Gerardo Martino siempre supo que su lista de 26 jugadores para el Mundial de Catar no iba a dejar a todos contentos y que se iba hablar más de los que quedarían fuera que de los nominados.
Y bueno, el entrenador argentino hizo todo lo posible para que eso pasara – aún teniendo tiempo para evitarlo –, al omitir de la convocatoria a Diego Lainez y Santiago Giménez, dos favoritos de la afición.
If you’re a casual American soccer fan that watches the World Cup and the occasional game, then this article is here to help. You might only know a handful of players so here is the list of the 10 best US soccer players that should play at the 2022 World Cup.
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To prepare you for the tournament, The18 has launched team-by-team previews for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. This is the preview for Group G's Switzerland.
World Cup appearances: 12th
Best finish: Quarterfinals (1934, 1938, 1954)
La selección de Arabia Saudita, rival de México en el Grupo C del Mundial, se vio forzada a retirar de su nómina para el torneo al delantero Fahad Al-Muwallad debido a un caso pendiente de dóping.
La telenovela de Al-Muwallad, quien jugó como titular en varios partidos de la clasificación de Arabia Saudita al Mundial, es larga.
America’s favorite fictional soccer coach is back at it again. Ever the motivator, we definitely should have seen this coming. Following the USMNT’s roster release, people have spotted billboards with heartwarming messages popping up across the country, and AFC Richmond’s mustachioed manager is the one behind it.
In the hometowns of players and coaches, on a classic yellow background akin to his famous “BELIEVE” sign, Ted Lasso has made his feelings known through the generous and kind words for which he has become so beloved.
Argentina and Brazil can breathe a sigh of relief after Lionel Messi and Neymar ended the last PSG game before the World Cup without a scratch.
Both stars played 75 minutes in a 5-0 rout of Auxerre before getting subbed off, and PSG coach Cristophe Galtier allowed them to abandon the game before the final whistle so they could travel and join their respective national teams.
A lot of people were left hurting by Ricardo Pepi's snub from the final 26-man USMNT World Cup roster.
The 19-year-old from El Paso, TX, is a hugely likable talent who came up clutch in qualifying with three goals, including the go-ahead strike on the road in Honduras and a brace against Jamaica. What worked against Pepi is that those three goals were all registered in back-to-back games over a year ago.
A sports director for a local Texas news station gave a hilarious tirade at United States men’s national team head coach Gregg Berhalter after Ricardo Pepi was snubbed from the World Cup roster.
On Wednesday Berhalter’s USA World Cup roster was revealed with the shocking exclusion of teenage striker Pepi. Instead, Haji Wright was selected. KTSM 9 News sports director Colin Deaver wasn’t having it at all.
Por más que pataleen sus seguidores, Javier Hernández no estará en el Mundial de Catar. Gerardo Martino lo dejó claro una y otra vez aunque nunca quiso ahondar demasiado en las razones detrás de su exclusión o el veto que tiene a Chicharito alejado de la selección desde 2019.
MADRID — Spain included Barcelona's Ansu Fati but left out Liverpool midfielder Thiago Alcantara, Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea and PSG defender Sergio Ramos from their 26-man World Cup squad on Friday.
Fati, now 20, made his international debut in 2020 at 17 and in his second game became the youngest player to score for Spain, breaking a record held since 1925 by Juan Errazquien.
But the forward is fighting his way back from four surgeries to repair an injury to his left knee, suffered in November 2020.