{"id":159043,"date":"2026-02-16T15:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=159043"},"modified":"2026-02-16T15:00:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:00:30","slug":"new-zealand-world-cup-2026-preview-what-is-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=159043","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand World Cup 2026 PREVIEW | What is success?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sSGMETYTb9Q?rel=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>The 2026 World Cup this upcoming summer is inching ever closer, and that has our crew going nation by nation, previewing their chances at taking home the trophy. This time, we are touching on the New Zealand All Whites competing in their third ever world cup. Join Hannah Cash, Nico Cantor &#038; Ali Riley as they break down the New Zealand squad, zeroing in on star English Premier League striker from Nottingham Forest &#038; All White&#8217;s all-time leading goalscorer Chris Wood. Plus, the crew take a look at their Group G fixtures vs. Belgium, Egypt &#038; Iran.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 New Zealand Journey to the WC<br \/>\n1:03 New Zealand&#8217;s first WC since 2010<br \/>\n2:26 Easy qualification for New Zealand?<br \/>\n4:10 Player Spotlight: Chris Wood<br \/>\n6:06 New Zealand Projected Starting XI<br \/>\n6:59 Sarpreet Singh&#8217;s impact<br \/>\n8:15 Group G vs. Iran, Egypt, Belgium<br \/>\n10:37 Final Thoughts<br \/>\n11:37 Watch More!<\/p>\n<p>#newzealand #worldcup #worldcup2026 #soccer #football #cbssportsgolazo #cbs #cbssports<br \/>\nStream 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=sSGMETYTb9Q\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 World Cup this upcoming summer is inching ever closer, and that has our crew going nation by nation, previewing their chances at taking home the trophy. This time,&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":159044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159043","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\/159043","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=159043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/159044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}