I joined MW+ today and was able to use the 15% discount. The total cost for an annual subscription with the discount was $67.99 plus a $6.80 service fee = $74.79.

June 30 scores:

Norway 2 Ivory Coast 1
France 3 Sweden 0
Mexico 2 Ecuador 0

Tough match for the USA tomorrow vs Bosnia & Herzegovina at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara at 5 pm. It should be and exciting game with the American star, Christian Pulisic back from injury and most certain to be in the starting lineup.

I believe so.

Here's the link to the MW+ streaming service where you can sign up to be eligible for the 20% discount when they start taking orders. It looks like the first event for the Aggies will be Women's Soccer at the Air Force Academy on September 24th. Games for Women's Soccer and Women's Volleyball and Men's Soccer are listed through November 19th.

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I signed up today so I would be eligible for the 20% discount. It looks like the cost will be $10.99 per month or $79.99 annually with a 20% discount available.

Paraguay stuns Germany by winning on penalty kicks 4-3 and Morocco upsets the Netherlands on penalty kicks 3-2. This is the first time the Netherlands failed to advance from the Round of 32 to the Rond of 16.

The tension and drama in these games that end up being decided on penalty shootouts are almost unbearable for fans of each team. World Cup Soccer...nothing like it!

Brazil scores in the 2nd half stoppage time and wins 2-1 breaking the heart of Japan.

Up next today: Germany vs Paraguay at 1:30 pm and the Netherlands vs Morocco at 6 pm.

Canada scores a goal in the second half stoppage and wins 1-0 over South Africa. Canada advances to the Round of 16 for the first time in history. Former Aggie AD, Kevin Blue, who is now the CEO of Canada Soccer, must be celebrating tonight!

The final Group games were today.

England 2 Panama 0
Croatia 2 Ghana 1
Columbia 0 Portugal 0
DR Congo 3 Uzbekistan 1
Algeria 3 Austria 3
Argentina 3 Jordan 1

The field of 32 is now set:

Mexico
South Africa
Switzerland
Canada
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Brazil
Morocco
USA
Australia
Paraguay
Germany
Ivory Coast
Ecuador
Netherlands
Japan
Sweden
Belgium
Egypt
Spain
Cabo Verde
France
Norway
Senegal
Argentina
Algeria
Austria
Columbia
Portugal
DR Congo
England
Ghana
Croatia

First game in the Knockout Round is Sunday, June 28:

Canada vs South Africa at 12 noon in Los Angeles.

June 26 scores:

France 4 Norway 1
Senegal 5 Iraq 0
Cabo Verde 0 Saudi Arabia 0
Spain 1 Uruguay 0
Belgium 5 New Zealand 1
Egypt 1 Iran 1

26 teams have now qualified for the Knockout Round of 32. Netherlands, Japan, Sweden, Australia, Spain, Cabo Verde, Paraguay, Egypt, England, Ghana and Portugal qualified today for the next round.

Türkiye scores in the final second to beat the USA 3-2. The USA will now play next Wednesday, July 1st in the Knockout Round at 3 pm against Bosnia-Herzegovina at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara. Former Aggie, Max Arfsten, didn't get to play against Tûrkiye.

Other June 25 scores:

Côte d'Ivoire 2 Curaçao 0
Ecuador 2 Germany 1
Netherlands 3 Tunisia 1
Japan 1 Sweden 1
Paraguay 0 Australia 0

Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador and Bosnia-Herzegovina also advanced to the round of 32.

12 teams have now qualified for the Knockout Round of 32 and 20 spots are still up for grabs:

Mexico (Group A)
USA (Group D)
Germany (Group E)
Argentina (Group J)
France (Group I)
Norway (Group I)
Colombia (Group K)
Switzerland (Group B)
Canada (Group B)
Brazil (Group C)
Morocco (Group C)
South Africa (Group A)

The USA plays Türkiye in Los Angeles at 7 pm tonight and, hopefully, we'll ge to see Max Arfsten play quite a bit since the Americns have secured their spot in the next round of 32.

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This is important. Be sure to designate UC Davis so that we are guaranteed some monetary support. This streaming service sounds great to me. Hopefully, it will be free from the glitches we often encountered on ESPN3.

June 24 games:

Switzerland 2 Canada 1
Bosnia-Herzegovina 3 Qatar 1
Morocco 4 Haiti 2
Brazil 3 Scotland 0
Mexico 3 Czechia 0
South Africa 1 South Korea 0

The following teams have qualified for the Knockout Round of 32:

Argentina (Group J)
Canada (Group B)
Colombia (Group K)
France (Group I)
Germany (Group E)
Mexico (Group A)
Norway (Group I)
Switzerland (Group B)
United States (Group D)

June 23 scores:

Protugal 5 Uzbekistan 0
England 0 Ghana 0
Croatia 1 Panama 0
Columbia 1 DR Congo 0

Mbappé is currently 2 goals behind Messi. Messi has scored 5 goals in the 2026 World Cup so far and Mbappé has scored 4. So, yes, he could catch or even surpass Messi this year. It's exciting to watch these two play! Mbappé only 27 years old and Messi is 39 it's highly likely that will be the all-time goal scoring leader at some point in his career...maybe even before this World Cup is over.

The top all-time goal scorers in Men's FIFA World Cup history are:

Lionel Messi (Argentina) 18 Goals
Kylian Mbappé (France) 16 Goals
Miroslav Klose (Germany) 16 Goals
Ronaldo (Brazil) 15 Goals
Gerd Müller (Germany) 14 Goals
Just Fontaine (France) 13 Goals
Pelé (Brazil) 12 Goals
Sándor Kocsis (Hungary) 11 Goals
Jürgen Klinsmann (Germany) 11 Goals

June 22 scores:

France 3 Iraq 0
Norway 3 Senegal 2
Algeria 2 Jordan 1
Argentina 2 Austria 0

Lionel Messi scored both goals in Argentina's 2-0 win over Austria today...amazing...he now has 18 goals in World Cup play.