World Cup 2022

Qatar received an automatic pass as hosts, before being joined by Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia and South Korea after three rounds of AFC qualifying. The AFC could ...

Five teams from the Asian Football Confederation are already guaranteed to feature at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. There had been four Asian teams at each of the previous five tournaments, including the 2002 World Cup where Japan and South Korea both qualified as joint-hosts. 5 Asian Teams Guaranteed To Play At 2022 FIFA World Cup In Qatar With 6th Relying On Playoffs

The field of 32 teams for the 2022 World Cup is all but locked in apart from the inter-confederation playoffs and the one UEFA playoff scheduled for this ...

Salah missed his penalty ( the 100s of laser pointers certainly didn’t help) and Senegal advanced. Australia* — The Socceroos are in serious danger of missing their first World Cup in two decades. Peru* — Peru can still make the 2022 World Cup. The Peruvians went to their first World Cup in 36 years after qualifying for the 2018 World Cup via the inter-confederation playoff. The four losses came against all four teams that qualified automatically (Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador and Uruguay) and some of Chile's biggest stars won't see another World Cup. Sweden finished behind Spain in its qualifying group and went to the UEFA playoffs, where Poland defeated the Swedes and grabbed the World Cup spot. After being beaten out by Switzerland in its qualifying group, Italy had to play in the UEFA World Cup qualifying playoffs where the European giants were handed a shock loss by North Macedonia.

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"Obviously after the last World Cup, it was tough for some guys," Reyna said. Get all of them healthy, give them seven-plus more months to prepare, and who knows what the USMNT will do? Despite an uninspiring performance and a 2-0 loss to Costa Rica, the U.S. men officially qualified for the World Cup on Wednesday night. After Juan Pablo Vargas headed in a corner kick in the 51st to give Costa Rica its first goal, the USMNT looked completely disjointed. Much will be made of the lackluster showing against Costa Rica, which didn't even play some of its key players for fear they'd pick up a second yellow card and miss the playoff. Missing a World Cup for the first time in 32 years defined the current group as much as it did the previous one.

The countdown to the 2022 World Cup begins in earnest on Friday as the great and the good of international football gather at the Doha Exhibition and Convention ...

The countdown to the 2022 World Cup begins in earnest on Friday as the great and the good of international football gather at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre. Human rights campaigners remain critical of its record in the construction of the stadiums in which this winter’s extravaganza will be played, and anti-homosexuality laws are a barrier preventing some fans, like White, from attending. The countdown to the 2022 World Cup begins in earnest on Friday as the great and the good of international football gather at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre.

The first World Cup in the Middle East continues to edge closer with Qatar set to host the biggest tournament in international football at the end of the ...

Which teams will be in the World Cup draw? The World Cup group stage draw for 2022 will be held at the DECC venue in Doha, Qatar. Qatar 2022 will be historic as a first World Cup held in the Arab world and also due to the controversial decision to host the competition during winter.

The United States men's national team arrived at the Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica on Wednesday having all but qualified for the 2022 Fifa World Cup.

They pushed the ball forward and kept on the attack, but were slowed by fouls and tight defending. But the USA would never quite regain the momentum or control the pace of the match. The opening minutes of the second half saw the United States’ best chance on goal. As for the hosts, the atmosphere was celebratory and hopeful. The 35,062-seat bandbox was packed and cheering. Had lightning struck, the worst-case scenario was an intercontinental playoff with New Zealand in June.

The United States men's national soccer team has qualified for the 2022 World Cup, securing its berth in the tournament in Qatar on Wednesday.

