Qatar’s Boualem Khoukhi stunned Switzerland with a late equaliser as the sides played out a 1-1 draw in their opening match at the World Cup on Saturday. A Breel Embolo penalty had broken the deadlock for Switzerland early in the first half in the San Francisco Bay Area, before the wasteful favourites were made to pay as Qatar earned their first ever point at a World Cup. Continue reading...
It was Morocco in 2022, Croatia in 2028 and Costa Rica in 2014. Which team will make an unexpected run in 2026? By WhoScored Every World Cup needs a dark horse: the team no nobody quite planned for that disrupts the natural order and is remembered more vividly than the finalists. Morocco did it in 2022 , beating Spain and Portugal on their way to becoming the first African side to reach the semi-…
Pulisic scores and assists in first half to break rotten run Sergiño Dest opens scoring just seven minutes in US final tune-up comes v Germany on 6 June in Chicago The dry spell is over. Christian Pulisic broke a nearly six-month period without a goal on Sunday, assisting on the US opener and scoring a lovely goal himself not long afterward to lead the US to a 3-2 victory against Senegal in Charl…
The US probably won’t start their A-team for both friendlies against Senegal and Germany, but the games are still opportunities to build momentum Sign up for the World Behind The Cup newsletter The 26-man squad has been confirmed. The disappointing emails and uplifting WhatsApp videos have been sent. And so, the US men’s national team’s World Cup campaign begins in earnest. Much about the co-host…
