game 2 might be good, actually.... I'd hesitate befoe venturing that anything involving Mexican soccer these days is likely to be "good" in the classic footy sense. Anytime I catch Mexi-soc in a bar it's so dumb and dull
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c05yz1yr08mo The World Cup players who have had toughest seasons Virgil van Dijk will celebrate his 35th birthday during the knockout rounds, and his bones could be creaking if Netherlands are still in the World Cup at that stage. The Liverpool defender, who was not at the Club World Cup, played 5,661 minutes - a whole match more than the second player on this list, Brazil defender Pereira. Van Dijk started all 64 of his appearances for club and country. The two others in the top 10 not to come off the bench are both goalkeepers.
Endo- "As announced, I will be stepping away from the World Cup squad. Since my injury, I've done everything I possibly could up to this point, so I have no regrets whatsoever. "Of course, there's frustration at not being able to participate in this World Cup, but more than that, I'm proud of how we've grown together since the Qatar World Cup - me as captain, leading this team and turning our goal of 'winning the World Cup' into something we can say as a matter of course." "The current team is truly a wonderful team. I believe they will overcome any adversity and show us sights we've never seen before. "With this campaign, I will be retiring from the national team. So from here on, I'll be cheering for the Japan national team as one of the fans. The moment when the Japan national team wins the World Cup will surely come someday.
They gave the gold medals to Trump to hand out to the winning players. He was last seen heading to his car surrounded by his security guards.
Was a very entertaining game between South Korea and Czechs - Czechs went up 1 and Korea came back with 2. Czechs had an equalizer denied by a fine fine save. all goals in the second half - though Korea could have scored 2 in the first. poor attendance however in Guadalajara- maybe 80%.
Today's games: June 12, 2026 Group B - Canada v Bosnia - 3pm E - FOX Group D - USA v Paraguay - 9pm - FOX (3 hour pregame as well - WTF??)
Enthusiastic Canadian supporters are eagerly preparing for their team's first World Cup encounter this year.