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2022 FIFA World Cup Team USA preview and squad
The United States of America is a consistent performer in international soccer. Currently ranked 15th in the world, the United States has qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. This is the eleventh time the United States has qualified for the FIFA World Cup.
USA Football Team Past Achievements
The American football team will leave for Qatar in November with the goal of changing history. This is the 11th time that the United States will participate in the FIFA World Cup.
The best result for the United States was recorded in the first edition of the FIFA World Cup. The team reached the semi-finals and finished 3rd in the tournament.
The 1950 FIFA World Cup was also special for the US soccer team. The team beat England 1-0.
Team USA did not qualify from 1954 to 1990. The team participated in every World Cup from 1986 to 2014. The team failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Now the team has once again qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Team USA’s game plan
Team USA will compete in Group B of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar alongside England, Iran and Wales.
Team USA will open their tournament on November 21st against Wales. The match will be held at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan.
The United States will face England in their second match at the same venue on November 25, 2022. The United States will play their final group-stage game against Iran on November 29, 2022.
Team USA squad
Goalkeepers: Matt Turner, Sean Johnson, Ethan Horvath
Defenders: Walker Zimmerman, Aaron Long, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Tim Ream, Sergino Dest, Shaq Moore, Antonee Robinson, Joe Scally, and De’Andre Yedlin.
Midfielders: Cristian Roldan, Kellyn Acosta, Luca de la Torre, Yunus Dimoara Musah, Tyler Adams, Weston McKennie, Brenden Aaronson
Forwards: Jesús Ferreira, Jordan Morris, Christian Pulisic, Gio Reyna, Josh Sargent, Tim Weah, Haji Wright
2022 පාපන්දු ලෝක කුසලානයේ USA කණ්ඩායමේ පෙරදැක්ම හා සංචිතය
ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදය ජාත්යන්තර පාපන්දු ක්රීඩාවේ ස්ථාවර දස්කම් දක්වන කණ්ඩායමකි. දැනට ලෝක ශ්රේණිගත කිරීම්වල 15 වැනි ස්ථානයේ පසුවන ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදය 2022 කටාර් පාපන්දු ලෝක කුසලානයට සුදුසුකම් ලබා ඇත. ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදය FIFA ලෝක කුසලානයට සුදුසුකම් ලැබූ එකොළොස්වන අවස්ථාව මෙයයි.
USA පාපන්දු කණ්ඩායමේ අතීත ජයග්රහණ
ඉතිහාසය වෙනස් කිරීමේ අරමුණින් ඇමෙරිකානු පාපන්දු සංචිතය නොවැම්බර් මාසයේදී කටාර් බලා පිටත් වේ. ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදය FIFA ලෝක කුසලානයට සහභාගී වන 11 වන අවස්ථාව මෙයයි.
එක්සත් ජනපදය සඳහා හොඳම ප්රතිඵලය FIFA ලෝක කුසලානයේ පළමු සංස්කරණයේ වාර්ථා විය. කණ්ඩායම අවසන් පූර්ව වටයට පිවිසි අතර තරගාවලියේ 3 වැනි ස්ථානයට පත්විය.
1950 FIFA ලෝක කුසලානය ද එක්සත් ජනපද පාපන්දු කණ්ඩායමට විශේෂ විය. කණ්ඩායම ගෝල 1-0ක් ලෙස එංගලන්තය පරාජය කළේය.
USA කණ්ඩායම 1954 සිට 1990 දක්වා සුදුසුකම් ලබා නැත. කණ්ඩායම 1986 සිට 2014 දක්වා සෑම ලෝක කුසලානයකටම සහභාගී විය. 2018 රුසියාවේ ලෝක කුසලානයට සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමට කණ්ඩායම අසමත් විය. දැන් කණ්ඩායම 2022 FIFA ලෝක කුසලානයට නැවත වතාවක් සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමට සමත්ව ඇත.
USA කණ්ඩායමේ තරග සැලැස්ම
එක්සත් ජනපද කණ්ඩායම 2022 කටාර් FIFA ලෝක කුසලානයේ B කාණ්ඩයේ එංගලන්තය, ඉරානය සහ වේල්සය සමඟින් තරග වැදීමට නියමිතය.
USA කණ්ඩායම ඔවුන්ගේ තරගාවලිය නොවැම්බර් 21 වන දින වේල්සයට එරෙහිව ආරම්භ කරනු ඇත. තරගය පැවැත්වෙන්නේ Al Rayyan හි Ahmad bin Ali ක්රීඩාංගණයේදීයි.
