International Soccer Preview

Description

This is series 32: A complete and thorough preview of Aa’s players for the 2026 FIFA World Cup .

Section 1 is some preliminary information on the team: the games they have played since the last major tournament, the formations they favour and the warm-up games played before the cup.

Section 2 is the main part of the mediacast. We go to go position-by-position, covering all candidates who have played in the past two years, telling who made it to the final squad and preliminary squad if there was one, introducing the final selections, summarizing the position over the recent period and which players have been starting, then predicting the starting line-up.

Section 3 will be also used use as a short version of the mediacast, starting with a summary of section 2, then summarizing surprises in the selections, mentioning big names off the squad, and covering the role injuries played.

Navigation

Musical Introduction – 0:00

Spoken Introduction – 0:30

Section 1: Information on team – 2:35

- Recent games and formations, upcoming games

Section 2: Candidates – 7:45

- Manager – 7:53

- Goalkeepers – 11:39

- Defenders – 18:35

- Defensive and Central Midfielders – 43:09

- Attacking Midfielders – 59:49

Forwards – 1:21:43

Section 3: Conclusion – 1:31:04

- Review of Candidates - 1:31:44

- Surprises in Squad Selection - 1:38:58

- Big Names off the Squad - 1:40:18

- Review of Injuries - 1:41:56

- Closing Thoughts -1:45:19

- Mediacast information – 1:46:26

Outro – 1:47:00

Links

Use the link below for the mediacast that introduces Soccerphiles:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dGoGw3c4mU

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/af1b585a-9609-432e-bfbc-1901376b1bff/

Our Youtube channel has organized each of the series into its own playlist. Find it here:

https://www.youtube.com/@soccerphiles/playlists

Our podcast host has all the episodes in reverse chronological order. Find it here:

https://soccerphiles.captivate.fm/

Description

This is Series 32: A preview of Japan’s players for the 2026 FIFA World Cup including candidates, selections, predictions of starters, injuries, preliminary squad and formations.

Impress your friends and family with your insider information.

Time Stamps

Musical Introduction – 0:00

Spoken Introduction – 0:10

Sections 1 & 2: Deleted: See long version

Section 3: Conclusion – 0:23

- Review of Candidates - 1:22

- Surprises in the final selections - 11:22

- Big Names off the Squad - 13:41

- Review of Injuries - 16:57

- Closing Thoughts - 21:36

Outro – 23:50

Navigation

Here are the links to the full version:

https://youtu.be/7rfW7fy9xsw

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/893f9e6a-9ba0-473c-804b-09ddf0381177/

Use the link below for the mediacast that introduces Soccerphiles:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dGoGw3c4mU

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/af1b585a-9609-432e-bfbc-1901376b1bff/

Our Youtube channel has organized each of the series into its own playlist. Find it here:

https://www.youtube.com/@soccerphiles/playlists

Our podcast host has all the episodes in reverse chronological order. Find it here:

https://soccerphiles.captivate.fm/

Description

This is Series 32: A preview of Japan’s players for the 2026 FIFA World Cup including analysis, candidates, selections, introductions, predictions of starters, injuries, preliminary squad and formations.

In this episode, we look at the squad candidates and final selections. We introduce players who were selected for the squad so you will know who they are when they step onto the field. Impress your friends and family with your insider information.

If there was a preliminary squad, we outline who was on it. We also make predictions as to who will be the starters, looking at the line-ups in their most recent games to help us. We update injuries, look at the big names off the squad and give some closing thoughts.

This episode is parts 1 and 2 combined of mediacasts we did for other teams.

Time Stamps

Musical Introduction – 0:00

Spoken Introduction – 0:30

Section 1: Information on team – 3:50

- Recent games and formations, upcoming games

Section 2: Candidates – 9:38

- Manager – 9:44

- Goalkeepers – 11:17

- Defenders – 16:37

- Defensive and Central Midfielders – 46:18

- Wingers – 1:01:52

- Attacking Midfielders – 1:09:44

- Forwards – 1:23:15

Outro – 1:35:55

Navigation

Use the link below for a short mediacast covering our past, present and future series.

https://youtu.be/1wT-DbJ0kYE

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/49db86cc-dd80-4a4e-a0e5-a76b857da5c3

Our Youtube channel has organized each of the series into its own playlist. Find it here:

https://www.youtube.com/@soccerphiles/playlists

Our podcast host has all the episodes in reverse chronological order. Find it here:

https://soccerphiles.captivate.fm/

Description

This is Series 32: A preview of Netherland’s players for the 2026 FIFA World Cup including candidates, selections, predictions of starters, injuries, preliminary squad and formations.

Impress your friends and family with your insider information.

Description

This is Series 32: A preview of Netherland’s players for the 2026 FIFA World Cup including analysis, candidates, selections, introductions, predictions of starters, injuries, preliminary squad and formations.

In this episode, we look at the squad candidates and final selections. We introduce players who were selected for the squad so you will know who they are when they step onto the field. Impress your friends and family with your insider information.

