'Complicated' time for the Iranian diaspora in US with Team Melli at the World Cup
HOUSTON, Texas: For Reza, a young Iranian in Houston, watching his country do well at the World Cup fills his heart with pride.
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HOUSTON, Texas: For Reza, a young Iranian in Houston, watching his country do well at the World Cup fills his heart with pride.
While most of the soccer world is focused on the men at the World Cup, the countdown has begun for the 2027 Women's World Cup in Brazil.
It all started in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Then it moved onto a muddy field in February against Sudbury Town in England – and eventually to facing Lionel Messi and playing every minute of a World Cup.
The United States national team will have the rare opportunity to play a World Cup game with nothing on the line for either team. Mauricio Pochettino’s team has already secured winning Group D while its opponents, Türkiye, have already been eliminated and will leave the tournament following the game.
KANSAS, USA: Tunisia coach Hervé Renard is open to the possibility of leading the African nation’s program beyond the end of the World Cup. The 57-year-old Frenchman had been watching the tournament from Senegal when Tunisia abruptly fired their coach, Sabri Lamouchi, following a 5-1 loss to Sweden. With the team in chaos, Renard was asked to lead the Eagles of Carthage the rest of the way, beginning with a 4-0 loss to Japan last week and concluding with Thursday night’s game against the Netherlands. “I’m open to any discussion. I’m ready to, you know, listen to the project,” Renard said Wednesday, “but this is not what I’m here for.” The losses to Sweden and Japan mean Tunisia already have been eliminated from the knockout stage.
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IRVINE, California, June 24 : Long before visitors reach the United States' World Cup base camp in Orange County, they can see the marker rising above Irvine's Great Park - a bright orange balloon stamped with the U.S. Soccer crest.
NEW YORK, June 24 : France can secure a more comfortable route through the World Cup when they face Norway in their final Group I match on Friday, though finishing top could leave them facing one of the toughest roads to the trophy.