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2026 World Cup: June 25
The United States was unable to win its group on home soil. An 88th-minute goal was only enough to rescue a 1-1 tie with Turkey, leaving Turkey first in the group and the USA second. Germany beat Ecuador 1-0 in a winner-take-all match to claim the group E title. Ivory Coast defeated Curacao to give…
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2026 World Cup: June 24
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2026 World Cup: June 23
Wins by Portugal and England set up winner-take-all matches for first place in Groups K and L, respectively. In the third and final match of group play, Portugal-Colombia and England-Panama will decide their groups. Portugal beat Uzbekistan 3-1 and England edged Ghana 1-0, while Croatia and Panama (0-0) and Colombia and Congo (1-1) ended in…
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2026 World Cup: June 22
Argentina clinched Group J with a Lionel Messi brace and a 3-1 win over Austria. Algeria edged Jordan 1-0 on an 89th-minute goal, setting up a battle for second place between Austria and Algeria in the group finale. France picked up its first win, 4-0 over Iraq, with Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele both posting…
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2026 World Cup: June 21
What is happening with Spain?! After a scoreless draw against Cape Verde, the real-life World Cup winners suffered a shock 1-0 loss to Saudi Arabia. Spain must get a positive result against unbeaten Uruguay in their final match, or they won’t advance out of the group stage. Uruguay went top of the group with a…
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2026 World Cup: June 20
Germany and Netherlands posted second-half comebacks to record important victories. Ecuador also stayed unbeaten in Group E to set up a winner-take-all match with Germany. Germany trailed Ivory Coast 2-1 late but scored in the 85th and 89th minutes for the win. Netherlands was down 1-0 at halftime but scored three second-half goals against Sweden…
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2026 World Cup: June 19
The United States suffered a costly draw after giving up a late equalizer to Australia. They’re still likely to advance and can still win the group, but they’ll have to beat Turkey, which sits atop the group with a pair of wins after defeating Paraguay. Scotland parked the bus and was able to eke out…
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2026 World Cup: June 18
As the Group A and B teams took to the pitch for the second time, South Africa’s Teboho Mokoena and Canada’s Jonathan David recorded hat tricks to lead their teams to victory. Switzerland vs. Bosnia & Herzegovina was the single match that I attended at the 2026 World Cup. Switzerland couldn’t pull off the exciting…
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2026 World Cup: June 17
The final gameday of the first round of play at the 2026 World Cup replay had some exciting finishes, with Portugal scoring two late goals to beat Congo 3-1, and Colombia rallying from a 2-0 deficit to beat Uzbekistan 3-2. Not as exciting was a 0-0 draw between England and Croatia. Panama flipped its real-life…
