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SO, WHAT DO YOU THNK ... WAS IT BEST WORLD CUP OF ALL TIME?

  NOTING FIFA’s LATEST, POSSIBLY GREATEST (but don’t  count on it) WORLD CUP … A LAST LOOK (for now) … It appears  MAURICIO POCHETTINO  will return as coach of the USMNT  … that is, if he can’t find something bigger … like replacing  THOMAS  TUCHEL , embattled boss of the under-achieving Three Lions of England. Or,  returning to the English Premier League where he parlayed the great  HARRY  KANE  into a tough out with no-longer-relevant Totenham Hotspur So, who might be waiting in the wings to become the next boss of the  Americans … if Pochettino, 54, leaves after one year in which the heavily- pumped red, white and blue was left black and blue by Belgium 4-1 in the  round of 16? Among the favorites, according to wish-lists found on-line, are (in no particular order)  JESSE MARSCH ,  PELLEGRINO MATARAZZO ,   GARETH SOUTHGATE ,  JULIAN NAGELSMANN ,  STEVE  CHERUNDOLO  and  PEP GUARDI...
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ARGENTINA NEVER WAS BEST TEAM AFTER ALL

  Not even the great   LIONEL MESSI   could rescue defending champion Argentina  from defeat in the final of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Sunday. Messi’s tournament magic ended when favored Spain turned a game-long defensive  lockdown into a 1-0 decision that was more one-sided than the final score would  indicate. How one-sided was it? Well, depending on which  official  source you care to believe, Spain held the  heretofore South American juggernaut anywhere from two shots on goal – all in the  second of two 15-minute overtime periods – to none. That is correct NONE as in  zero, zilch, nada, hard as it is to believe ... BELIEVE IT … while  UNAI SIMON , in  goal for Spain, was pitching his seventh shutout in eight games, allowing only one  goal (to Belgium in the quarterfinals).  Had it not been for  EMELIANO MARTINEZ , there would have been no need for  extra time. Playing with a broken ring finger on his ...
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