Group Stages Are Complete: Gold Cup Preview

The CONCACAF Gold Cup qualifiers are finally wrapped up, and it’s time to move on to the main event: the tournament itself. The Gold Cup in its current format has only been won by three countries — Mexico, United States, and Canada — but there’s a big opportunity for some underdog stories this year. Fresh … Read more

Best World Cup U21 Players on Every Team: Group F

Group F of the World Cup has some of the most interesting teams in the whole tournament. Croatia reached the final in 2018, losing to France after an impressive run. That same year, Belgium finished third, narrowly losing to France in the semi-finals. Both nations will depend on a young core this tournament, with several … Read more

The 2022 World Cup Draw is Complete: Part Two

It’s hard to believe that it’s been four years since the last World Cup, but it’s just a matter of time before the 2022 edition kicks off. While some nations remember the 2018 tournament fondly, others aim to build on forgettable tournaments—Spain and Germany, among others. But who will they play, and what are their … Read more

Sweden Will Challenge Canada For Soccer Olympic Gold

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The Gold and Bronze medal matches have been confirmed, and there are some surprising results–the United States failure to reach the final among them. Ranked first in the world according to FIFA, the United States struggled early in the tournament but thought their troubles were behind them after beating the Netherlands in the quarterfinals. Up … Read more

Going For Gold: The Women’s Olympic Group Stages Are Complete

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If you missed my article yesterday, I reviewed the men’s Olympic Group Stages. Here is my analysis of the women’s Olympic Group Stage: Group A Technically the Olympics list this as Group E (a continuation of the men’s, I guess?) but that makes no sense. Great Britain topped the group with seven points, finishing as … Read more

CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying: Round Two

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Even though the 2020 Euros are just getting started, football’s premier competition, the World Cup, is just a year away. Because of a changed schedule that involved ditching many friendlies that could have improved national rankings, the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football, or CONCACAF, were forced to completely rethink how these … Read more

Analysis: North American World Cup Qualifying (Part 1 of 2)

Alphonso Davies

In just one month, World Cup qualifying in North America will begin – but it won’t look like it used to. The format has changed. Originally, only the top six teams in North America (as of July) would advance. Those rankings would go up or down according to how well (or poorly) teams did in … Read more

The CONCACAF Quarter-Finals

It was an exciting week of action for CONCACAF, so when the Quarter-finals rolled around we knew we were in for a treat. Here were my predictions, and here’s what happened: Haiti 3-2 Canada When Lucas Cavallini put in a goal in just the 28th minute, it seemed Canada had won. Canada now had a … Read more

Weekly Wrap-Up

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A lot of things happened this week in soccer, so this should give you a pretty good idea of what has been going on in the soccer world… Women’s World Cup Quarter-finals After Lucy Bronze’s England team beat Norway 3-0 and Megan Rapinoe scored another brace that gave USA a 2-1 win over France, the … Read more

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