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Deniz Undav #26 of Germany celebrates with teammates after scoring his team's second goal during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group E match between Germany and Cote D'Ivoire at Toronto Stadium in Toronto on June 20, 2026. Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images
What could have been the latest upset to the start of the 2026 World Cup ended up being a hard-fought comeback for an early favorite.
Germany defeated the Ivory Coast 2–1 in Toronto on June 20, becoming the third team to advance to the knockout round with one game left in the preliminary group stage, after Mexico and the United States also advanced.
T.J. Muscaro is an award-winning reporter and NASA Correspondent for The Epoch Times, covering the Artemis program, Space Force, and other public and private ambitions within the growing space industry. Based in Tampa, Florida, he also covers stories of extreme weather and disaster relief, as well as various matters of national and international politics.
