FOX Sports FIFA World Cup Rank: Top 100 Players (75-50)
5/11/202626 min
We are one month out from the greatest show on earth, and we are on a mission to name the top 100 players who are expected to play at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. We polled fifty of our FOX Sports experts, men and women who have played in these games, and produced the moments you'll never forget, to rank the world’s elite. On this episode, Stu Holden, Mo Edu and Alexi Lalas count down players 75 through 51. 0:00 - Intro1:30 - Players 75-71: Is Weston McKennie THE most important US player?4:05 - McKennie vs Pulisic6:27 - Alexis Mac Allister too high?!8:28 - Players 70-66: João Pedro & William Saliba set for massive summers11:38 - Players 65-61: Cody Gakpo is OVERRATED13:14 - Players 60-56: Is Mohamed Salah still elite?18:17 - Players 55-51: Sadio Mané too high?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mo Edu· Guest1:13
William Pacho being a center-back plays a massive role in that equation. They have a good spine The next big thing when it comes to center-backs- Yeah ...
Alexi Lalas· Host1:20
showing up here at, uh, at 62.
Mo Edu· Guest1:22
Mo Salah. Gonna be his last World Cup He's gonna be so important for Senegal.
Stu Holden· Guest1:29
Look, in his day,