U.S. World Cup Team Training Base (IRVINE, Calif.) — One storyline has dominated the buildup to the U.S. men’s national team’s second World Cup match against Australia on Friday. Specifically, one word. When both nations were drawn into Group D last December, former MLS player and current CBS analyst Mike Grella labeled the looming matchup…
Back in the heyday of their greatest moments, at the top of their game, South Americans birthed a saying in Spanish when talking about Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. But, for the sake of brevity, I will translate it. Ronaldo may be the best player in the world, but Messi? He’s from another planet. On Tuesday evening,…
Kylian Mbappé scored the 13th and 14th World Cup goals of his career Tuesday, moving the France forward past Pelé, Lionel Messi and countryman Just Fontaine and into a tie for third most in tournament history. He also set a scoring record for France’s national team. Mbappé first scored in the 66th minute of France’s…
Argentina opened its title defense the way the whole planet except Algeria hoped it would: through Lionel Messi. On his 200th cap, the captain scored three times in a 3-0 win over Algeria and drew level with Miroslav Klose as the all-time leading scorer in men’s World Cup history. Here are my takeaways from Argentina’s…
As Zlatan Ibrahimović said on FOX after Argentina’s win over Algeria, Tuesday was “a day full of stars, and they delivered.” Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland and Lionel Messi all scored multiple goals at the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday, with Messi becoming the oldest player in World Cup history to score a hat trick. It…
Wednesday marks the final day of the opening games at the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup and while it will be a tough act to follow Tuesday’s extravaganza, there will be plenty of star players who’ll do their best. Led by Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal hopes its game against the DR Congo will be the first…
U.S. World Cup Team Training Base (IRVINE, Calif.) — Although U.S. men’s national team forward Christian Pulisic participated in a “modified training” session on Monday after leaving last week’s 2026 FIFA World Cup-opening win over Paraguay with a sore calf, midfielder Tyler Adams insisted that Pulisic “will be ready” for the Americans’ second Group B…
Who could have seen that coming? Spain, the betting co-favorite to win the 2026 FIFA World Cup, opened its tournament with a scoreless draw against Cape Verde, which made its World Cup debut on Monday at Atlanta Stadium. Going into the match, Spain had -1500 odds to beat Cape Verde. There have been stunning upsets…
How do you describe what we saw in Atlanta? An inspiring performance? A powerhouse squad playing too one-dimensionally? Whichever way you want to call it, Cape Verde making its World Cup debut in the grandest of fashion by stalling mighty Spain will forever be remembered. Cape Verde, an archipelago nation off the coast of Africa…
Cape Verde delivered the biggest shock of the World Cup thus far after its draw against Spain in Atlanta on Monday. I’ve given my kudos to Cape Verde (an archipelago nation off the coast of Africa making its tournament debut), but now let’s focus on La Roja and what’s now at stake after this historically disappointing result…
