{"id":157827,"date":"2026-02-08T10:11:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T10:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=157827"},"modified":"2026-02-08T10:11:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T10:11:48","slug":"can-curacao-compete-in-the-2026-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=157827","title":{"rendered":"Can Cura\u00e7ao COMPETE in the 2026 WORLD CUP?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RqTz3mO7DWo?rel=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Cura\u00e7ao&#8217;s Tahith Chong joins Morning Footy to discuss World Cup 2026. Claudia Pag\u00e1n, Nico Cantor, Troy Deeney and Aaron West chat with Chong about what it means to him for Cura\u00e7ao to qualify and what his expectations are for his side. As well as, his memories of growing up in Cura\u00e7ao and his journey through Europe.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Cura\u00e7ao Spotlight<br \/>\n00:52 Tahith Chong breakfast<br \/>\n02:14 Reaction to qualifying for World Cup<br \/>\n03:38 Impact of Qualification<br \/>\n05:03 Growing up in Cura\u00e7ao<br \/>\n07:16 World Cup expectations<br \/>\n08:20 His Fitness<br \/>\n09:44 FIFA Card&#8217;s<br \/>\n10:47 Fashion Forward<\/p>\n<p>#curacao #cbssportsgolazo #football #soccer #cbs #worldcup #worldcup2026 #cbssports <\/p>\n<p>Stream UCL on Paramount+ &#8211; http:\/\/bit.ly\/UCLonParamount<br \/>\nWatch UCL Extended Highlights &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYX&#8211;AqrRszzMR4_C8YwiBn<br \/>\nWatch UCL Today with Thierry Henry, Kate Scott, Micah Richards and Jamie Carragher &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYdin8WdtaOExGhaRZI_dJ8<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our other CBS Sports Golazo channels!<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CBSSportsGolazoEurope<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@golazoamerica<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@wgolazo<\/p>\n<p>Home of UEFA Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Champions League, UEFA Europa and Conference Leagues, NWSL, Serie A and Serie A Women, EFL Championship, EFL League One, EFL League Two and Carabao Cup, Concacaf Men&#8217;s World Cup Qualifiers and W Champions Cup, US Open Cup, USL, Liga MX, SPFL and more.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RqTz3mO7DWo\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cura\u00e7ao&#8217;s Tahith Chong joins Morning Footy to discuss World Cup 2026. Claudia Pag\u00e1n, Nico Cantor, Troy Deeney and Aaron West chat with Chong about what it means to him for&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":157828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=157827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/157828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=157827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=157827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=157827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}