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2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off: Simon Jordan discusses US shot growth
Talksport presenter Simon Jordan discusses the 2026 FIFA World Cup kickoff successful Mexico, highlighting its immense planetary and increasing U.S. influence. Jordan notes soccer's emergence to the 3rd astir fashionable athletics successful America, surpassing shot and hockey. He is optimistic astir the record-breaking tournament, expected to merchantability 6.5 cardinal tickets, contempt past World Cup challenges.
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The World Cup is underway, with the lawsuit kicking disconnected successful Mexico, and the archetypal extremity seemed to beryllium immoderate benignant of destiny.
Shortly aft the assemblage successful Mexico City joined unneurotic successful singing the nationalist anthem, Mexico scored the archetypal extremity of the tourney successful conscionable the ninth minute.
The tract was tilted successful the aboriginal going, with Mexico already having 2 country kicks, and connected different travel to the South African broadside of the field, it recovered the backmost of the net.
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Julian Quinones celebrates with teammates aft scoring Mexico's archetypal extremity during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group A lucifer against South Africa astatine Mexico City Stadium connected June 11, 2026. (Carl Recine/Getty Images)
A walk from South Africa's goalie got distant from a teammate and was picked disconnected by Erik Lira. The shot was past taken by Julian Quinones, who took conscionable 1 dribble toward the mediate of the tract and ripped a right-footed changeable into the net, putting the assemblage into a frenzy.
Quinones ran to his seat and was mobbed by his teammates.
In its World Cup history, Mexico has won 14 of the 22 games successful which it has scored first, drafting 5 others.
Estadio Azteca, renamed Mexico City Stadium for the tournament, held the tournament's opening ceremonies, during which each 48 competing countries were represented. FIFA president Gianni Infantino was successful the gathering with the FIFA World Cup Trophy.
Julian Quinones celebrates scoring Mexico's archetypal extremity during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group A lucifer against South Africa astatine Mexico City Stadium connected June 11, 2026, successful Mexico City, Mexico. (Hector Vivas/FIFA)
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Grammy Award victor Alejandro Fernandez sang the nationalist anthem, arsenic the Mexican players wrapped their arms astir each different and sang successful unison. The assemblage did the same, and adjacent a subordinate of the Mexican grant defender was captured singing the anthem.
Understandably so, respective were seen either letting the tears travel oregon holding them backmost arsenic champion arsenic they could.
Thursday's lucifer successful Mexico marked the archetypal of 104 full matches from present done the last astatine MetLife Stadium, oregon New York New Jersey Stadium, connected July 19.
Mexico is coming disconnected a disappointing travel to Qatar, arsenic it was the archetypal clip since 1978 that it competed successful a World Cup and did not marque it to the knockout stage. Aside from its prohibition successful 1990 and not qualifying successful 1982, it had made it past the radical signifier successful 9 consecutive World Cups it played in.
Mexico's guardant Julian Quinones celebrates scoring his team's archetypal extremity during the 2026 World Cup Group A lucifer against South Africa astatine Mexico City Stadium successful Mexico City connected June 11, 2026. (Rodrigo Oropeza/AFP via Getty Images)
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It has ne'er made it to the semifinals, past making the quarters successful 1986.
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