FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread

[savetheFORUM]

I believe clubs in Saudi and MLS will sign him because they are used to signing old players and I believe Vozinha is better than most of their goalkeepers. Vozinha is keeping with experience despite that Argentina won the game he got all the attention than Messi because he was able to stop Messi from scoring more goals.

I love Cabo Verde spirit, they're not afraid of anyone and didn't look down on themselves instead, they came to the world cup to make name for themselves. Imagine playing Argentina to extra 30 minutes with a 2-2 draw. I respect them even though, they gat no name.

Vozinha is already 40 years old and currently playing for Liga Portugal 2 club Chaves. I am not expecting enough response because his performance in the club is near average, and with this age, he has the most chances of not having enough potential to show something extraordinary even if he does a historic job here in the World Cup, which will be remembered for a long time.

Cape Verde was really a team of this world cup due to their great team depth and amazing performance. Due to them, teams like Spain and Argentina were in deep trouble, and they gave them real-time challenges on the ground. Now they are having an exit but with pride because they are surely going to have a chance of coming back into the next World Cup.

[Ale88]

Ghana is a disappointment, Antone Semenyo has shown he is just a club player, he does not have the quality that  was expected of him to lift his country. Imagine trailing with a goal down, yet no urgency in their game, Colombians  always have at least 5 players in Ghana box even leading and was pushing for more goals, while the black stars had just a player in the opponent's box. Tell me how will they score like that. What is Jordan Ayew doing on the pitch in the first place, let alone being the captain.
I think the coach has no business including him in the team, Partey was another flop, he should better hang his boot.
As for Cape Verde, they gave the defending champions a run for their money being a first timer to the global stage.
Egypt has done well for Africa kudos to them, but am yet to see the best of Marmuosh, the 2nd half goal he lost is unforgivable considering his quality and the quality of goals he scores in Man City jersey. Mo Salah's candle is not burning too bright, it seems he needs to brighten it in the next game.

I think too many people praised African teams too early, stating that almost all of them qualified, that they deserved to be there, this cup was a huge success for African football, they deserved even more spots, etc etc: as we noticed the majority of these teams qualified to the round of 16 just because 1) this time also teams that arrived in 3rd spot would go through 2) there is the round of 16.

Now that we are at the same stage as the last World Cup, there are only 2 African teams left: Morocco, which is by far the best African team in my opinion, and Egypt, who qualified after the penalties against a weak team like Australia.
So I'm not so sure this edition was a success for Africa, for me was quite a disappointment because I had higher expectation for them.

Of course a special mention to Cape Verde who, despite being at their first participation, surprised the whole world.

[Not your key not your BTC]

So far, fans’ hopes for the World Cup host nations have been fulfilled, as these teams have successfully advanced to the Round of 16. However, it seems highly likely that the runs of the three host nations will end in the Round of 16, as they are facing strong opponents. Mexico will face England, the United States will take on Belgium, and Canada will challenge Morocco in the Round of 16. I predict that all three host nations will lose in the Round of 16. But who knows, there might be a surprise if one of them manages to advance to the quarterfinals.

Your prediction is not going to work at all. It's not possible for the 3 host countries to lose at the stage 16.
Belgium could lose to the United States and I don't want you to doubt it even if the United States is not known to have a strong football history. What if Morroco loses to Canada? What is going to happen? There are matches I don't like to add to my bets when I have doubt of anything happening along the way.

Yeah, predictions can be right or wrong. But okay, maybe my prediction is wrong. So let’s see if all three host teams can advance to the quarterfinals, or if at least one of them makes it to the quarterfinals. The World Cup always brings surprises at every stage; there are always surprises we don’t expect.

[Baki202]

Cape Verde is the only team that has given Argentina a difficult time to defeat since, the beginning of this world cup and I believe that the Argentines will be very happy that they were able to win the match and advance to the round of 16 because it wasn't an easy game for them as they expected and at a point they started playing on pressure.

Cape Verde made things very hard for Argentina, and I know that they would have been underestimated, but the way things are, because they have messi they think the game will go in there favour we know that they are good but when it comes to games, a lot of things will not go your way and messi could not do anything and that is why it is good that you don't jump to conclusions even if argentina later won.

This shows that there are people who are still better than them, and they are happy that they won the game, but what exactly do they want to do at this point, because as it is, there are still other teams that they are going to be playing against. Notwithstanding, Argentina is not immune to goals, so they can also be won. I enjoyed what Cape Verde did because who would have expected it?

