Paul Carr

Sr Director of Media & Biz Ops, @TruMediaSports. ⚽ research @ FOX, TNT, CBS. Betting @ Yahoo, VSiN, Ringer (RIP). Wheaton (IL) alum. #RootForChaos 🇺🇸🏊

[Paul Carr @PaulCarr]

The World Cup is almost here!

To get ready, I have a raft of articles for @YahooSports:

📺 Viewer's guide
📈 Power ranking 48 teams
🇺🇸 Trust USMNT?
⚽️ Group winners & top scorer
👠 Cinderellas & upsets
💰 Futures plays & best bets

Let's go!! https://t.co/bJ7GJyrQgv

[Paul Carr @PaulCarr]

🇨🇴🇵🇹 The 21 total shots in the first half of Colombia-Portugal were the most in a World Cup first half since...

🇺🇸🇩🇿 ...United States-Algeria had 24 in 2010.

[Paul Carr @PaulCarr]

Simple Group K scenarios…

🇨🇴 Already advanced; wins group w/ win/draw vs POR

🇵🇹 Already advanced; wins group w/ win

🇨🇩 Advances w/ win vs UZB

🇺🇿 Must win by 6+ to be top 8 3rd-place team

[Paul Carr @PaulCarr]

#RootForChaos in Group L…

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wins 1-0 vs Panama

🇬🇭 Wins 4-2 vs Croatia

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇭 Tied for 1st on pts, H2H, GD, goals

🟨 Fair Play ranking decides who advances (ENG -1, GHA -2)

⚽️ If still tied, FIFA ranking (ENG 4, GHA 73)

☹️ No drawing of lots.

[Paul Carr @PaulCarr]

Simple-ish Group L scenarios:

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wins group w/ win & GHA loss/draw OR 2 draws OR win & GHA win & win tiebreaker

🇬🇭 Wins group w/ win & ENG loss/draw OR draw & ENG loss OR win & ENG win & win tiebreaker

🇭🇷 Advances w/ win/draw; wins group w/ win & ENG loss/draw

🇵🇦 Eliminated

[Ben Fawkes @BFawkes22]

Early betting picks and predictions for Round of 32 World Cup games from @PaulCarr for @YahooSports:

https://t.co/1xuW5cg0Im

[Opta Analyst @OptaAnalyst]

Opta have analysed every World Cup game since 1966 in detail, meaning we can now quantify how little football was actually played in the second half of a game known as:

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒊𝒋𝒐́𝒏

https://t.co/pcPjkW0Z7E

[Paul Carr @PaulCarr]

Simple Group G scenarios for today…

🇪🇬 Already advanced

🇮🇷 Advances w/ win

🇧🇪 Advances w/ win OR draw & Iran loss

🇳🇿 Advances w/ win & Iran loss/draw

[Paul Carr @PaulCarr]

Simple Group H scenarios today…

🇪🇸 Advances w/ win/draw OR CPV loss/draw OR a loss by 4 or fewer

🇺🇾 Advances w/ win

🇨🇻 Advances w/ win OR draw & URU loss

🇸🇦 Advances w/ win & URU loss/draw

[OptaJoe @OptaJoe]

5 - 🇸🇳 Senegal are the first ever African team to score five goals in a FIFA World Cup match.

Record.

[Paul Carr @PaulCarr]

Ousmane Dembélé has the second-earliest hat trick in World Cup history!

🇦🇹 Erich Probst (24' in 1954 vs CZE)
🇫🇷 Ousmane Dembélé (32' today vs NOR)
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary Lineker (36' in 1986 vs POL)
🇩🇪 Gerd Müller (38' in 1970 vs Peru)

[Paul Carr @PaulCarr]

@derdunklekommt Didn't see it, but these are the official standings... https://t.co/0mUrGqkqwT

[Paul Carr @PaulCarr]

Group I winner likely plays Sweden then potentially Germany and Netherlands/Morocco.

Group I runner-up plays Ivory Coast, then Brazil/Japan and potentially England.

[Paul Carr @PaulCarr]

Simple Group I scenarios for today…

🇫🇷🇳🇴 Already advanced

🇫🇷 Wins group w/ win/draw

🇳🇴 Wins group w/ win

🇸🇳 3rd w/ win, ideally by 2+ goals to be semi-comfortable

🇮🇶 3rd w/ win, probably needs to win by 4+ to advance

[VSiN @VSiNLive]

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[OptaJack⚽️ @OptaJack]

1+1 - Sebastian Berhalter is the first #USMNT player to record a goal and an assist in a FIFA World Cup match in the modern era.

Involved.

[Paul Carr @PaulCarr]

Thus ends one of my favorite notes.

1994 still held the World Cup attendance record despite having a dozen fewer games than each of the seven World Cups that followed. 🇺🇸

[FIFA @FIFAcom]

3,605,357

@FIFAWorldCup 2026 is the highest attended tournament in history! 🤩

[Paul Carr @PaulCarr]

@AnthonyDabbundo Soccer libero let's do it

[Paul Carr @PaulCarr]

@eastdeflection Yes, Paraguay probably advances with a draw, just not tonight.

[Paul Carr @PaulCarr]

Simple Group D scenarios tonight…

🇺🇸 Already won the group what do I do with my hands

🇦🇺 Advances with win/draw

🇵🇾 Advances with win

🇹🇷 Already eliminated

[OptaJack⚽️ @OptaJack]

1 - Auston Trusty is the ninth player to score his first career goal for the #USMNT at the FIFA World Cup and just the third in the modern era (John Brooks, Julian Green in 2014).

Breakthrough.

[Paul Carr @PaulCarr]

Auston Trusty scores the USMNT's second-earliest World Cup goal!

30" 🇺🇸 Clint Dempsey vs Ghana (2014)
3' 🇺🇸 Auston Trusty tonight
4' 🇺🇸 John O'Brien vs Portugal (2002)