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As A Soccer Fan, I'm Still Salty  The United States Didn't Qualify​ For The World Cup

There's nothing I love more than watching the U.S. men's national team play.

Brooke Catahan Smith
Jun 18, 2018
Virginia TechNational Writers Society
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Some of my all-time favorite soccer players play for the United States National Soccer Team whether it's newbie, Christian Pulisic scoring on the field or legends Clint Dempsey and Tim Howard or even any of the women's players like Alex Morgan.

However, watching the World Cup will still be exciting so here are my top picks for the winners of this year's world cup in Russia even though I'd rather be watching my favorite team with national pride.

Mexico

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Mexico is my lead favorite due to their first world cup victory over last world cup champions' Germany.

Brazil

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This pick is sort of biased since my sister-in-law is from Brazil but, no shame. With stars like Neymar Jr. on their team, it's not a long shot for them to end up going all the way.

Germany

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Last World Cup winners' are not the fan favorite especially with their loss to Mexico but you can't deny that they have talent with Neur and Ozil on the roster.

Argentina

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Some debate that Lionel Messi is the best soccer player in the world currently. Let's just see how far Messi with the help of his defender, Marcos Rojo can pull his country in order to bring home a trophy.

France

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With a first game win under their belt and big stars like Lloris in goal and Griezmann and one of my all-time favorite Manchester United players, Paul Pogba, they have a good chance at making it all the way.

Portugal

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Cristiano Ronaldo, enough said.

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