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SEATTLE — Basking the glory of a crucial World Cup qualifying win in front of a huge home crowd in America’s best soccer city in 2013, then-U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati vowed that the USA’s men’s national team would schedule more important games. “We’d do that again, sure,” a smiling Gulati said moments after…
Jonathan David scored three goals and Canada won its first World Cup match while all but securing a spot in the knockout round with a 6-0 victory over Qatar on Thursday. Qatar was reduced to nine players because of red cards in the chaotic match. Assim Madibo was handed a red early in the second…
At long last, Canada has won a World Cup game. In its eighth attempt across three tournaments, Canada was lifted by Jonathan David’s hat trick in a comfortable 6-0 win over Qatar in Vancouver, moving to the top of Group B with four points from its first two matches at the 2026 FIFA Men’s World…
“Bear Bets” are real wagers that Chris “The Bear” Fallica is actually making. It’s time to see if the USA is really a contender in this World Cup, or if that opening dominance against Paraguay was all a facade. Here’s what I’m eyeing for Match Day 9. This page may contain affiliate links to legal…
Switzerland needed a response after limping to a draw with Qatar, and it delivered an emphatic one in the second outing. In the teams’ second match of the 2026 World Cup on Thursday, a 4-1 dismantling of Bosnia and Herzegovina — lit up by 20-year-old Johan Manzambi — pushed Murat Yakin’s side to the brink…
SEATTLE, Wash. – There’s no sugarcoating it: Cristian Roldan is eager to get on the field when the U.S. men’s national team faces Australia in its second World Cup match on Friday. That’s because Roldan has played his entire professional career here for the Seattle Sounders since 2015, and before that, played two seasons at…
After the U.S. men’s national team’s dominant 4-1 win over Paraguay in its opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, all eyes have shifted to its second Group D game. The U.S. will face Australia on Friday, June 19 on FOX at 3 p.m. ET (stream on FOX One). The winner of this match…
From ageless wonders to breakout stars, the first week of the World Cup provided some outstanding performances. We’re to highlight, position by position, players who deserve some recognition after each of the 48 teams in the tournament have played a game. Matteo’s Top Performers Going with a 4-4-2 formation, there are plenty of recognizable names…
Co-hosts Canada face off against Qatar in their second Group B match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup on June 18, 2026, at BC Place Vancouver on FS1. Canada and Qatar were the only two teams to finish with zero points at the 2022 World Cup, and both took a point from this year’s opener….
For the second time in as many 2026 World Cup games, I expect the USA will have the majority of possession on Friday against Australia. The looks that the team will see, though, will be very different. The way Australia will defend the USA will be very different compared with Paraguay. It will be up…
