Davey Newlove Sports Blog

06/17/2026

Messi put on an absolute clinic in Kansas City tonight. Bags himself a hat trick to tie Zidane for the most goals all time in a World Cup career. Absolutely magical

06/17/2026

MESSI!!!! Are you kidding me? What a strike! My goodness. Vintage Messi right there. takes the lead 1-0

06/15/2026

Yasin Ayari just put the world on notice that he is legit. What a performance from him tonight to bag a brace for Sweden. His second goal was magnificent!

06/14/2026

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06/13/2026

Tonight was an absolutely dominant performance from the . Just one lapse in focus helped Paraguay get a goal. Other than that, it was all USA. Here are my thoughts on the match.

1. The US attack is very good. Paraguay is a very good defensive team, but they were absolutely shredded by Pulisic and Balogun. Pulisic caused so much trouble for Paraguay down the left the whole entire first half. Balogun was clinical in front of goal. He is one of the best strikers the US has had in a long time.

2. The US midfield is top notch. Every time Paraguay tried to play through the midfield there would be at least 2 defenders on the attacker. Adams, Tillman and McKennie were fantastic tonight and clearly frustrated Paraguay.

3. The US defense is so much better when Chris Richards is healthy and available to play. On the few occasions that Paraguay looked dangerous he got himself into the perfect position to s***f out their attack. He is definitely the best defender the US has.

4. There’s always a first time to be thankful for VAR. tonight was that night for me. Early in the second half a Paraguayan player was going down the right. Tim Ream did a great job defending and forced what looked like should be a goal kick. The ref saw the Paraguay player go down and gave Ream a yellow card and awarded a free kick to Paraguay. VAR intervened and the ref overturned his initial ruling after a quick look at the screen to review the play. He rescinded Ream’s yellow card and correctly gave it to the Paraguay player for diving. Good job by VAR to catch this one.

5. The US had a couple of missed opportunities late that could have seen the score be 6 or 7 to 1. If the subs can clean up a few things just a little bit more they will offer something that other teams should fear. This is a deep US squad and maybe even is the best squad the US has ever assembled for a World Cup.

6. I was so incredibly happy to see Gio Reyna get his goal tonight. With all that he has been through since the last World Cup I really wanted to see him score. Not only was his strike a stroke of technical ability genius, it was fantastic team buildup play. It was such a great team goal. That type of play is fun and exciting to watch.

Next up: The challenge for the US gets a little bit more difficult next Friday when they take on a stronger Australian side. The US will be looking for another 3 points to secure a spot in the Round of 32.

06/12/2026

After match day 1 here is my prediction for how Group A finishes in the

Mexico 🇲🇽
South Korea 🇰🇷
Czechia 🇨🇿
South Africa 🇿🇦

06/12/2026

Valiant effort from Czechia comes up just short and they fall to South Korea 2-1. Entertaining match!

06/12/2026

Entertaining first half between Czechia 🇨🇿 and South Korea 🇰🇷. Czechia using physicality to try to slow down South Korea. Nil-Nil at the half. Should be an entertaining second half!

06/10/2026

Today I got to go to an open training session for the Netherlands ad the prepare for the World Cup. Micky Van De Ven signed my jersey. He then asked if I wanted Jan Paul van Hecke’s autograph. I said yes, but van Hecke just smiled. Telling sign in the transfer window? Also got pretty close to Virgil Van D**e. It was an amazing day! Thank you to the KC Current for helping make this possible!

06/10/2026

The just won an absolutely wild match against Brazil in Brazil. Brazil got a total of EIGHT red cards. Four to coaches and four to players. Crazy match!