The final game of match day 3 is Algeria vs Austria. I don’t know if too many Austrians know what happened the last time Algeria and Austria played in the same group, but I guarantee every Algerian knows.

Very true. I wouldn't be so harsh on Popovic's though. The A-League is represented only in the Socceroos and All Whites, with the 5 players for the Aussies and 10 for the Kiwis. Leckie and Behich are the two oldest players in the Socceroos team and it makes sense for them to look for a league to...

Nation Team Experience No squad arrives with more international experience than Panama, whose players have accumulated 1,486 international caps between them. The most experienced squads are: Panama – 1,486 caps Qatar – 1,397 caps Argentina – 1,224 caps Mexico – 1,195 caps Iran – 1,149 caps...

League Stats The English Premier League is comfortably the largest contributor to this year’s World Cup, supplying 163 players. It is also the only league in the world in which every club has at least one player participating in the tournament. Germany’s Bundesliga follows with 101 players...

Country Stats Among the participating nations, England is supplying the largest number of World Cup players, with 205 players drawn from the top five tiers of its league system. This represents 16.5% of all players selected for the tournament and 43 of the 48 countries that qualified. The vast...

A Breakdown of World Cup Squads Before diving into the statistics, it is worth outlining the methodology used for this analysis. Each player has been assigned to the club they most recently represented prior to the conclusion of the 2025–26 season, as well as the league in which that club...

Give Herrington a couple of years. Let’s see how far he can go

I don't know if this has been mentioned anywhere before but...

Yes, I saw that. I was not throwing shade at you.

Japan-born? Is Adelaide just outside of Tokyo?

He’s a lock!

Borello gets the nod over him

I always thought Dan Hall was a quality player (at least the last two seasons) and I was half-expecting him to make a switch to Europe

A transfer for the birthday boy!

The Championship also has a significantly higher revenue stream compared to the Eredivisie.

Hrustic?

I understood. I just like to take every opportunity to mention that Italy didn’t make the World Cup😜

But they’re not.

I’m not sure he is really underrated. He is a good player and works hard but the only time he featured for the Socceroos he looked lost.

I always believed in him.