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By: Guadalupe Muñoa Ocampo After 36 years away, Canada made it to the World Cup for a second time! They unfortunately lost all three of their group stage matches during their first appearance in Mexico 1986, but they arrived in Qatar hoping history would change; this year, they qualified as the best team in CONCACAF,... Continue Reading →
By: Guadalupe Muñoa Ocampo After Yugoslavia’s division in 1991, Croatia was reborn as an independent country. No time was wasted in the creation of a new soccer team that debuted in the World Cup in France 1998. Croatia currently claims 37-year-old star Luka Modric, who won the Ballon d'Or in 2018. As finalists four years... Continue Reading →
By: Guadalupe Muñoa Ocampo The Danish Dynamite haven't played in many World Cups, but they arrived in Qatar expecting to make some noise as a young, competitive team seeking a return to glory during their sixth appearance. They played alongside France, Tunisia, and Australia in Group D, looking to prove that their success at the... Continue Reading →
By: Guadalupe Muñoa Ocampo The Red Devils easily led their Euro Cup group with no defeats, earning themselves a direct ticket to the 2022 World Cup. They arrived in Qatar in high spirits, motivated to excel by their recent incredible performance. Even with a golden generation of stars, they haven’t managed to bring home a... Continue Reading →
By: Mari León Qatar 2022 is the Japanese men's national soccer team's seventh consecutive World Cup appearance. Interestingly enough, the Samurai hadn’t been to any World Cup prior to 1998. This time around, they had to win at least second place in the Asian Cup, doing so behind Saudi Arabia. Japan (Nippon/Nihon in Japanese, spelled... Continue Reading →
By: Wenses Salomón Pool Albornoz The South Korean men's national team is also called the "Taegeuk Warriors" or "Red Devils” — a reference to their red uniform. They’ve qualified for nine World Cups so far. According to an old country legend, in the times of the Three Kingdoms of Korea (Korio, Baekje, and Silla), a... Continue Reading →
By: Scott Armstrong Have you ever seen the Christmas movie, The Polar Express? It was a mainstay in our household when our kids were little, and we still watch it most years when December comes. Without giving away the whole plot, there’s a seemingly peripheral character who has a few scenes that are hard to... Continue Reading →
By: Mari León Australia has a soccer team that grows more and more talented by the day, despite having only participated in 5 World Cups. Lately, its greatest successes have come in the Nations Cup of the Oceania National Confederation (OFC), and they’ve also exhibited excellent teamwork in the Confederations Cup, in which they were... Continue Reading →
By: Guadalupe Muñoa Difficult, but not impossible! The “Ticos" will participate in their sixth World Cup this year as they were the very last national team to qualify after beating New Zealand in a playoff. They head to Qatar with lots of optimism and a deep desire to seize victory. They’re part of group E... Continue Reading →
By: Guadalupe Muñoa Victory takes courage! Serbia has a fairly recent history with football; with the dissolution of Yugoslavia and the separation of Montenegro in 2006, they were granted FIFA and UEFA membership, finally participating in the World Cup for the first time in South Africa in 2010 as an independent nation. In Qatar, they’ll... Continue Reading →
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