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🇧🇷 Brazil's next number 9️⃣ This summer will mark 20 years since Brazil last had a world-class centre-forward. Who will lead the line for Selecao at the 2026 World Cup? Let's take a look at some of the options for coach Carlo Ancelotti...

6⃣ Irish Young Guns 🇮🇪 The next generation of Irish talent is showing plenty of promise. In World Soccer's March 2026 issue, we picked out six players that are worth keeping an eye on... 🧵

From foggy sunrise to bright sunset on a day covering the first game of Brooklyn FC's men's team. My main article on this will be in the June issue of @worldsoccermag.bsky.social

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⚽️ "Part of the reason I joined Everton in 2001 was because of the two goals I scored against Manchester United. 🗣️ "Apparently, Sir Alex Ferguson told his friend Walter Smith that he should consider signing me. 👏 "I was substituted to a standing ovation in the 90th minute."

After a cardiac arrest last season, former Roma midfielder Edoardo Bove has lent his name to new legislation in Italy aimed at reducing deaths from cardiac emergencies. Now at Watford, the 2022 Conference League winner wants to repay the faith shown in him.

🇯🇵 It was in 2017 that Kazuyoshi Miura etched his name into the record books as the world’s oldest professional footballer. This New Year, he made headlines again by signing on loan for third-tier Japanese club Fukushima United. The question is: how does he keep doing it?

The article by @worldsoccermag.bsky.social is over 10 years old but still very relevant. Livorno as a city in general has an interesting political history, partly due to its football. Having visited the stadium, they're a very welcoming club. Obviously, it's a left-wing but has a variety of fans. 🇮🇹⚽️

🌎 "When I think about my best achievements as a coach, one of them is qualification for the World Cup. 🇶🇦 "The level of our league is very different to other leagues. ⚽ "We have one plan until June – big friendly tests. We’re playing Serbia, Argentina, Ireland and Paraguay."

🔴⚫ Since their birth in 1890, @bfcdublin.bsky.social have been 100% fan-owned and democratic to the core. Around 3,000 members can vote on club decisions and stand for the board. Custodians rather than owners, their central tenet is to leave the club stronger than they found it.

🌎 The story of the current top tier of American soccer is not possible without the World Cup and, in 2026, the league and the tournament that helped shape it will define a momentous year for the sport in the US and Canada.

🇧🇷 A tough upbringing moulded Igor Thiago into a resilient, strong-willed character. When his father died at 13, he worked a series of odd jobs, including as a bricklayer, to help support his mother. A career in football felt like a pipedream, but he persevered.

🌍 Having the top two ranked teams contest the final was the perfect scenario to emphasise the standards set through an enthralling month, yet the histrionics at the end of the game mean that Morocco’s AFCON showdown with Senegal will forever be clouded in infamy.

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Football's 5⃣0⃣ Wonderkids Here’s a teaser of some of the names featuring in World Soccer’s February feature… 🧵

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Happy birthday, Dimitar Berbatov! 🎂

⚽ It was fitting that Jesse Lingard scored in his final game for FC Seoul, and perhaps also fitting that the team could not hold on for the win. 🇰🇷 In his two seasons in South Korea, he impressed on and off the pitch, but the team flattered to deceive.

Happy birthday, Romario! 🎂

An interesting story and reminds me a bit of the America Samoa's mens team back in 2011 who brought in Thomas Rongen (an American) to help change their fortunes.

🗓️ Oct 2025: Samoa's U17 Women become the first team to represent the nation at a global tournament. 🗓️ Nov 2025: American Samoa’s Women win their first-ever World Cup qualifier. Both landmarks came in part thanks to two British scouts and an innovative approach to recruitment.

Happy birthday, Jamie Carragher! 🎂

⚽ "I don't have a memory for goals I've scored unless I see them on TV. 👏 "I would never pick out just one [club] because they were all special for different reasons. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 "It's the two World Cups which were the most memorable moments from my time with England."