ඉන්පසු එක්සත් ජනපදය 2022 නොවැම්බර් 25 වැනි දින එම ස්ථානයේදීම ඔවුන්ගේ දෙවන තරගයට එංගලන්තය මුහුණ දෙනු ඇත. එක්සත් ජනපදය 2022 නොවැම්බර් 29 ඉරානය ට එරෙහිව ඔවුන්ගේ අවසන් කණ්ඩායම් අදියරේ තරගය ක්රීඩා කරනු ඇත.
USA කණ්ඩායම් සංචිතය
Goalkeepers: Matt Turner, Sean Johnson, Ethan Horvath
Defenders: Walker Zimmerman, Aaron Long, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Tim Ream, Sergino Dest, Shaq Moore, Antonee Robinson, Joe Scally, and De’Andre Yedlin.
Midfielders: Cristian Roldan, Kellyn Acosta, Luca de la Torre, Yunus Dimoara Musah, Tyler Adams, Weston McKennie, Brenden Aaronson
Forwards: Jesús Ferreira, Jordan Morris, Christian Pulisic, Gio Reyna, Josh Sargent, Tim Weah, Haji Wright
2022 FIFA உலகக் கோப்பை அணி USA முன்னோட்டம் மற்றும் அணி
அமெரிக்கா சர்வதேச கால்பந்தாட்டத்தில் ஒரு நிலையான செயல்திறன் கொண்டதாகும். தற்போது உலக தரவரிசையில் 15வது இடத்தில் உள்ள அமெரிக்கா, 2022ம் ஆண்டு கத்தாரில் நடைபெறவுள்ள FIFA உலகக் கோப்பைக்கு தகுதி பெற்றுள்ளது. ஃபிஃபா உலகக் கோப்பைக்கு அமெரிக்கா தகுதி பெறுவது இது பதினொன்றாவது முறையாகும்.
USA சாக்கர் அணியின் கடந்தகால சாதனைகள்
வரலாற்றை மாற்றும் இலக்குடன் அமெரிக்க கால்பந்து அணி நவம்பர் மாதம் கத்தார் புறப்படுகிறது. ஃபிஃபா உலகக் கோப்பையில் அமெரிக்கா பங்கேற்கும் 11வது முறையாகும்.
ஃபிஃபா உலகக் கோப்பையின் முதல் பதிப்பில் அமெரிக்காவிற்கு சிறந்த முடிவு பதிவு செய்யப்பட்டது. அந்த அணி அரையிறுதிக்கு முன்னேறி 3வது இடத்தைப் பிடித்தது.
1950 FIFA உலகக் கோப்பையும் அமெரிக்க கால்பந்து அணிக்கு சிறப்பு வாய்ந்தது. அந்த அணி 1-0 என்ற கோல் கணக்கில் இங்கிலாந்தை வீழ்த்தியது.
USA அணி 1954 முதல் 1990 வரை தகுதி பெறவில்லை. அணி 1986 முதல் 2014 வரை ஒவ்வொரு உலகக் கோப்பையிலும் பங்கேற்றது. ரஷ்யாவில் 2018 உலகக் கோப்பைக்கு அந்த அணி தகுதி பெறவில்லை. தற்போது அந்த அணி மீண்டும் 2022 ஃபிஃபா உலகக் கோப்பைக்கு தகுதி பெற்றுள்ளது.
அமெரிக்க அணியின் விளையாட்டுத் திட்டம்
2022 FIFA உலகக் கோப்பை கத்தாரின் B பிரிவில் இங்கிலாந்து, ஈரான் மற்றும் வேல்ஸ் அணிகளுடன் USA அணி போட்டியிடும்.
நவம்பர் 21 ஆம் தேதி வேல்ஸ் அணிக்கு எதிராக அமெரிக்கா தனது போட்டியைத் தொடங்கவுள்ளது. அல் ரய்யானில் உள்ள அஹ்மத் பின் அலி மைதானத்தில் இந்தப் போட்டி நடைபெறவுள்ளது.
நவம்பர் 25, 2022 அன்று இதே மைதானத்தில் அமெரிக்கா தனது இரண்டாவது ஆட்டத்தில் இங்கிலாந்தை எதிர்கொள்கிறது. நவம்பர் 29, 2022 அன்று ஈரானுக்கு எதிராக அமெரிக்கா தனது கடைசி குழு நிலை ஆட்டத்தில் விளையாடுகிறது.
அமெரிக்க அணி
Goalkeepers: Matt Turner, Sean Johnson, Ethan Horvath
Defenders: Walker Zimmerman, Aaron Long, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Tim Ream, Sergino Dest, Shaq Moore, Antonee Robinson, Joe Scally, and De’Andre Yedlin.
