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Kelly Cates and Rory Smith continue our countdown to the 2026 World Cup. Nedum Onuoha joins just under a year away from the start of the World Cup in the USA, Canada, and Mexico.

After the chaos of the Club World Cup, the panel discuss the extreme weather in the States, the Americanisation of the sport, player workload, and how politics could shape the tournament.

South American Football Journalist Marcela Mora y Araujo joins to give the lowdown on dark horses Ecuador, and CEO of Canada Soccer Kevin Blue has the track on Canada ahead of a home tournament for Jesse Marsch鈥檚 side.

Timecodes:
02:45 Club World Cup reflections
07:20 Extreme weather
11:50 Affordability of the World Cup
13:20 Americanisation of the sport
20:00 Player welfare
23:45 What are we most looking forward to?
26:40 Dark horses Ecuador
28:40 Marcela Mora y Araujo on Ecuador
37:15 Venezuela to qualify?
39:35 Kevin Blue on Canadian soccer

5 Live commentaries:
Fri 5 Sep 1930 Chelsea v Man City in the WSL,
Sat 6 Sep 1330 Arsenal v London City Lionesses in the WSL,
Sat 6 Sep 1700 England v Andorra in World Cup Qualifying,
Sun 7 Sep 1200 Liverpool v Everton in the WSL,
Tue 9 Sep 1945 Serbia v England in World Cup Qualifying.