[SmartCharpa]

For once I thought it was really going to extra time... Portugal conceded an uncalculated goal at first which made things really difficult for them. But still they got the deserved win for themselves.

I'm not saying that Croatia played badly of course. They were poor only in the first half but they improved a lot later on. What a dramatic ending for the game though as their equalizer was disallowed. 

The first half of the game was very boring, Portugal was the only team attacking in the first half and creating chances. I thought that was the way Croatia would play throughout the game, until the second half when they pull out an unexpected performance and scored the first goal. Croatia performance was very impressive in the game just that the luck was not on their side, and that was the end of international appearances for Luka Modric.

Before the game, we believed that it was going to be the last World game for either Cristiano Ronaldo or Modric, but after the craziest game, Portugal qualified for the round of 16 and they will face Spain. Can Spain get a revenge against Portugal in the next game? Let’s see what happens in next game after what happened the last time they faced each other.

[ruykeri]

Even though Argentina won today's match, the Cape Verde performance touched people's hearts. No one could have imagined that they would perform so well. Many people only thought that their goalkeeper was unstoppable, but the way the whole team put Argentina under pressure on the field was absolutely incredible. Despite being a country with a small population like them, they have embraced football so deeply that they almost won against a strong team like the world champion Argentina on the World Cup stage. Even though the whole team played defensively, the way they attacked was very strong. That's why they were able to score two goals. Then in the end, Argentina was able to win. However, Cape Verde proved that there is no way to underestimate any team on the World Cup stage.

[meser#]

We haven't been able to fully gauge the true quality of the Argentine team, as they had faced an easy group and weak opponents.
Argentina's defensive flaws were exposed once Cape Verde began to attack in the second half.
Had this been a group-stage match, Argentina—entering as heavy favorites—would have dropped two points.
Cape Verde gave it their all. They might have stood a chance had the game gone to a penalty shootout, but they were eliminated in extra time. The match against Colombia could be the first real test of Argentina's true strength.

[MAAManda]

Without being told, I know that bettors bet in favor of Argentina, but it went the other way around. Honestly, I think France might likely experience the same thing tonight if care isn't taken, because right now they are still the favorites in this game. Anyway, let's see how it goes.

The majority of bettors certainly chose Argentina, it was truly disappointing to see a result like that given the odds of around @1,15. With odds like that, bettors might expect a stress-free bet, no need to watch the match, just waiting for the result to see their balance grow. However, reality teaches them that favorites don't always win. Even @1,01 is no guarantee of a win.

Well, I hope what you said about the Paraguay - France match comes true .

[Unsoldier]

Canada is going to face Morocco in the first match today. Although Canada is one of the host countries of this year's World Cup. But this match will be held in USA.

Team Canada is not weak. But I find the Moroccan team more organized and strong. These two teams have met twice before. Morocco won the 2020 World Cup 2-1. And in the 2016 friendly match, Morocco won by a big margin of 4-0. In today's match as well, I think Morocco is the favorite.

Morocco shared points with strong teams like Brazil in the group stage. They managed to defeat teams like Netherlands in the round of 32. Canada's opponents, on the other hand, were relatively weak.

In my opinion, Canada and Morocco are two completely mismatched teams in terms of strength. It's easy to picture the Canadian national team in the quarterfinals of the Ice Hockey World Championship, but not at the Mundial. Morocco, on the other hand, can be considered one of the world's top national teams, as they reached the semifinals of the last World Cup and played successfully against Brazil in this tournament. Canada has not faced an opponent of this caliber yet in the competition. Therefore, I believe that Morocco's skill level and experience in the knockout stage will help them advance to the quarterfinals.

[Danica22]

Cape Verde surprised everyone in this world cup,  I never saw them as a threat to anyone but they proved everyone wrong whoch is why Lionel Messi praised them so well during his after match interview.  I think those people spreading the rumors of the match fixing between Spain and Cape Verde can now rest and give Cape Verde the credit they deserve. If they maintain this their squad,  they will be a force to reckon with in African football.

Cape Verde played exceptionally well in all four matches of the World Cup. Apart from the Spain and Argentina matches, they also performed well against the uruguay, drawing the match 2-2. It is truly amazing how they have played an experienced and giant team like Argentina. Argentina had won the previous three matches easily. But in this match, Cape Verde's players created a tough obstacle in the way of Argentina's victory. Even then, Argentina was able to win the match in the end.

[POPOLUV]

My favorites should be France, Spain, Argentina and Portugal. What are your picks?

