The Netherlands are the winners of Group F at the 2026 FIFA Mens World Cup following a methodical 3-1 win over Tunisia at a rainy Kansas City Stadium, combined with Japan and Sweden playing to a 1-1 draw. The Netherlands and Japan both began the day on four points. The two teams were also even in the next two tiebreakers: head-to-head, followed by goal difference. The Netherlands only had the edge in the third tiebreaker, which is goals scored. That made this game a race between the Netherlands and Japan to both win their respective games by as large a margin as possible. At one point during this game, the lead was up for grabs, as the Netherlands was only up 2-1 while Japan was up 1-0 on Sweden. But as the games progressed, the Dutch pulled away while Japan conceded an equalizer. In the end, Japan finished second, while Sweden finished third, with a record that likely has it among the top eight teams to still advance. Here are my takeaways: 1. The Netherlands Became Too Passive The start of the game could not have gone any better for the Netherlands, which was all over Tunisia in the early parts of the game. Right back Denzel Dumfries continued his strong start to the World Cup when, in the second minute, he drove a hard, low cross into the box that forced an own goal from Tunisia central defender Ellyes Skhiri. Then in the seventh minute, Tijjani Reijnders floated a free kick to the back post, which Virgil Van Dijk headed it back across the front of the goal. Brian Brobbey was then there to head it home from close range. It was the third goal of the tournament from Brobbey. At that point, the Netherlands should have been able to keep up its intensity on a demoralized opponent and find more goals. That did not happen, and the first half finished 2-0. In the first part of the second half, Tunisia even pulled one back due to poor set-piece defending from the Netherlands. It was only after Tunisia scored that the Netherlands was able to find another goal to get back onto the front foot again. This is a problem for head coach Ronald Koeman's team, which has elite talent and realistic ambitions to be a contender at this World Cup. Despite the teams offensive capabilities, the Netherlands has not kept a clean sheet in six straight games. The Netherlands seems to only raise its game when external events demand it. The Dutch needed to come out strong and did. When the team no longer needed to be intense, it wasnt. Then, after Tunisia scored again, the Netherlands raised its level again until it found another goal. Then the pace of the game slowed again. Against elite opponents, that can be the teams downfall. It needs to find a way to play strong on its own terms. 2. Tunisia Hits Rock Bottom Mercifully, the World Cup is over for Tunisia, which returns home as arguably the worst team in the tournament. Three games, three losses, all by multiple-goal margins, and all while being outscored 12-2. At a time when minnows such as Curaao and Cape Verde were able to find ways to compete and even secure a result, at no point in this tournament was Tunisia ever competitive. Even Haiti, which also lost all three of its games, showed more fight and competitiveness. Tunisia is not a minnow. This team defeated France at the 2022 World Cup (while France had a rotated squad in that game, Frances reserves still made for a great lineup). During World Cup qualifying, Tunisia did not concede a single goal in its group. While it was a weak group, Tunisia did not make a single costly defensive mistake. After the teams opening game, it fired its head coach, Sabri Lamouchi, and replaced him with Herv Renard. It was the first time in World Cup history that a team had ever fired a coach after the first game. That speaks to the underlying cause of what made this team such a mess at the World Cup. The federation has not provided stability. The national team has had seven coaches since the 2022 World Cup. That has made it impossible for this team to build chemistry, an identity, or a coherent style of play. Now moving into a new cycle with competitions like the African Cup of Nations and 2030 World Cup qualifying coming up, we will see if the federation opts to provide this stability, which can only help with results. 3. Brobbey, Reijnders And Malen impressed In terms of this game, the best players on the field were Brian Brobbey, Tijjani Reijnders, and Donyell Malen, who all did well executing Koemans plan. On the right wing, Malen was very difficult for Tunisian players to stop. While he did not factor into a goal contribution, Malen drew fouls, opened up space with his dribbling, and was effective in his passing. Brobbey entered this tournament having scored just one goal for the Netherlands in his career. At a time when most contenders have a dominant center forward, Brobbey does not have that resume. But he has been excellent in the group stage with three goals from two starts (he played just five minutes against Japan). Whether Brobbey can continue his form and lead the Dutch deep into the knockouts is another question. But he should be playing with a lot of confidence. Reijnders was also very effective against Tunisia, where he created several chances and had an assist. He had three shots and forced two big saves. 4. Morocco Next For The Netherlands Winning the group was not much of a prize for the Netherlands, which will now have to face Morocco in the round of 32. Morocco finished second in its group with a draw with Brazil, followed by wins over Scotland and Haiti. This is a matchup that could be very problematic for the Dutch, as Morocco was a semifinalist in 2022 and has only continued to play well over the ensuing four years. It will be the most difficult test for Koemans team, which will have to be sharp and focused for the full 90 minutes, not just in specific moments.

