by Zak Drapeau Sportz Nation - 7/21/2026 Photo Credits to Eddie Keogh/ The FA via Getty Images 10. Declan Rice England Center Mid From the historic Arsenal squad that finally won the Premier League after 22 years to England's 3rd place finish in the World Cup, Declan Rice has had quite a year. As England's Center Mid, he was the master of their set pieces and often times starter of their offense while controlling pacing with passes around the back. Say what you will about t

by Zak Drapeau Sportz Nation - 7/20/2026 Photo Credits to Carl Recine via Getty Images The 23rd World Cup Final between Spain and Argentina was something of a boring game but ultra-competitive and intense none the less. Coming into the game, Spain was the favorite and had won every game up to the Final with beautiful defense and teamwork and last night was a culmination of everything. The victors saved their finest game for last in what turned out to be the most dominant Worl

by Zak Drapeau Sportz Nation - 7/16/2026 Photo Credits to Martin Meissner via Associated Press Argentina is the reigning World Cup Champions after winning the tournament in 2022 and now, flash forward to 2026 and they have punched their ticket to another World Cup Final after defeating England 2-1 for a chance to go back-to-back. In the 96-year history of 23 World Cup tournaments, a nation has only won back-to-back World Cups twice; Italy in '34 and '38 and Brazil in '58 and

by Zak Drapeau Sportz Nation - 7/10/2026 Last night we saw France beat Norway and become the first team to make the 2026 World Cup Sem-Finals. With one more game today and two more on Saturday, we are getting very close to seeing how the final act of this play plays out. Photo Credits to Florencia Tan Jun via Getty Images Spain v Belgium Today's game is between Spain and Belgium at SoFi stadium in Los Angeles. The winner will be moving on to face France on Tuesday, July 14th

by Zak Drapeau Sportz Nation - 7/3/2026 Photo Credits to Vincent Carchietta via Reuters Kylian Mbappe France ST Mbappe came into this World Cup with sky high expectations for him and his country and is already surpassing them. In 4 games, Mbappe has scored 3 braces (2 goals in 1 game), and tallied 2 assists in the other. As the Captain of the French squad who has pulled away as tournament favorites, Mbappe has not only led his team in scoring but has led his whole team to pla

by Zak Drapeau Sportz Nation - 7/2/2026 Photo Credits to Martin Meissner via Associated Press The United States had another brush with the 2026 World Cup last night and ended up victorious again against Bosnia and Herzegovina. By a score of 2-0, the United States won the game with very little space besides the score line separating the teams. The USA definitely had more chances and more time spent in their opponents' box but were actually outshot by Bosnia who had 2 more tota

by Zak Drapeau Sportz Nation - 6/10/2026 Photo by Nam Y. Huh via Associated Press The United States soccer team has never been one of the World's powers and the 2026 edition of the World Cup tournament is no different. Being one of the home countries will give them a lot of coverage and hopefully some game time heroism but overall, the Americans are not expected to be one of the last teams standing. That doesn't mean we can't hope the boys have a good showing. Group Stage The