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US primed to plant flag in ‘home’ World Cup opener vs. Paraguay

IRVINE: The long-awaited World Cup opener on home soil Friday promises to contain deep shades of red, white and ‌blue for the United States men’s national team. Manager Mauricio Pochettino might be from Argentina and goal-producing forward Folarin Balogun grew up in England after he was born in New York City, but star playmaker Christian Pulisic does hail from the All-American chocolate bar-producing town of Hershey, Pennsylvania The home fans are ready to embrace all of it when the USMNT takes on Paraguay to kick off Group D play Friday night in search of a sweet result. It will be the first World Cup match on US soil in 32 years, when the 1994 Final was played just up the road in Pasadena. It was another eight years of waiting after the joint hosting bid from the United States, Canada and Mexico was accepted. The 26-man USMNT squad selected by Pochettino is evenly divided between 13 players with previous World Cup experience and 13 first-timers. And yet even those who have been there before know this one will be different. “You say it’s not our first rodeo, but it’s our first one on home soil.

Empty seats at World Cup match renews concerns over ticket prices

GUADALAJARA, Mexico, June 11 : FIFA reported an attendance of 44,985 for Thursday's World Cup match between South Korea and the Czech Republic in Guadalajara, but swathes of empty seats around the stadium renewed concerns over ticket pricing and demand for the expanded tournament.

With fighting spirit, South Korea's beauty triumphs over Czech set-piece beasts

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With fighting spirit, South Korea’s beauty triumphs over Czech set-piece beasts

GUADALAJARA, Mexico: ‌It was the tale of “Beauty and the Beast” that lit up the Estadio Guadalajara on Thursday, with South Korea’s prettier, stylish football triumphing over the Czech Republic’s rugged, route-one tactics in an adrenaline-fueled World Cup encounter. South Korea were more than worthy of the 2-1 win, showing their trademark indomitable spirit with a come-from-behind victory to join Mexico atop Group A, all packed into the scintillating second half of a match the Asian side dominated. The Koreans had their game plan and stuck to it, taking it to the Czechs throughout, with silky, intricate play and precision passes that put their opponents on the back foot. Talisman ‌Son Heung-min ‌got the lion’s share of the chances, yet — frustratingly — ‌none ⁠of the goals. South ⁠Korea demonstrated their World Cup pedigree, present in 11 successive tournaments and unbeaten in qualifying with a whopping 40 goals scored, delivering on Thursday an early message of intent that a deep run could be on the cards. Son worked seamlessly with the impressive Lee Kang-in and Lee Jae-sung to create a host of first-half chances, with the trio combining darting runs through the middle with a ⁠succession of dangerous pass-and-go moves that they just could ‌not finish. Brute strength and gargantuan throws But in ‌a game of stark contrasts, it was the Czechs and their direct, physical play who ‌scored first through Ladislav Krejci just before the hour with a perfectly ‌timed header from a 35-meter, slingshot-like throw from Vladimir Coufal. South Korea were buoyed by a largely Mexican crowd in Guadalajara that was clearly rooting for them. They kept cool heads and levelled eight minutes later, when Hwang In-beom picked up Lee Kang-in’s

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US primed to plant flag in ‘home’ World Cup opener vs. Paraguay

Empty seats at World Cup match renews concerns over ticket prices

With fighting spirit, South Korea's beauty triumphs over Czech set-piece beasts

With fighting spirit, South Korea’s beauty triumphs over Czech set-piece beasts

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