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BOSTON (AP) Caleb Durbin broke a tie with a two-run homer in the fifth inning, Connelly Early allowed two runs over six innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 6-3 on Thursday night.Red Sox closer Aroldis Chapman bounced back after two losses for his 15th save of the season. Nate Eaton and Ceddanne Rafaela each drove in a run for Boston, which beat the Yankees at Fenway Park for the first time this season. New York swept a three-game series at Fenway back in April. Durbins homer came off Yankees starter Cam Schlittler (8-4) and came one day after his left pinkie was dislocated against Colorado. The third baseman was in starting lineup and sent a shot into the first row of the Green Monster seats for his fifth homer this month.Early (7-5) struck out a season-high nine. He allowed five hits and walked two. Jose Caballero homered for New York.Schlittler lowered his ERA from 1.71 to 1.62 but left with New York trailing 4-2. The right-hander allowed four runs none were earned on five hits while striking out nine. New York took a 2-0 lead into the fifth inning courtesy of an RBI single by Jasson Dominguez and Caballeros eighth homer. Durbins blast capped off Bostons four-run rally in the fifth, which was aided by one of four errors committed by the Yankees. The Red Sox endured a rocky travel schedule involving their departing charter flight from Denver that didnt land in Boston until 6 a.m. Red Sox pitching coach Andrew Bailey was ejected by first-base umpire Tyler Jones in the ninth. Up nextThe Yankees will send RHP Will Warren (7-2, 3.45) to the mound Friday night. The Red Sox will counter with LHP Payton Tolle (3-4, 3.08). ___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Jonah Heims RBI single tied the game, Lawrence Butler followed with a go-ahead RBI hit and the Athletics scored four times with two out in the ninth inning Thursday, rallying for a 9-6 win over the San Francisco Giants.Henry Bolte opened the ninth with an infield single off Caleb Kilian (2-4). After Bolte advanced to second on a wild pitch, Kilian got two outs before walking Tyler Soderstrom. Heim then singled down the left-field line to score Bolte and tie the game at 6. Butler put the Athletics ahead with a single to right that scored Soderstrom. After Butler stole second, Max Muncys bloop single to left scored two more runs and gave the Athletics a 9-6 edge.The As had led 2-1 in the sixth before Jung Hoo Lee hit a go-ahead, three-run triple with two outs and Victor Bericoto followed with a two-run homer, his third, to put San Francisco ahead 6-2.Bericoto had hit a game-ending solo homer in the Giants 2-1 win Wednesday night.In Thursdays series finale, the Athletics got a two-run single from Shea Langeliers in the seventh and an RBI single from Jeff McNeil in the eighth to set up their comeback in the ninth. McNeil had three of the Athletics 15 hits.Geoff Hartlieb (1-0) threw two hitless innings of relief for his second career victory. Mason Barnett worked a perfect ninth and picked up his second save.RAYS 13, ROYALS 2ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Junior Caminero hit three home runs and drove in six runs, Victor Mesa Jr. added a three-run homer and three pitchers combined for 8 1/3 no-hit innings to lead Tampa Bay to a victory against Kansas City.Opener Casey Legumina retired the first four batters before Ian Seymour (4-1) took over in the second inning. The pair combined to retire the first 16 Kansas City batters before Starling Marte drew a one-out walk in the sixth off Seymour.Craig Kimbrel started the ninth with a walk to Marte, then struck out Tyler Tolbert before allowing a two-run home run to Carter Jensen to the right-field stands for the Royals only hit of the game.The Rays salvaged a split of the four-game series after dropping the first two games.Tolbert, who started