If there was a preliminary squad, we outline who was on it. We also make predictions as to who will be the starters, looking at the line-ups in their most recent games to help us. We update injuries, look at the big names off the squad and give some closing thoughts.

This episode is parts 1 and 2 combined of mediacasts we did for other teams.

Time Stamps

Musical Introduction – 0:00

Spoken Introduction – 0:30

Section 1: Information on team – 3:27

- Recent games and formations, upcoming games

Section 2: Candidates – 8:52

- Manager – 9:00

- Goalkeepers – 10:41

- Defenders – 16:29

- Defensive and Central Midfielders – 39:12

- Attacking Midfielders – 54:47

Forwards – 1:10:37

Section 3: See the short version fr section 3

Outro – 1:18:28

Navigation

Use the link below for a short mediacast covering our past, present and future series.

https://youtu.be/1wT-DbJ0kYE

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/49db86cc-dd80-4a4e-a0e5-a76b857da5c3

Our Youtube channel has organized each of the series into its own playlist. Find it here:

https://www.youtube.com/@soccerphiles/playlists

Our podcast host has all the episodes in reverse chronological order. Find it here:

https://soccerphiles.captivate.fm/

Description

This is Series 32: A preview of Haiti’s players for the 2026 FIFA World Cup including analysis, selections, injuries, preliminary squad and formations.

This episode is part 2 of the players mediacast.We reveal the final squad selection and compare it to the list of candidates that we created in part 1. We also try to predict the starting players.Finally, we update injuries, list big names off the squad, and give some closing thoughts.

Time Stamps

Musical Intro – 0:00

Spoken Intro – 0:10

Sections 1 & 2: Deleted in the short version

Section 3: Concluding matters – 0:26

- Review of selection and predicted starters – 0:58

- Surprises in the roster – 8:38

- Big Names off the Squad - 10:02

- Injuries – 11:08

- Mediacast Information – 11:54

Outro and Closing thoughts – 13:25

Navigation

Here are the links to part 1:

https://youtu.be/HQcdDRFUpw8

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/5daecddd-abb0-4e7a-b632-22b07bbba396/

Here are the links to the full version of part 2

https://youtu.be/0NfYfzO0di0

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/a5f3f4ab-17e0-4640-bd8c-4f9613313760/

Use the link below for a mediacast introducing Soccerphiles and the International Soccer Preview.

https://youtu.be/5dGoGw3c4mU

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/af1b585a-9609-432e-bfbc-1901376b1bff/

Our Youtube channel has organized each of the series into its own playlist. Find it here:

https://www.youtube.com/@soccerphiles/playlists

Our podcast host has all the episodes in reverse chronological order. Find it here:

https://soccerphiles.captivate.fm/

Description

This is Series 32: A preview of Haiti’s players for the 2026 FIFA World Cup including analysis, selections, injuries, preliminary squad and formations.

In this episode, we look at the squad selections and give information on who was selected for the squad and who was not.If there was a preliminary squad, we outline who was on it. We also make predictions as to who will be the starters, looking at the line-ups in their most recent games to help us. We update injuries, look at the big names off the squad and give some closing thoughts.

This episode is part 2 of the full mediacast.

In part 1, we created a list of the candidates and their likelihood of being selected for the final squad. In doing so, we introduced players, especially the main candidates. We also looked at the injury situation and some key team information, like formations and recent games.

Time Stamps

Musical Intro – 0:00

Spoken Intro – 0:30

Section 1: Team Information – 4:39

Section 2: Selection of candidates – 9:15

- Manager – 9:24

- Goalkeepers – 9:53

- Defenders – 13:42

- Defensive and Central Midfielders – 23:37

- Attacking Midfielders – 31:21

- Forwards – 38:18

Section 3: Concluding matters – 42:41

- Review of selection and predicted starter – 43:03

- Surprises in the roster – 50:54

- Big Names off the Squad - 52:18

- Injuries – 53:23

- Mediacast Information – 54:11

Outro and closing thoughts – 55:40

Navigation

Here are the links to part 1:

https://youtu.be/HQcdDRFUpw8

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/5daecddd-abb0-4e7a-b632-22b07bbba396/

Use the link below for a mediacast introducing Soccerphiles and the International Soccer Preview.

https://youtu.be/5dGoGw3c4mU

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/af1b585a-9609-432e-bfbc-1901376b1bff/

Our Youtube channel has organized each of the series into its own playlist. Find it here:

https://www.youtube.com/@soccerphiles/playlists

Our podcast host has all the episodes in reverse chronological order. Find it here:

https://soccerphiles.captivate.fm/

Description

This is Series 32: A preview of Scotland’s players for the 2026 FIFA World Cup including analysis, selections, injuries, preliminary squad and formations.

This episode is part 2 of the players mediacast.We reveal the final squad selection and compare it to the list of candidates that we created in part 1. We also try to predict the starting players.Finally, we update injuries, list big names off the squad, and give some closing thoughts.

