Guam!

Day -992 WorldCup2022

One thing I enjoy about paying attention to the World Cup three years before it starts is following results of countries who you would never really associate with football news. It's a chance for these small nations to dream for a little bit. I'm Maltese. I understand this. I also understand the very quick quashing of these ridiculous dreams.

Take Guam for example. They made it to the second round of qualifying after beating Bhutan 5-1 on aggregate. In this group stage they have lost to the Maldives twice and lost their other matches 4-1, 7-0 and 4-0. The US territory Pacific Island only won their first World Cup qualifying match in 2015, against Turkmenistan. They followed it up with a 2-1 win against the much higher ranked India. I bet that had the 180,000 Guam residents dreaming big.

It looks like it's over again for another 4 years, but it's good while it is lasting. Let us small island people have our fun.