The 2022 World Cup is scheduled to kick off on Sunday. It’s a surreal event coming in, admittedly, between the competitors being awarded to Qatar, a rustic with inadequate infrastructure that allegedly bribed officers like loopy to land it, and transferring it to the autumn to fight the blistering local weather, exacerbated by international warming. In different phrases, it’s lots.
In that manner, it’s your resolution as to how and the way a lot you really devour the World Cup, and in case you are detached or utterly turned off, honest sufficient. However should you’re in search of some LA Galaxy-centric details about the World Cup, right here’s a pair thumbnails forward of the event opener.
Listed below are the gamers current and previous with Galaxy ties who’re on the aircraft to Qatar:
Martin Caceres
The lone present Galaxy participant headed to this World Cup, the veteran Caceres returns for his 4th World Cup with Uruguay. Right here is their Group H schedule:
Subsequent Thursday (Thanksgiving): Uruguay vs. South Korea
Nov. 28: Uruguay vs. Portugal
Dec. 2: Uruguay vs. Ghana
Former gamers
Uriel Antuna (2019), now at Liga MX facet Cruz Azul, is on the aircraft for Mexico. The winger seems to be a favourite of Gerardo Martino’s so don’t be stunned to see him taking part in in opposition to Poland (Tuesday), Argentina (Nov. 26) and Saudi Arabia (Nov. 30) in Group C play.
The US will function former Galaxy Academy participant Haji Wright, who’s at present at Turkish membership Antalyaspor. In the meantime, USMNT head coach Gregg Berhalter performed for the Galaxy 2009-11, the ultimate season splitting duties as an assistant coach as he started his transition into teaching. That is his first World Cup as a coach, and the U.S. will tackle Wales on Monday, England on Nov. 25, and Iran on Nov. 29 in Group B.
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