"But there's steps you have to take to get there and one of the huge steps is to qualify for World Cup." Only three teams in the 32-side field have yet to be determined. Despite the U.S. controlling play for most of the game, Juan Vargas (51st minute) and Anthony Contreras (59th) took their chances to put Costa Rica up 2-0 early in the second half. Scotland/ Ukraine. The Scotland-Ukraine playoff match originally scheduled for March 24 was postponed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine and has not been rescheduled. Now to be doing it as a coach with this group of players is something special." At 23 years old, Pulisic's 12 goals over the past two qualifying cycles rank fourth all time in U.S. history. The U.S., which went into Wednesday's game at Estadio Nacional needing only to avoid a loss of six goals or more to punch its ticket, finished the 14-game qualifying cycle with a record of seven wins, three losses and four draws for 25 points. "Growing up as sort of that golden child in [this] U.S. soccer generation, people put expectations on him. We are looking forward to the World Cup." "I don't think that has sunk in yet," he said, when asked about leading the team to the World Cup as a coach. None more so than Christian Pulisic, the star Chelsea forward. To be quite frank with you, he's dealt with them better than anybody would really deal with that.

With the United States now qualified for the 2022 World Cup, here's a look ahead at how the USMNT could look on the field in Qatar come November.

Still, this is the best way to alleviate a logjam at right wing, where Brenden Aaronson and Tim Weah are both pushing for minutes, and it's the best way to get Reyna running at defenders where he is most dangerous. Ricardo Pepi is thought of as having the highest ceiling, but since announcing himself with three goals in his first two national team appearances, his form for both club and country has dipped. Unfortunately, as it stands, neither of them is likely to be a starter next season. Antonee Robinson has also established himself as one of the first players on the team sheet at left back. The last player to make the cut is Jordan Morris, who is necessary to the attacking front in case of injuries or struggles on the pitch. This could change depending on squad depth and individual game tactics, with Reyna also being deployed on the wing if needed. Yunus Musah or Luca de la Torre can step in should Reyna move up to winger. It must be noted that in his 12 international caps, Gio Reyna has not once played in midfield. Obviously, this exercise is subject to injuries, which are impossible to predict eight months out. With 11 starters a match, that leaves just 12 reserves, including two goalkeepers — hardly enough to cover every position with a backup. Weston McKennie, Sergino Dest, and Brenden Aaronson will return, and most likely so will goalkeeper Matt Turner, even if he's not playing much after an impending summer move to Arsenal. On that note, DeAndre Yedlin is preferred as the only man on the entire roster who has been to a World Cup before, the only holdover from the 2014 squad.

The USMNT clinched a spot in the 2022 World Cup despite a loss to Costa Rica on Wednesday. Here are the top moments.

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Costa Rica in Columbus and Christian Pulisic’s “Man in the Mirror” T-shirt celebration after his goal vs. Costa Rica, meanwhile, finishes fourth after coming on strong in the second half of the Octagonal and will go to a June intercontinental playoff against Oceania’s qualifying champion, New Zealand, in a match that will be held in Qatar. This was a qualifying slog unlike any other, due to the expanded final round and the compressed timeline on account of the pandemic. Fittingly, it came from a player nicknamed “El Tren” for the hype train that the 19-year-old striker has been driving since emerging as a talent in the FC Dallas system. There were some eerie similarities for the U.S. in the final stages of this qualifying campaign. Tim Weah also helped fill Reyna’s void with clutch contributions in the attacking third. There were iconic moments from the more heralded stars in the form of Sergiño Dest’s sensational goal vs. Yet new talents and heroes emerged to help fill the void. Antonee Robinson emerged as the answer to the years-old question at left back, even scoring a pair of vital goals along the way. Mexico in Cincinnati, where the legend of Dos-A-Cero was revived, and his hat trick vs. Berhalter still hasn’t had what most would consider to be his optimal lineup available for a single match—not during qualifying or any friendly or competition that preceded it. It was another four-goal win over Panama in Orlando over four years ago that put the U.S. on the precipice of qualification, only for an infamous loss to Trinidad & Tobago and a wild set of simultaneous circumstances elsewhere keeping the U.S. from competing in Russia. But Gregg Berhalter’s young side flipped the script, avoided the impossible scenario—it would’ve taken a loss by six goals or more in San José on Wednesday to finish out of the top three in Concacaf this time—and will indeed be taking part in the fall competition in Qatar.