{"id":2600,"date":"2026-06-21T17:41:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T17:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2600"},"modified":"2026-06-21T17:41:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T17:41:56","slug":"own-goals-surge-at-expanded-world-cup-threatens-tournament-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2600","title":{"rendered":"Own goals surge at expanded World Cup threatens tournament record"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>HOUSTON, June 21 (Reuters) &#8211; One of the features of the opening 10 days of the 2026 World Cup has been a surge in unfortunate own goals with co-hosts United States benefitting twice \u200band the tournament total of seven already the second highest in the history of \u200cthe global finals.<\/div>\n<div>Only the 2018 World Cup in Russia had more luckless players put the ball into the back of their net with 12, and it would be no surprise to see that figure eclipsed with the current tournament \u200bexpanded to 48 teams and 104 matches.<\/div>\n<div>We are a little over a third of the \u200bway through the 2026 tournament and amid some incredible strikes at the right \u2060end of the pitch, the own goal has been prominent.<\/div>\n<div>Paraguay\u2019s Dami\u00e1n Bobadilla was the first to put \u200bthe ball into his own net inside seven minutes of their loss to United States, who also \u200bforced Australia\u2019s Cameron Burgess into an own goal as they made it two wins from two in Group D.<\/div>\n<div>Switzerland\u2019s Miro Muheim did likewise with what proved a last-minute equaliser for Qatar deep into stoppage time, while the latter were \u200bthen on the wrong end of an own goal when Mohamed Manai netted in a 6-0 \u200bloss to Canada.<\/div>\n<div>Egypt\u2019s Mohamed Hany, Aymen Hussein from Iraq and Jordan\u2019s Yazan Al-Arab have also put the ball into \u200ctheir own \u2060net. Hussein also scored a goal for Iraq in the same game against Norway and is one of only three players in World Cup history to score at both ends in a single match.<\/div>\n<div>There have been 61 own goals in World Cup matches with almost 12% coming in this year&#8217;s tournament \u200balone.<\/div>\n<div>The first was scored \u200bby 18-year-old Manuel Rosas \u2060from Mexico in a 3-0 loss to Chile in the maiden World Cup in 1930.<\/div>\n<div>There have been five tournaments that did not feature any own \u200bgoals, the last in 1990, while the two scored in favour of the \u200bUnited States \u2060this year is already a joint record for most in favour of a team in a single tournament, along with France in 2014 and 2018.<\/div>\n<div>The most own goals scored by a side in a single tournament \u2060is \u200balso two, by Bulgaria in 1966 and Russia at their \u200bown World Cup in 2018.<\/div>\n<div>Unfortunately, Mexico have scored the most own goals down the years with four, while France have been the \u200bmost frequent recipients of good luck with six in their favour.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2598\">Ocado Group lines up successor to CEO Steiner, Sky News reports<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2597\">Red Sea Global aims to bring troubled Saudi luxury island \u2018back to life\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2595\">Spain swelters in first official heatwave of 2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tournament total of seven already is the second highest in the history of \u200cthe global finals. 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