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6⃣ ones to watch at the 2025 AFCON... 🧵 🇲🇦 Brahim Diaz Morocco's new star is the Real Madrid attacking midfielder, despite him playing once for Spain in 2021. He scored seven goals in the AFCON qualifiers and helped Morocco to an unbeaten 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign.

Out now: #WorldSoccer January 2026 Featuring... 🏅World Soccer Awards: The standout players, teams, managers and stories of 2025 🇲🇦AFCON kick-off: everything you need to know about the finals in Morocco 🏆World Cup latest And more... Order: shop.kelsey.co.uk/single-issue/world-soccer-magazine/2601

6⃣ Wonderkids to watch in 2026... 🧵 🇦🇷 Maher Carrizo An exceptionally gifted forward with flair, changes of pace and an eye for goal. Though primarily a left winger, Carrizo can appear anywhere across the frontline - elusive, quick-thinking and always difficult to dispossess.

🏆 World Cup Watch Now that the draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup has been made, World Soccer highlights some of the players to keep an eye on ahead of the tournament. 🧵 A thread…

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🇭🇺 "I want everyone to remember my name and know who I am 100 years from now. 🧠 "In my opinion, a central midfielder can play any position on the pitch a lot easier. 🔴 "My dream has always been to win the Champions League. To reach the final in Hungary would be a fairy tale."

🇦🇺 After years of delays, the inaugural Australian Championship kicked off in October. 🏆 Originally intended to be a true second division below the A-League, it pits eight semi-pro clubs against eight sides that finished top of Australia's state-based National Premier Leagues.

🇨🇻 Across Cape Verde’s ten islands and around the world - from Lisbon to Boston, Rotterdam to Oslo - Cape Verdeans celebrated the greatest moment in their nation’s footballing history in October: World Cup qualification.

🗨️ "Maybe my achievements don’t get enough respect because they are outside of Europe.” 📖 Read our interview with globe-trotting coach Stephen Constantine in the December issue of World Soccer.

🇸🇪 Formed in 1939, Mjallby have spent most of their existence bouncing between Sweden's lower leagues. As recently as 2016, they needed a final-day win to avoid relegation to the fourth tier, with the threat of bankruptcy looming. 🏆 Now, they are Swedish champions.

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🇧🇷 Brazil pose ahead of their World Cup 1998 group stage match with Morocco.

🧤 "It was my destiny to become a goalkeeper, just like my father. At youth level I played as a centre-forward. 🏆 "I always aimed for winning the Champions League, and it's still my big wish. 🇸🇮 "It'd be great if I could fulfil my dream to play with Slovenia at a World Cup."

Happy birthday, Rio Ferdinand! 🎂

📋 "I have to leave my playing career behind me and prove how good I can be as a head coach. 🇵🇰 "I feel like I'm in a test tube and they want to see how I respond! They want me to look after the Under-23s and senior team. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 "I'd love to be in the Premier League one day."

📸 Italy pose ahead of their World Cup 2006 qualifier with Norway in Oslo.

🇲🇦 Morocco will co-host the centennial edition of the World Cup, bringing the tournament to North Africa for the very first time. 🏟️ They have grand designs for the finals, most notably the 115,000-capacity Hassan II Stadium in Casablanca.

🏆 "We'll always have Kolkata." As Henry Winter reflects on England’s triumphant 2017 Under-17 World Cup campaign in World Soccer’s November issue, we take a look at where the members of that starting XI are plying their trade today... 👇

🇩🇪 The Striker Factory: Eintracht Frankfurt The German club has developed a reputation for developing top-quality strikers and selling them on for significant profits. Let’s take a look at some of their recent success stories. #SGE | #FCHSGE

🇨🇾 If you had told anyone in 2013 that within 12 years Pafos FC would be competing in the UEFA Champions League, you would get some very odd looks. This is because, until 11 years ago, Pafos FC did not technically exist.

🇦🇷 On this day, in 1960, Diego Maradona was born.

🇲🇽 Between 2021 and 2024, the best way to describe the mood around Mexico's national team was "doom and gloom". Nobody has done more to lift the spirits of Mexican football than Gilberto Mora - the most exciting talent the country has produced in years.