USMNT and England’s New World Cup Opponents Confirmed

The European leg of the World Cup play-offs finally ended, and the USMNT found out who they’ll face in their first World Cup match in Qatar. Wales won their final game against Ukraine by a score of 1-0, making it to the World Cup for the first time in 64 years.

It’s a vital return for the USMNT as they’ll play in their first World Cup since 2010. As a result, Gregg Berhalter’s men would like to start things right from their very first match. The USMNT are the favorites to finish second in their group and make it to the knockout stages. This result for Wales doesn’t change that.

USMNT will face Wales in their first World Cup match

Wales will join the USMNT, England, and Iran in Group B of the World Cup. England have a fairly strong team and are the favorites to finish first, but the scales are much closer between the other three teams. Iran are the weakest side among the three on paper, but anything can happen in a tournament of this stature.

Moreover, a lack of experience in playing on the biggest stage in football might come to haunt both Wales and the young American team. It’ll be interesting to see how they get past that point of awe that could easily overtake any team in the World Cup.

Wales manager Rob Page reacts

However, no one was thinking about that in Cardiff as the Welsh team celebrated their win with their fans. Team captain Gareth Bale was vital, as it was his free-kick that resulted in the final goal. He was ecstatic afterward and called it the greatest result in the country’s history.

Even Wales manager Rob Page was on the same page and revealed how proud he was of his team and the fans.

“I’m so proud of the guys, they thoroughly deserved it. The one thing these boys were missing was a World Cup and now we’ve got there. These are the best supporters in world football, they helped us from the first minute,” Page said.

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