Spain beat Argentina 1-0 in extra time to win the 2026 World Cup, with Ferran Torres burying the winner in the 106th minute at MetLife Stadium. It was Spain's second title in program history, their first since 2010, and it extended their unbeaten run to 38 matches dating back through their 2024 European Championship win. Argentina, the defending champs, never managed a shot on target across 120 minutes.
That kind of result usually settles the room. It didn't. Barstool's own soccer skeptics spent final week making it clear the sport still has to earn them, and the loudest pushback came from Brandon Walker, who didn't hold back on the Argentina side of the bracket.
“Watching Argentina play soccer made my dick hole itch! It was awful! They’re bullies, they’re assholes, they’re floppers, they’re divas” -BFW on Mostly Sports https://t.co/GqvSgEM7ZK
So the final wasn't converting everybody. But somewhere in the building, Arian Foster was having the opposite reaction. His Macrodosing co-hosts noticed, and they haven't let it go since — needling him days later about turning into the exact kind of soccer guy he never used to be.
If Arian could become a fan of soccer because of the World Cup final, he may just become the ultimate soccer guy after this https://t.co/Ny78zHvfYh
Two days after that, they were still on it. "Ball knower Arian" isn't a bit that dies quickly on a podcast — it's the kind of nickname that sticks around for a season once someone earns it, and Foster earned his the hard way, by actually watching the sport he used to shrug off.
It's a small bit, but it's a real signal of how far this World Cup's reach went. The streets of Barcelona were still packed with fans days after the final whistle, and even inside a company that built half its sports content on ribbing soccer, converts kept showing up. Whether Foster stays a soccer guy past this news cycle is a different question, but for now, the ball knower nickname is holding.