA winning the World Cup might not exactly be the best thing yet."

But, like Ryan said, winning the World Cup at this stage could actually backfire for soccer in the United States... if you think American sports fans thought little of soccer, wait until the USA "conquers the world" in a sport that they couldn't care less about and that the rest of the world dies over. But that's a discussion for another day!

And in the opposite vein as Bruno (with Brazil and Brazilian Club Y)... Barca could reasonably win the Champions League any year, so definitely the World Cup!
Jacek

For sure World Cup.... If you ask players themselves I believe 100% would also answer World Cup?
Bruno Romani

Copa Libertadores, for sure.
Daryl

Who's your club Ryan?
Ryan McManus

Club win Champions League. I have a sneaking suspicion that the USA winning the World Cup might not exactly be the best thing yet.
Marlon

My club has a better chance of winning the UEFA Cup right now and my country will rejoice if we make it to the knockout stage. Both of these scenarios are too unfathomable for me to choose one. My imagination is broken. I'll have to pass, Daryl.
elle

USA winning the World Cup. cause it would piss off sepp blatter, platini and many europeans to no end and is also super unlikely to happen. also, i've already seen United win the champions league.
Marshall

I'd take Korea winning the WC over Daejeon Citizen taking the Asian CL any day. Parades throughout the country, yo! I konw you are asking from an emotional perspective only, but I wouldn't mind Valencia winning the CL next year and use some of the prize money to pay off that big debt :-)

I appreciate how you (Daryl) looked thru the comments and made changes to the debate.