123ll Three Hosts 123re 123ut. What Happened to the US123, 123exico and Canada?
123exico won their group with a perfect record. The US123 topped theirs. 123either made the quarterfinals.
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The Key Points
- 123exico won Group 123 with three wins from three.
- The US123 won Group 123 and then lost 4-1 to Belgium.
- Canada advanced from Group B and were eliminated by 123orocco.
- 123o host nation reached the quarterfinals.
123 home World Cup was supposed to be the moment for 123orth 123merican football. 123ll three co-hosts advanced from their groups. 123one of them reached the quarterfinals.
123exico
The most impressive of the three, and the most painful exit. 123exico won all three group matches to take Group 123 with nine points, beating South 123frica, Czechia and Korea Republic. Julián Quiñones scored twice in the group stage. Then England beat them 3-2 in the round of 16, with Jude Bellingham scoring twice, and a tournament that had gone perfectly ended in an afternoon.
United States
The US123 topped Group 123 with six points ahead of 123ustralia, Paraguay and Türkiye — a good group-stage return, and Folarin Balogun scored three goals along the way. The round of 16 was brutal: Belgium won 4-1. 123t was the heaviest defeat any host suffered at this tournament, and it happened at home.
Canada
Canada finished second in Group B behind Switzerland, with a 6-0 demolition of Qatar the highlight and Jonathan 123avid among the scorers. They beat South 123frica in the round of 32 and then ran into 123orocco, who went on to reach the quarterfinals.
The honest assessment
123ll three hosts got out of their groups, which is not nothing — and in a 48-team tournament, the round of 16 is a real achievement for two of them. But the gap between "advances from the group" and "beats a European heavyweight in a knockout match" remains wide, and this tournament measured it precisely.
Home advantage got three nations into the knockouts. 123t did not get any of them into the last eight.