I’m expecting another France v Argentina final, but to be honest, I don’t think France will have it easy against Morocco because they’re a really strong side, and if they defend well on the day, they could knock the French out and make history. Let’s hope Mbappé has an off day and Saibari is in top form; plus, Bonou can make plenty of saves

When it comes to football everything is possible and every gamblers has the right to choose the clubs that might play this final, i believe that any clubs that has made to this round 16 is not a club that any opponent can just win without putting hard work in finding the tactics of winning, because when the FIFA world cup tournament was kicked off, so many clubs played up to three or four matches to be able to qualify for round 16, and this stage of round 16 every clubs aware of once you lose to any club, you are going home, France can made it to final but for Argentina club, I'm not too sure about it because there last match, it was not really easy to win Cape Verde just like that, let us watch and see what clubs that will play the FIFA world cup tournament 2026.

[Ahli38]

I watched the Cape Verde vs. Argentina match from start to finish, and Cape Verde put in an absolutely incredible performance.
I once again felt that the referees favored Argentina in this match.
The referee failed to award what I thought was a clear foul, even though he had a perfect view of the incident. Then, in the final moment of extra time, he blew the final whistle while there was still a potential attacking opportunity that could have led to a goal.
Thank you for everything, Cape Verde. You fought with incredible heart and gave the world one of the most memorable performances of the tournament, even though Argentina eventually advanced after extra time.

Cape Verde’s performance was truly remarkable thanks to their tremendous effort. They managed to make a national team of Argentina’s caliber struggle to defeat them. Cape Verde’s defense deserves great praise even though they conceded a few goals. However they made numerous saves that were crucial to their effort. Cape Verde’s goalkeeper also deserves high praise given the many spectacular saves he made. I personally very impressed by Cape Verde’s outstanding performance, where they seemed to be pushing beyond their limits. Although they lost their performance demonstrated a champion’s mentality that is truly worthy of appreciation. And they simply need more experience to compete further at the World Cup level. After all Argentina is a national team with far more experience than Cape Verde which is why they were able to defeat them.

[free-bit.co.in]

Yeah, predictions can be right or wrong. But okay, maybe my prediction is wrong. So let’s see if all three host teams can advance to the quarterfinals, or if at least one of them makes it to the quarterfinals. The World Cup always brings surprises at every stage; there are always surprises we don’t expect.

Predictions about World Cup matches are quite difficult. It has become even more difficult in this World Cup. Many considered Germany and Netherlands as hot favorites for the World Cup. These two teams were eliminated in the Round of 32. Also, the performance of underdogs and small teams has surprised us all.

Of the three host countries, Mexico is playing quite well. But in the Round of 16, their opponent is a strong team like England. In today's match, Canada's opponent is Morocco. I think Morocco will win. On the other hand, USA will play against Belgium. Belgium is also in quite good form.

[Inwestour]

We haven't been able to fully gauge the true quality of the Argentine team, as they had faced an easy group and weak opponents.
Argentina's defensive flaws were exposed once Cape Verde began to attack in the second half.
Had this been a group-stage match, Argentina—entering as heavy favorites—would have dropped two points.
Cape Verde gave it their all. They might have stood a chance had the game gone to a penalty shootout, but they were eliminated in extra time. The match against Colombia could be the first real test of Argentina's true strength.

Argentina played this match much better, although Cape Verde defended quite well, they still conceded three goals. At the same time, they managed to score twice against Argentina, but I think they were quite fortunate to do so. I say that because they didn't create many attacking opportunities, and both of their goals were very difficult finishes where luck played a significant role.

I don't think this match should be judged from the perspective that Argentina could have dropped points in the group stage if they had drawn. They performed well throughout the group stage, but knockout matches are a completely different challenge.

[Obim34]

Therefore, I believe that Morocco's skill level and experience in the knockout stage will help them advance to the quarterfinals.

I'm going with Morocco for the win, Canada last win was against South Africa, and we knew how poorly South Africa was in the tournament,  and the winning goal was near the last minutes of extra time while Morocco played against Netherland, the difference is clear, except from the fact that rounds of 16 games are usually tough fixtures.

Kickoff in two minutes.

[Pandu Geddon]

The players from Cape Verde have already made history for their country. How they performed wasn’t just as debutants to fill the increased number of participants. They played well, and maybe even better than some of the Asian representative teams. They proved their quality, showing that it wasn’t just luck that got them this far in the World Cup.