*Unfortunately, something went wrong with the graphics so from 0:26 the same image remains all the way to 9:08, so the video effectively becomes a podcast. We didn’t have time to re-record so I can only recommend using the time stamps here.

Time Stamps

Musical Intro – 0:00

Spoken Intro – 0:10

Sections 1 & 2: Deleted in the short version

Section 3: Concluding matters – 0:27

- Review of selection and predicted starters – 0:52

- Surprises in the roster – 8:46

- Big Names off the Squad - 10:31

- Injuries – 11:28

- Closing thoughts – 12:56

- Mediacast Information – 13:41

Outro – 15:46

Navigation

Here are the links to part 1:

https://youtu.be/H-FOYoCdzX0

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/88f6d914-28e3-4c48-890e-26c358bb15fe/

Here are the links to the full version of part 2

https://youtu.be/cz3PCxErF_c

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/a421d79c-e7cd-4259-9699-eda2cc8d39d2/

Use the link below for a mediacast introducing Soccerphiles and the International Soccer Preview.

https://youtu.be/5dGoGw3c4mU

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/af1b585a-9609-432e-bfbc-1901376b1bff/

Our Youtube channel has organized each of the series into its own playlist. Find it here:

https://www.youtube.com/@soccerphiles/playlists

Our podcast host has all the episodes in reverse chronological order. Find it here:

https://soccerphiles.captivate.fm/

Description

This is Series 32: A preview of Scotland’s players for the 2026 FIFA World Cup including analysis, selections, injuries, preliminary squad and formations.

In this episode, we look at the squad selections and give information on who was selected for the squad and who was not.If there was a preliminary squad, we outline who was on it. We also make predictions as to who will be the starters, looking at the line-ups in their most recent games to help us. We update injuries, look at the big names off the squad and give some closing thoughts.

This episode is part 2 of the full mediacast.

In part 1, we created a list of the candidates and their likelihood of being selected for the final squad. In doing so, we introduced players, especially the main candidates. We also looked at the injury situation and some key team information, like formations and recent games.

*Unfortunately, something went wrong with the graphics at 24:30 and the same image remains all the way to 55:02, so the video effectively becomes a podcast. We didn’t have time to re-record so I can only recommend using the time stamps here.

Time Stamps

Musical Intro – 0:00

Spoken Intro – 0:30

Section 1: Team Information – 4:42

Section 2: Selection of candidates – 9:30

- Manager – 9:37

- Goalkeepers – 10:01

- Defenders – 14:44

- Defensive and Central Midfielders – 24:24

- Attacking Midfielders – 33:21

- Forwards – 41:17

Section 3: Concluding matters – 46:19

- Review of selection and predicted starter – 46:45

- Surprises in the roster – 54:39

- Big Names off the Squad - 56:23

- Injuries – 57:21

- Closing thoughts – 58:48

- Mediacast Information – 59:53

Outro – 1:01:40

Navigation

Here are the links to part 1:

https://youtu.be/H-FOYoCdzX0

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/88f6d914-28e3-4c48-890e-26c358bb15fe/

Use the link below for a mediacast introducing Soccerphiles and the International Soccer Preview.

https://youtu.be/5dGoGw3c4mU

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/af1b585a-9609-432e-bfbc-1901376b1bff/

Our Youtube channel has organized each of the series into its own playlist. Find it here:

https://www.youtube.com/@soccerphiles/playlists

Our podcast host has all the episodes in reverse chronological order. Find it here:

https://soccerphiles.captivate.fm/

Description

This is Series 32: A preview of Morocco’s players for the 2026 FIFA World Cup including analysis, selections, injuries, preliminary squad and formations.

This episode is part 2 of the players mediacast.We reveal the final squad selection and compare it to the list of candidates that we created in part 1. We also try to predict the starting players.Finally, we update injuries, list big names off the squad, and give some closing thoughts.

Time Stamps

Musical Intro – 0:00

Spoken Intro – 0:10

Sections 1 & 2: Deleted in the short version

Section 3: Concluding matters – 0:26

- Review of selection and predicted starters – 1:07

- Surprises in the roster – 11:37

- Big Names off the Squad - 15:01

- Injuries – 16:41

- Closing thoughts – 20:47

- Mediacast Information – 22:39

Outro – 24:28

Navigation

Here are the links to part 1:

https://youtu.be/PledVErf1X8

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/8cda1bfc-ced2-43fe-8d91-50469d442765/

Here are the links to the full version of part 2

https://youtu.be/2uLMqOlDppo

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/50b35f20-1790-47db-953f-6148d9c636bc/

Use the link below for a mediacast introducing Soccerphiles and the International Soccer Preview.

https://youtu.be/5dGoGw3c4mU

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/af1b585a-9609-432e-bfbc-1901376b1bff/

Our Youtube channel has organized each of the series into its own playlist. Find it here:

https://www.youtube.com/@soccerphiles/playlists

Our podcast host has all the episodes in reverse chronological order. Find it here:

https://soccerphiles.captivate.fm/