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Scotland Can Become Stars In Their First Performance On The Big StageMost countries making their debut in a tournament like the World Cup are just happy to be there. Implied in a country making it to its first major tournament is that the country in the very recent past was not very good, and its soccer infrastructure is at an incredibly early stage of its developmen...

Argentina Are Just Happy To Be HereArgentina are not very good. It’s important to get that out of the way early. Due to a host of factors not entirely in the team’s control—particularly the fact that they have only been playing together for about a year due to federation turmoil—the Albicelestes head into France with more questions t...

Japan Arrive At The World Cup With A New Look And Something To ProveThe USA’s top nemesis in the Women’s World Cup comes into 2019 with plenty of questions to answer, despite winning it all in 2011 and placing second in 2015. A disastrous failure to qualify for the 2016 Olympics ended the eight-year tenure of Japanese manager Norio Sasaki, and as Japan enter their f...

After Coming Agonizingly Close To World Cup Glory Last Time, England Are Back And Better Than Ever

There’s probably no team with more regret over the 2015 World Cup than England. The Lionesses were knocked out in Canada four years ago by Japan via a cruel 92nd minute own goal by defender Laura Bassett, who sliced a clearance into her own net. That was the painful end to a World Cup where England ...

(Almost) Everything You Need To Know About World Cup Group D, In (Almost) One Minute<em></em>

The 2018 World Cup has now commenced. Just because the USMNT blows and didn’t make the tournament, that’s no reason for you not to pay attention to the best sporting event on the planet. Here’s everything you absolutely must know about Group D, all in one neat little video....

The World Cup Is Where Nigeria's Super Eagles Can Really Soar

One of the World Cup’s underrated appeals is watching players who are jammed into limited roles at club level let their hair down and run around without restraint on the international stage. For example a defensive midfielder, normally tasked with little more than standing in front of the center ba...

Argentina Will Need A Superhero To Win The World Cup, But Luckily They Have One<em></em>

People really don’t realize how much of a miracle it would be if Argentina won the World Cup....

If They Can Put It Together, Croatia Are The Perfect Bandwagon Team For You

If you’re a jilted American fan in need of a World Cup team to root for but you’re put off by the prospect of frontrunning and cheering for a titan like Germany or Brazil, I humbly suggest jumping on the Croatia bandwagon....