Morocco Beat World Cup Co-Host Canada 3-0
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Morocco World Cup history: Atlas Lions become first African squad to make back-to-back World Cup quarterfinals
Morocco remains in contention for the 2026 World Cup trophy, continuing its strong run since Qatar 2022.
Ahead of the two sides' World Cup quarter-final in North America, FIFA revisits their semi-final meeting four years ago in Qatar and looks into the details behind a match dominated by Morocco but won by France.
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Morocco offer France first real test of World Cup credentials
The meeting renews the 2022 semi-final rivalry, but the North Africans now arrive as confident contenders with title ambitions.
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North Africa's Rise in Football: Morocco's 2022 World Cup Run
North African soccer shines as Morocco reached the 2022 World Cup semis; Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia continue to climb the FIFA rankings as the sport grows.
Legal disputes and acrimony have replaced the accolades and euphoria for Morocco's national soccer team ahead of this year's World Cup.
Morocco were the shock team of the 2022 World Cup by making the semifinals. The African giants are no longer underdogs in 2026.
America celebrated its 250th birthday Saturday with fireworks, barbecues, red, white, and blue parades, and some World Cup action. The Round of 16 got underway with two teams that met in the 2022 World Cup semifinals setting up a rematch in this year’s quarterfinals.
Underdog Canada is playing in the round of 16 for the first time, while opponent Morocco went to the semifinals in the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
Goals from Azzedine Ounahi (2) and Soufiane Rahimi ended the co-hosts’ campaign and sent Morocco into another World Cup quarter-final.
