Morocco Beat World Cup Co-Host Canada 3-0
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KHOU 11's Michelle Choi spent the morning with nine Houston-area teens who were selected to be flag bearers for today's World Cup match between Canada and Morocco.
The World Cup round of 32 concludes as Colombia face Ghana for the final spot in the last 16. Both teams have made early changes as Colombia's Jhon Cordoba and Marvin Senaya of Ghana were forced off with injury inside the first 13 minutes.
The FIFA World Cup Round of 16 gets underway today with two matches taking place in the U.S. Canada takes on Morocco in Houston followed by Paraguay and France on the pitch in Philadelphia.
Hundreds of soccer fans lined up hours before the gates opened Friday at Los Angeles’ official FIFA World Cup fan zone as the tournament’s Round of 32 came to a dramatic close with three final knockout matches.
Reigning champions Argentina narrowly avoided one of the all-time great upsets as they beat Cape Verde 3-2 in one of the best matches in recent World Cup history. Sidny Lopes Cabral scored a remarkable goal-of-the-tournament contender when he curled a shot past Emiliano Martinez to draw Cape Verde level after Lisandro Martinez’s strike in extra time.
What are the Round of 16, and potential Quarterfinals matches, at the World Cup?
