World Cup Daily: Matches and storylines for June 12
On Friday, both the United States and Canada start their World Cup journeys with literal home matches. The tournament started Thursday with five goals and three red cards.
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World Cup Daily: Matches and storylines for June 11
The World Cup is finally here! To kick off a daily feature we're doing because it's the duty of every soccer content creator, we're starting with Group A.
Goal toward a goal: Jayden Nelson scores in Canada's World Cup tune-up match against Uzbekistan
Jayden Nelson, vying for a suddenly-vacant spot on Canada's World Cup roster, scored in stoppage time on Monday. He'll have one last chance on Friday to make an impression.
O, Canada? Jayden Nelson gets unexpected World Cup lifeline following unfortunate Marcelo Flores injury
Jayden Nelson learned Friday that he'd missed the final cup for Canada's World Cup team. A teammate's unfortunate ACL injury puts Nelson back in the picture.
One happy, one sad — or both sad: Assessing the most Austin FC of European World Cup qualifiers
Myrto Uzuni and Oleksandr Svatok start Thursday 180 minutes of winning soccer away from a trip to the World Cup. They could be facing off against each other for one of those final spots.