U20 World Cup today
For those that aren’t weirdos that follow this stuff, our team is really, really good. Which means we’ll probably get eliminated in the group stage
But it’s our best u20 team... ever? At least recently, and we’ve made the quarterfinals the last two tournaments. Weah is ridiculously established for us to be at this tournament, and probably one of the best... 20 players at the whole thing? Italy’s team is relatively weak for them, but Portugal and France have good squads (notably Moussa Diaby who beat out Weah for a spot at PSG). Not too familiar with the SA teams, but no Brazil and I don’t recognize many names from Argentina or Uruguay.
It’s the youth level, so results only matter so much, but I always prefer to find the players who have high ceilings who we should see with the national team soon. Alex Mendez, Seb Soto, Sergio Dest, and Chris Golster are the people I’m highest on, but this team is ridiculously deep. It’s also the first time in history that our entire team is professional.
First match today at 2:30 against Ukraine (FS1 I think). People have been saying our group is the group of death, but honestly all three other teams squeaked by to qualify - all three were the last team from their federation to make it, whereas we coasted through qualifying (allowed two goals in eight matches, winning all eight with a +44 GD). If we don’t get out of the group, it’d be a massive disappointment (which means that’s the most likely outcome)