Building a hardcore football simulator in React (and failing to win my own game) (opens in new tab)

I've always found commercial soccer draft games to be a bit too easy and forgiving. You just click some shiny cards and eventually win. So for my recent side project, I decided to build something much more punishing. The idea was simple: You must win 7 consecutive matches to lift the World Cup, using randomly drafted squads based on real FC 24 player stats. The Tech Stack I wanted to keep it lightweight, so I went with pure React + Vite. No heavy state management libraries, just good old Reac...