Midfielders: Cristian Roldan, Kellyn Acosta, Luca de la Torre, Yunus Dimoara Musah, Tyler Adams, Weston McKennie, Brenden Aaronson
Forwards: Jesús Ferreira, Jordan Morris, Christian Pulisic, Gio Reyna, Josh Sargent, Tim Weah, Haji Wright
Athletics
Rumesh Extends European Dominance with Ostrava Gold
Sri Lanka’s rising athletics star Rumesh Tharanga Pathiragae reinforced his status as one of the world’s premier javelin throwers by capturing gold at the prestigious Ostrava Golden Spike meeting in the Czech Republic on Tuesday.
The 23-year-old delivered another commanding performance at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold event, producing a winning throw of 86.57 metres to finish comfortably ahead of a high-quality international field.
Rumesh signaled his intentions from the outset with an opening effort of 85.87m before improving to 86.30m in the second round. He then produced his best throw of the day, 86.57m, in the third round, a mark that remained unbeaten for the rest of the competition.
Grenada’s double world champion Anderson Peters had to settle for second place with 84.27m, while South Africa’s Douw Smit completed the podium with a throw of 83.90m.
The latest triumph comes just weeks after Rumesh announced himself on the global stage with a sensational 92.62m effort in Rome, a throw that elevated him to eighth place on the all-time world rankings and established him as a genuine contender for major international honours.
Unlike in Rome, where he arrived as an emerging talent, Rumesh entered the Ostrava meet carrying the weight of expectation. Widely regarded as the athlete to beat in men’s javelin this season, the Sri Lankan was among the headline attractions of the competition and featured prominently in pre-event promotions.
News
Sports Minister Warns Rugby Federation of Disciplinary Action Over Visa Fiasco
Minister of Sports Sunil Kumara Gamage has announced that disciplinary action will be taken against the Sri Lanka Rugby Federation following the national team’s failure to obtain visas for its scheduled Asian Rugby Championship match against South Korea, resulting in the cancellation of the fixture last week.
Addressing reporters, the Minister emphasized that the responsibility for securing travel documents and making logistical arrangements rests entirely with the relevant sports federation and not with the Ministry of Sports.
Gamage stated that federations are expected to make visa applications and travel arrangements well in advance and cannot rely on last-minute interventions. He described the incident as a clear case of negligence on the part of the Rugby Federation.
“The Sports Ministry does not intervene in visa or ticket processes. If funding is provided, we cover expenses, but team selection and visa arrangements are solely the federation’s responsibility. The Federation cannot request a visa on Monday if the team is to travel on Wednesday. This is the Federation’s negligence. This is not a government issue; it is an issue of the Federation or Association. We will take disciplinary action, as we have done before,” the Minister said.
He further stressed that such administrative failures cannot be allowed to continue, noting that sports federations often attempt to shift responsibility to the Ministry when shortcomings arise.
The Minister reiterated that the Rugby Federation must be held accountable for the cancellation of the international fixture, adding that the matter has also attracted attention in Parliament.
The cancellation of the Asian Rugby Championship match has raised concerns over the management and administrative efficiency of the sport’s governing body, with calls for greater accountability to prevent similar incidents in the future.
Cricket
Online Abuse Targets Sri Lanka A Cricketer After Match Incident
Sri Lanka A player Vishen Halambage has reportedly become the latest victim of online harassment after a match-related confrontation with India A batter Vaibhav Suryavanshi sparked widespread discussion on social media.
The incident occurred during Sri Lanka A’s dramatic Super Over triumph over India A in the Tri-Nation Series on Monday. Footage showing a tense exchange between the two young cricketers quickly spread across social media platforms, drawing significant attention from cricket fans.
Following the match, Halambage’s Instagram account was flooded with critical and abusive messages, with many comments reportedly originating from social media users reacting to the on-field altercation. Unverified reports also suggested that individuals connected to the player were subjected to online harassment.
By Tuesday, Halambage’s Instagram profile appeared to be inaccessible. While some reports indicated that the account may have been blocked or restricted after receiving numerous complaints, the exact reason remains unclear. Neither the player nor Instagram has publicly commented on the matter.
The episode has once again brought attention to the growing issue of online abuse in sport, where athletes particularly younger players can face intense backlash following high-profile incidents. Sports analysts and observers have repeatedly called for greater efforts to curb harassment on digital platforms and promote responsible fan engagement.
The match itself ended in a memorable victory for Sri Lanka A, but the events that followed have shifted attention toward the challenges athletes face beyond the boundary ropes.
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