Charles Erb

Qatar has qualified for the 2026 World Cup — its second-ever appearance at the tournament.

They hosted the World Cup in 2022, becoming the first hosts ever to fail to record a single point and finishing with the tournament's worst record.

Nigeria is now through as one of the best runner-ups in CAF Qualifying, completing a remarkable turnaround after a TERRIBLE start.

The Super Eagles still have a chance to return to the World Cup, having missed out on qualification in 2022.

Weirdly enough, Victor Osimhen has sent South Africa to the World Cup!

After South Africa had three points deducted, Benin were in pole position.

But South Africa beat Rwanda 3-0 and Osimhen scored a hat-trick in a 4-0 win over Benin to help the Bafana Bafana qualify on the last day.

Cabo Verde has qualified for the 2026 World Cup after a 3-0 win over Eswatini.

It went down to the wire after a stressful 3-3 draw vs. Libya left the Tubarões Azuis needing a result on the final day.

First World Cup appearance for the second-smallest country to ever qualify.

We are back at the Temple Sports Complex as Temple take on Tulsa.

It's a gray, windy day as the Owls chase their second win of the season.

Think I preferred the weather vs Penn, to be honest 😂

Last year, Temple beat Tulsa 1-0 in its final game to cap off a five-game unbeaten streak and reach the conference tournament.

Five games left this year — can the Owls get a similar stretch started?

Only one way to find out. Temple vs Tulsa. 3 PM today at Temple Sports Complex.

What a career Florian Thauvin has had.

A flop in Newcastle, a legend in Marseille, a random spell in Mexico with Tigres UANL, a late rebirth with Udinese & now RC Lens...

Marked his return to the national team with a great goal in World Cup qualifiers after a six-year absence.

After his brace against Luxembourg today, Joshua Kimmich now has eight goal contributions in seven games for Germany this year.

Even more impressive considering he's largely been used at right-back with the national team.

Carrión chose to leave Real Oviedo for Las Palmas, but lasted only 3 winless months in the Canary Islands.

So Oviedo fired the popular Paunović and brought back a manager with no success in La Liga and who more or less forced an exit. Interesting, to say the least...
#RealOviedo

Very interesting decision-making from #RealOviedo.

Fired Veljko Paunović, who earned promotion to La Liga, and hired Luis Carrión, who almost took them up a year earlier.

Paunović won 2 of 8 games with Oviedo in La Liga so far, Carrión won 0 out of 9 with #UDLP the year before.

Last time we've seen every #WorldCup team at the tournament:

2022 — 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇸🇯🇵🇮🇷🇦🇷🇰🇷🇦🇺🇧🇷🇪🇨🇺🇾🇲🇦🇹🇳

2018 — 🇨🇴🇪🇬

2014 — 🇩🇿

2010 — 🇳🇿🇵🇾

First time — 🇺🇿🇯🇴

Either way, Veljko Paunović can only be remembered fondly in Oviedo, having taken the club back to La Liga for the first time in 24 years.

Best of luck to him in his next steps, and now very intrigued to see who will be his replacement.

While Oviedo haven't looked great this season, a sacking at this stage seems surprising.

Luck has not been on their side, and had a few things happened — for instance, if Salomón Rondón scored his PK in the season opener vs Villarreal — Oviedo could be in a much better position.

Real Oviedo have sacked Veljko Paunović after only eight games this season.

Paunović took over in March and led the club on a 12-game unbeaten streak before beating CD Mirandés in the playoff final to send Oviedo to La Liga.

This season — only two wins from eight games.

Arkadiusz Milik has not played a single minute since May 2024.

Despite this, Juventus actually extended his contract in April, adding an extra year for financial flexibility.

Hopefully, the Polish striker is back on the pitch soon, but it looks unlikely barring a January move.

Cape Verde did not qualify today, as a 3-3 draw with Libya, combined with Cameroon's win over Mauritius, wasn't enough.

However, a win against Eswatini on Monday would still send the Tubarões Azuis to the World Cup.

Eswatini hasn't won a game since July 2023.

Of course, #DOOP and #Quakes fans will recognize Jamiro Monteiro.

The midfielder spent four years in MLS before moving to Türkiye and now the Netherlands, where he currently plays for PEC Zwolle.

Monteiro (31) has made 48 appearances for Cape Verde since his debut in 2016.

Cape Verde can clinch its spot in the 2026 World Cup with a win today.

A country of just over half a million people could finish above African giants Cameroon and qualify for the world's biggest tournament.

Would be their first appearance at the World Cup 👀

Late dagger from Penn gives the Quakers a 1-0 win over the Owls in the Schuylkill River Derby.

Tough loss for Temple, who didn't concede until Penn's 21st shot of the game.

The last Schuylkill River Derby (yes, I will be milking the use of this) was a blowout as UPenn thrashed the Owls 4-0, thanks to a brace by future #DOOP striker Stas Korzeniowski.

Can the Owls get a result in this season's derby?

Beautiful night here at TSC as Temple (1-7-2) takes on Penn (4-2-3) in the Schuylkill River Derby 🦉

And a shout-out to @/mbarrera1323 for the derby name 😂

Worst away-day I've had.

Unfortunately, nothing I come up with will ever top Owl Clásico (FAU vs Temple).

Since we're all in the mood to discuss whether certain soccer teams do or do not play in Philadelphia...

You know who does? Temple University & Penn, who will play later at 7:00 PM EST at Temple Sports Complex.

Be there! (Accepting derby name suggestions because I got nothing.)

Controversy always followed him, but Mauro Icardi surely has to be one of the most underrated players of the 21st century.

Two-time Capocannoniere award winner with Internazionale, including a 29-goal season in 2017/18.

Remarkable that he only ever got eight caps for Argentina.

Believe it or not, I've got people on the other app arguing with me that PENN STATE is a Philly school. I wish I was joking.

If you actually live in Philly, you'll notice — people wear Union gear. The city sometimes hangs Union banners during the playoffs. Places show Union games.

You don't have to support them, but also quit trying to discredit them.

If I see any more comments about how #DOOP aren't a Philly team I'm going to lose my mind.

I'll be the first to say that the stadium needs to be more accessible, but it's also only 30 mins away. And plenty of American teams don't play *exactly* where they are named after.

Worth noting that Oliver Baumann is very much still in the debate to be Germany's starter at the World Cup next summer, assuming they qualify.

The Hoffenheim goalkeeper has represented Die Mannschaft six times, including recent qualifiers against Slovakia and Northern Ireland.

Noah Atubolu has finally been added to the Germany squad for their games against Luxembourg and Northern Ireland.

Unfortunately, it comes at the expense of Oliver Baumann, who is dealing with nausea.