Reporting from Doha, Qatar
New York Times
Qatar waited years for Sunday’s World Cup moment, and promptly flubbed its opening lines. On Monday, several countries with much richer soccer histories will be hoping to avoid the same fate.
England, a semifinalist four years ago, goes first, facing Iran. Next comes the Netherlands, which sat out the last World Cup: It will take on Senegal, an African champion looking for respect. Then, at very long last (at least if you’re an American fan), it will be the turn of the United States.
The Americans will play their first World Cup match in eight years, facing a Wales team playing its first World Cup match since 1958.
The Americans have second-youngest team at this tournament, a roster of promising – but largely
unproven, at least in a World Cup sense – players including forward Christian Pulisic and midfielders Tyler Adams and Yunus Musah.
Wales, on the other hand, arrives with an experienced group with major tournament experience, including a run to the semifinals of Euro 2016 and to the round of 16 in Euro 2020. Wales is led by Gareth Bale, a superstar forward at the tail end of a trophy-laden career.
Qatar waited years for Sunday’s World Cup moment, and promptly flubbed its opening lines. On Monday, several countries with much richer soccer histories will be hoping to avoid the same fate.
England, a semifinalist four years ago, goes first, facing Iran. Next comes the Netherlands, which sat out the last World Cup: It will take on Senegal, an African champion looking for respect. Then, at very long last (at least if you’re an American fan), it will be the turn of the United States.
The Americans will play their first World Cup match in eight years, facing a Wales team playing its first World Cup match since 1958.
The Americans have second-youngest team at this tournament, a roster of promising – but largely
Wales, on the other hand, arrives with an experienced group with major tournament experience, including a run to the semifinals of Euro 2016 and to the round of 16 in Euro 2020. Wales is led by Gareth Bale, a superstar forward at the tail end of a trophy-laden career.
Both teams would love to claim all three point from the game, given that they each have meetings to come against England, widely agreed as the best team in the group.
But the teams will have to decide how many risks they are willing to take, as emerging from the opener with no points at all could severely hurt their chances of advancing from group play.
It would be a long time to wait to come up empty.
It would be a long time to wait to come up empty.
18 comments:
It's been a long 8 years for Team USA.
Too bad they are nowhere near favored to get far. The game just never took hold here. If only they courted and nurtured the Hispanic player.
But they won't.
Those Ragheads do not deserve the World Cup.
They are not to be trusted. Ever.
WALES 4 USA 0
How Do You Pronounce Qatar?
BO RRA CHOS.
lIKE THE COWBOYS THEY DON'T LIKE HISPANIC PLAYERS (OE SOUTHMOST) THEY RATHER HAVE GRRINGOS AND MUSLIMS. FACT...
USA 2/ Wales 1 REMEMBER THAT
RATAS at bpub, ratas at bisd, ratas at the port, ratas at the county, ratas compadres comadres and cronys at all the boards.
This is brownsville ITS EXPECTED!!
USA ties Wales in first World Cup game, setting up a high-stakes match against England
Brazil will win the world cup. Mexicans can continue dreaming.
November 22, 2022 at 4:53 AM
y los gringos with muslin players they don't like hispanics just like trumputo and the racist republicans....fact
Tomorrow Russia plays Ukraine. NO ball will be used and they will play on the parking lot the game is not sanction by wilsoon (wilsoon makes the soccer balls).
NOT ONE UNO MESKIN THE TEAM USA. PERO PORQUE??????
I hear trumputo picked the players..fact
The team looks like the television commercials. Too many negroes. Are hispanics being deliberately excluded or maybe they don't want to play with a guaranteed to fail team. Even if the USA were to win, the majority of Americans wouldn't give a shit. Just like the forgettable women's(lesbians actually) team.
The gringo team ain't going no where, well maybe to a cheeto stand, and back to the states. Cost the US taxpayers several million bucks. PARA NADA!!
November 21, 2022 at 9:32 PM
nobody scored they couldn't find the goal posts. they kept kicking the ball to the crowd.
Don't understand that they tied on the scoring. WHAT SCORING? THERE WAS NO SCORING IT WAS 0 TO 0 AT THE END SO HOW DID THEY TIED??????
ALL THE LOOSERS ARE SENT TO GROUP F.
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anybody can use :hillbilly coco wanna be white RATA mojada", in any way shape or form. open to the public hahahahahaha jajajajajajaaaaaaaaa
Trumputo went to cacatarr and couldn't fine the stadium now he's saying all this is fake news just like his election that he won.
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