It’s actually the opposite (possibly not intentionally). The runners up in Mexico & Canada’s groups meet in the the round of 32 and if a third place from Group B advance they are 99.7% certain of facing the Group D winner… which could be USA v Canada potentially

That was certainly my first thought. As for that little Argentinian fella, he's got a cup final on Saturday. This draw is going to be more painful than usual, but hopefully the actual draw makes it worth it.

Canada will start Max Crépeau in goal tomorrow and Ismaël Koné is fit to start as well. Formation will be a 4-4-2/4-2-3-1 with Jonathan David geing pretty free in a No. 10/second striker role. I'm going to guess it's Crépeau; Sigur, de Fougerolles, Cornelius, Laryea; Buchanan, Koné, Eustaquio...

A bunch of their players asked for the summer off (and a few were at the Club World Cup) and it was a huge talking point in the US soccer media. Particularly since captain Pulisic was one of them and they had been knocked out in the group stage at the Copa America at home and lost to Panama and...

As AEK4969 said FIFA.com/tickets will help you register your interest ahead of the next draw. I got insanely fortunate with the Visa draw, but I usually get tickets through our national soccer federation. Each FA is different, but I'm sure Football Australia has an allocation of tickets. For...

It is the Visa pre-sale. I expected to hear October 1 (with a staggered time/date to actually get into the portal) from what I had read, but I didn't hear anything and neither did anyone else I knew. So I assumed I was out of luck. But Friday afternoon I got an email. It said I was successful...

The Category 4 tickets are a joke. Here's the seating chart in Kansas City. 79,500 capacity. Can you spot the green Category 4s? There are maybe 400? 500? in the whole stadium at that price? I got TST3 in Category 3 this morning for Canada's group matches. So all things considered I'm quite...

Canadian defender Moise Bombito broke his leg on Sunday, so Canada will be missing three of their starting back four. Kamal Miller, a starter in Qatar, was added to the squad to replace Bombito, but Luc de Fougerolles, a 19-year-old at Fulham who is on loan in Belgium, should slot into the...

Thanks grazorblade. I'm an Ipswich Town supporter and Segecic was lively for Pompey when we met last weekend. I'll be in Montreal and looking forward to a good, competitive match. I am always wishing you well at the World Cup, so I figured I'd sign up here since I've been lurking for years.

The squads are both out for the North American sides: CANADA Goalkeepers: Maxime Crépeau, Portland Timbers (MLS); James Pantemis, Portland Timbers (MLS); Dayne St. Clair, Minnesota United (MLS). Defenders: Zorhan Bassong, Sporting Kansas City (MLS); Moïse Bombito, OGC Nice (France); Derek...