Friday, December 9
Brazil vs. Croatia 10 am.
Argentina vs. Netherlands 2 pm.
Saturday, December 10
Morocco vs. Portugal 10 am.
England vs. France 2 pm.
Note: All times ET.
The 21-year-old striker led Portugal to a 6-1 win over Switzerland in his first World Cup start. Read the whole story
Spain coach Luis Enrique had claimed he set his players the "homework" of taking 1,000 penalties each. La Roja exited 3-0 in the shootout. Read the whole story
1. Cameroon (1990). Riger Milla vs. Rene Higuita in round of 16. (Video)
2. Senegal (2002). Lions of Terenga came back to beat Sweden in
extratime. (Video)
3. Ghana (2014). Black Stars beat
USA 2-1 on Asamoah Gyan's OT goal (Video).
4. Morocco
(2022). Walid Regragui is first African coach to take team to final 8.
Note: Cameroon, Senegal and Ghana all exited quarterfinals
after overtime.
There's been a drop in the yellow cards and red cards over the years. One of the reasons is the use of VAR. Read the whole story
Australia (1-2 vs. Argentina)
• Milos Degenek (D, Columbus Crew), 71 minutes.
Switzeland (1-6 vs. Portugal)
• Xherdan Shaqiri (F, Chicago Fire), 90 minutes
USA (1-3 vs.
Netherlands)
• Walker Zimmerman (D, Nashville SC), 90 minutes
• Jesus Ferreira (F, FC Dallas) 45 minutes
• DeAndre Yedlin (D, Inter
Miami), sub-15 minutes
• Jordan Morris (F, Seattle Sounders), sub-1 minute
DNP: Argentina -- Thiago
Almada; Poland -- Karol Swiderski; USA -- Sean Johnson, Aaron Long, Shaq Moore, Cristian Roldan, Kellyn Acosta.
On average, a goal has been scored once every 34 minutes. Here's video of the 148 goals in Qatar so far. Read the whole story
The 2022 MLS Coach of the Year had been under contract to CF Montreal through the 2023 season. Read the whole story
- Michelle Cooper leaves Duke to turn pro. The 20-year-old forward, who will forego her two remaining years of eligibility. ranked No. 2 in the nation in points (49), tied for second in goals (19) and tied for ninth in assists (11) in 2022. Earlier in the year, she won the Golden Ball and Golden Boot awards in leading the USA to the Concacaf U-20 championship.
Midfielder Andres Perea, who played for the USA in 2021 Olympic qualifying, was traded by Orlando City to Philadelphia. Read the whole story
1. FIFA vice president Victor Montagliani: Qatar 2022 could be last World Cup hosted by single country By Doug McIntyre
(FoxSports.com)
2. U.S. men’s soccer World Cup run generated millions in prize money—for the U.S. women By Rachel Bachman
(Wall Street Journal)
3. The
heart of the World Cup: Doha Metro brings fans together By Paul MacInnes (Guardian)
Corrected link: The joy and anguish of Argentine soccer By Aldana Vales (The Atlantic)