Dan Gaichas

World Cup Class of 2018: Mexico

Population:  123.7 million Capital:  Mexico City Team Colors:  Green and White How Qualified:  Won CONCACAF Hexagonal Nickname:  El Tri 16th World Cup Head…

7 years ago

World Cup Class of 2018: Japan

Population:  126.7 million Capital:  Tokyo Team Colors:  Blue and White How Qualified:  Won AFC Group B Nickname:  Blue Samurai 6th World Cup Head…

7 years ago

World Cup Class of 2018: Iran

Population:  81 million Capital:  Tehran Team Colors:  White and Red How Qualified:  Won AFC Group A Nickname:  Team Melli 5th World Cup Head…

7 years ago

World Cup Class of 2018: Iceland

Population:  350,710 Capital:  Reykjavik Team Colors:  Blue and Red How Qualified:  Won UEFA Group C Nickname:  Strákarnir okkar (Our Boys) 1st World Cup…

7 years ago

World Cup Class of 2018: Germany

Population:  82.8 million Capital:  Berlin Team Colors:  White and Black How Qualified:  Won UEFA Group C Nickname:  Die Mannschaft 18th World Cup Head…

7 years ago

World Cup Class of 2018: France

Population:  67.2 million Capital:  Paris Team Colors:  Blue and White How Qualified:  Won UEFA Group A Nickname:  Les Bleus 15th World Cup Head…

7 years ago

World Cup Class of 2018: England

Population:  55.3 million Capital:  London Team Colors:  White and Red How Qualified:  Won UEFA Group F Nickname:  The Three Lions 15th World Cup…

7 years ago

World Cup Class of 2018: Croatia

Population:  4.15 million Capital:  Zagreb Team Colors:  Red and White How Qualified:  Won playoff vs. Greece Nickname:  Vatreni (The Blazers) 5th World Cup…

7 years ago

World Cup Class of 2018: Denmark

Population:  5.75 million Capital:  Copenhagen Team Colors:  Red and White How Qualified:  Won playoff vs. Republic of Ireland Nickname:  Danish Dynamite 5th World…

7 years ago

World Cup Class of 2018: Costa Rica

Population:  4.86 million Capital:  San Jose Team Colors:  Red and Blue How Qualified:  2nd in CONCACAF Hexagonal Nickname:  Ticos 5th World Cup Head…

7 years ago

World Cup Class of 2018: Colombia

Population:  49.6 million Capital:  Bogota Team Colors:  Yellow, Blue, and Red How Qualified:  4th in CONMEBOL qualifying Nickname:  Los Cafeteros 6th World Cup…

7 years ago

World Cup Class of 2018: Brazil

Population:  208.7 million Capital:  Brasilia Team Colors:  Gold and Blue How Qualified:  1st in CONMEBOL qualifying Nickname:  Seleção 21st World Cup Head Coach: …

7 years ago

World Cup Class of 2018: Belgium

Population:  11.4 million Capital:  Brussels Team Colors:  Red How Qualified:  Won UEFA Group H Nickname:  The Red Devils 13th World Cup Head Coach: …

7 years ago

World Cup Class of 2018: Argentina

Population:  43.8 million Capital:  Buenos Aires Team Colors:  Blue and White How Qualified:  3rd in CONMEBOL qualifying Nickname:  La Albiceleste 17th World Cup…

7 years ago

World Cup Class of 2018: Australia

Population:  24.9 million Capital:  Canberra Official Language:  English Team Colors:  Green and Gold How Qualified:  Won Playoff vs. Honduras Nickname:  Socceroos 5th World Cup…

7 years ago

Manchester City, Dortmund coming to Soldier Field

English Premier League champions Manchester City are heading to Soldier Field on Friday, July 20th, to take on Bundesliga power Borussia…

7 years ago

Kovac to Succeed Heynckes at Bayern Next Season

Former Croatia international and current Eintracht Frankfurt manager Niko Kovac is set to succeed Jupp Heynckes at Bayern Munich at…

7 years ago

Chicago pulls out of World Cup 2026 bid

A spokesman for Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel has confirmed a report in the Chicago Sun-Times on Thursday morning that the city will be…

7 years ago

Das Experiment: Pokalmeister! (And a side on VAR)

"Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.” —Gary…

8 years ago

Das Experiment: On to the final!

It was said sometime during the mid-1990s that Brazil was so deep that they could field four World Cup winning…

8 years ago

Das Experiment: Werner’s Coming Out

Sunday’s match against Cameroon may well be the world’s formal introduction to Timo Werner. Werner, who was scoring the goals…

8 years ago

Das Experiment: Almost Through

  Chile was always going to be a tougher opponent for this German team. Indeed, it was a defensive error…

8 years ago

Das Experiment: First Hurdle Past, Just

Monday’s match against Australia saw both a potent attack and a nervy defense. Let’s start with the latter. The first…

8 years ago

Confederations Cup Preview, Germany: Das Experiment

by Dan Gaichas While many of the eight teams are sending their best squads to Russia, Germany is sending a…

8 years ago