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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 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 14
In real life today, Germany and Sweden both had dominant performances. Germany came close to duplicating their effort on the tabletop, but Sweden fell short and settled for a tie with Tunisia. Ecuador reversed its real-life loss to Ivory Coast. Japan and Netherlands repeated their tie. Group E: Germany 3 (1-0-0, +3); Ecuador 3 (1-0-0,…
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2022 World Cup Quarterfinals
First, to set the stage, five of the eight actual quarterfinalists made it to this point in the replay. And, we ended up with two real-life quarterfinal matchups with Netherlands vs. Argentina and England vs. France. Brazil was the fifth team to also make it here. The quarterfinal results weren’t nearly as dramatic as the…
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2022 World Cup Round of 16
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2022 World Cup Group E
Like they did in real life, Japan managed to advance from a group that also contained heavyweights Germany and Spain. This time, however, it was the Germans that advanced (with a perfect record), while the Spaniards were sent home. Spain and Japan met in the group’s final match, with Spain needing a victory to move…
