Just like we saw with England and their rout of Iran it’s not going to be odd to see people jumping to put Spain as a candidate to win it all after their impressive win against Costa Rica. There’s an argument to be made that with Spain’s display on the field there were literally no […]
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Despite the fact that he was not a regular at Man City throughout his tenure there Zack Steffen seemed to be the chosen goalkeeper by Gregg Berhalter to stand between the sticks for the USA in the team’s return to the World Cup. He played virtually every single game with the team since this new
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The US seemed to have a leg up over Mexico when it came to recruiting this generation of Mexican-American talents. However, when Gregg Berhalter announced his 26-man roster for the World Cup we found out that virtually none of the highly sought after prospects of Mexican descent had made the list for either country. This
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Number designations came down today for the Mexican National team. We’re looking at some of the usuals like Ochoa, and his lucky #13. Hector Moreno took his usual number 15, and Guardado will be sporting number 18 like he has his entire career with the national team. Hector Herrera has decided to take his regular
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Mexico is going to be one of the few teams that’s going to be playing a final tune up game ahead of the World Cup. Most teams, particularly the ones that are going to see action in the earliest days of the tournament, have opted to forgo any tune up games, and instead just stick
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Sadly on the eve of every World Cup we get news about injuries from top players whom we hoped could’ve been stars at the tournament. Marco Reus is once again injured prior to a World Cup so the German will seemingly never be able to experience the tournament with Germany. In 2018, Mo Salah came
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Heung-min Son is without a doubt the best South Korean player of his generation. The problem for the long-time Tottenham man is that he hasn’t had a lot of help on his teams during his tenure with the Korean national team. Although the current squad features quite a few players playing their club football at
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The long-awaited 2022 World Cup is just 10 days away, and the controversy surrounding the tournament in Qatar is reaching a boiling point, many topics regarding different issues such as corruption scandals, discrimination, slave labour, to name a few, keep piling at FIFA headquarters. One of the most severe concerns involves the players’ fitness, whom
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With a very strong roster, Portugal is making their 8th World Cup appearance, A Seleção’s best result in the international joust was back in 1966, when led by football legend Eusebio, they’ve finished 3rd place. Since then, Portugal made it once again to the semifinals in 2006, but haven’t made it further than ‘last 16’
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The ‘Black Stars’ will be making their 4th World Cup appearance. Ghana, has a good record on the international competition, as they’ve made it out of the group in 2 of their 3 last appearances, and they reached the Quarter Finals in 2010, making them only the 3rd African National Team to do so. The
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