Cape Verde should go back home with pride and never a feeling of defeat, it was truly a remarkable performance and they all deserve an applause. Messi was really held down in that match and could barely see the back of the net as the keeper kept every ball away from the post.

It is certain that clubs would be coming for that keeper after the end of the match but his age could stand as a major barrier. It is painful to see that such great talent was realised at a retirement age and was never noticed, really the irony of football. Argentina should stand firm in the coming matches as this game was a test of their resilience, maybe a bigger opponent could mean a different result.

Many people have been praising the goalkeeper from Cape Verde. Even in their first match, where they managed to hold Spain to a 0-0 draw, and they didn’t lose in regular time even when facing Argentina. Their performance is truly beyond anyone’s expectations.

In a moment, we’ll see the match between Canada and Morocco. Morocco has a chance to win, but let’s see what happens on the field.

[Wakate]

there’s one hour left until the canada - morocco kicks off. although morocco is the favorite in this match, i think betting on morocco to win is risky because i believe the game could go into overtime. one thing morocco and canada have in common is that both teams have scored in every match they’ve played so far. even if they don’t win every game, they still manage to score somehow, and i think both teams will score in this match as well, even if there aren’t many goals. that’s why i think betting on both teams to score makes more sense than betting on a specific winner.

When betting on this kind of games, you will have to be smart and know what you are doing so you don't take unnecessary risk that could make you lose more money than you have ever expected. Gambling on the world cup have so many options we can bet on and it's not necessary that we bet on who to win the match or who to lose. Their are other options like number of goals, penalty, goalkick, who to qualify, and other options that can reduce our possiblity of losing easily when gambling.

[Frankolala]

Cape Verde is the only team that has given Argentina a difficult time to defeat since, the beginning of this world cup and I believe that the Argentines will be very happy that they were able to win the match and advance to the round of 16 because it wasn't an easy game for them as they expected and at a point they started playing on pressure.

Cape Verde made things very hard for Argentina, and I know that they would have been underestimated, but the way things are, because they have messi they think the game will go in there favour we know that they are good but when it comes to games, a lot of things will not go your way and messi could not do anything and that is why it is good that you don't jump to conclusions even if argentina later won.

This shows that there are people who are still better than them, and they are happy that they won the game, but what exactly do they want to do at this point, because as it is, there are still other teams that they are going to be playing against. Notwithstanding, Argentina is not immune to goals, so they can also be won. I enjoyed what Cape Verde did because who would have expected it?

Did you see the big odd that was given to them that shows that even the bookies wrote Cabo Verde off but they surprised the world because they played better than what some big teams would have played assuming it's one of them playing with Argentina. It would might have been a different story assuming the game ended in a penalty shootout but I know that majority of Argentines are good on taking penalties.

[Minor Miner]

Argentina played this match much better, although Cape Verde defended quite well, they still conceded three goals. At the same time, they managed to score twice against Argentina, but I think they were quite fortunate to do so. I say that because they didn't create many attacking opportunities, and both of their goals were very difficult finishes where luck played a significant role.

I don't think this match should be judged from the perspective that Argentina could have dropped points in the group stage if they had drawn. They performed well throughout the group stage, but knockout matches are a completely different challenge.

Argentina's performance could have  been better. Argentina probably didn't expect Cape Verde to play  so well. Scaloni has formed his squad with the aim of winning the world cup again. He will have to analyze the match against Cape verde well. He will have to find out what mistakes argentina made. And the right measures will have to be taken very quickly to correct the  mistakes. Otherwise, it will not  be possible to continue the winning streak in the next matches.

Cape Verde played  an incredible defense in this match. The defenders and goalkeeper played very well. At the same time, their attacks were also quite good. Cape verde's players were  confident against a tough opponent like Argentina. This was one of the most exciting  matches I have seen in this world cup.

[ASloveapg]

It seems that France will have no trouble beating Paraguay, they're the team with the greatest potential to win the competition. In the betting market itself, bettors wishing to wager on a French win will not find odds higher than @1,20. Personally, I’m interested in betting on a draw after seeing how Cape Verde managed to hold out for a draw until FT.

I think the chances of a draw in France's case are low, France has the strongest attack currently, and it is very difficult for any team to stop it, so whatever the other matches, I am always very confident in France that they will easily defeat their opponents, and even if we talk about their match today, i will say there is no very much possibility of the match going to extra time, they will win the match in regular time. So be careful, at least in the case of France's match, I will never think about a draw at full time, France is capable of destroying any team very mercilessly.