at shortstop for Kansas City, moved to the mound for the eighth inning, allowing five runs on six hits.Caminero tied a franchise record with his three home runs and registered his sixth career multi-homer game and second this season. He hit a two-run home run in the first inning and added a solo shot in the fifth, both off Seth Lugo (3-5), before going deep off Tolbert in the ninth. Mesa hit a three-run shot to right field in the fourth.Tampa Bays Yandy Diaz extended his hitting streak to nine games with a seventh-inning double.PIRATES 5, MARINERS 1PITTSBURGH (AP) Brandon Lowe hit his team-leading 19th home run of the season and Henry Davis had a two-run blast as Pittsburgh beat Seattle.Lowes homer was a solo shot off Bryce Miller with one out in the bottom of the first inning to open the scoring. He added an RBI single in a two-run eighth. Lowe also leads the Pirates with 51 runs batted in after being acquired from Tampa Bay in an offseason trade.Davis entered the game with a .136 batting average. However, the catchers two-run home run, his sixth, in the third inning pushed the Pirates lead to 3-1. Davis finished 2 for 3 to raise his average to .148.Miller (3-2) tied his career high with 11 strikeouts in just 5 2/3 innings. Miller also had no walks as the American League West leaders lost two of three in the series.Rookie Bubba Chandler (3-7) pitched 5 1/3 innings for the win, allowing one run and five hits while striking out four and walking three. Evan Sisk, Yohan Ramirez, Mason Montgomery and Gregory Soto combined for 3 2/3 scoreless relief innings.ASTROS 2, TIGERS 1DETROIT (AP) Tatsuya Imai struck out 10 in six scoreless innings and Taylor Trammell homered to lead Houston to a victory over Detroit.Imai (5-3) allowed two hits and a walk and threw 63 of his 96 pitches for strikes in the opener of the four-game series. AJ Blubaugh struck out three in two innings, and Enyel De Los Santos gave up Dillon Dinglers 19th home run in the ninth on the way to his fifth save.Detroit starter Troy Melton took a perfect game into the sixth inning before Trammell hit a one-out, 0-1 pitch 422 feet to right field for his second home run and a 1-0 lead. Jeremy Pea singled leading off the ninth against Kenley Jansen and then stole second. Pea took third on a groundout by Yordan Alvarez and scored on a sacrifice fly by Isaac Paredes for an insurance run for Houston.Melton (4-1) allowed one run on two hits with six strikeouts in six innings for the Tigers, who have lost three straight.Riley Greenes two-out single off Imai in the fourth was the first hit by either team against the rookie starters.RANGERS 6, BLUE JAYS 5TORONTO (AP) Wyatt Langford hit a threerun home run, Jake Burger and Joc Pederson also went deep, and Texas beat Toronto.Pederson went 2 for 3 with two walks and scored twice as Texas bounced back after losing the previous two.Torontos Kazuma Okamoto cut the deficit to one with a two-run homer off Jacob Latz in the ninth, his 18th.Latz recovered by retiring Alejandro Kirk on a grounder and striking out pinch hitter Brandon Valenzuela for his 15th save in 17 chances.Rangers shortstop Corey Seager went 0 for 2 and walked twice after being activated off the concussion list. The two-time World Series MVP missed 12 games.Texas left-hander MacKenzie Gore (5-6) allowed three runs and four hits in seven innings, snapping a four-start winless streak.RED SOX 6, YANKEES 3BOSTON (AP) Caleb Durbin broke a tie with a two-run homer in the fifth inning, Connelly Early allowed two runs over six innings and Boston beat New York.Red Sox closer Aroldis Chapman bounced back after two losses for his 15th save of the season. Nate Eaton and Ceddanne Rafaela each drove in a run for Boston, which beat the Yankees at Fenway Park for the first time this season. New York swept a three-game series at Fenway back in April. Durbins homer came off Yankees starter Cam Schlittler (8-4) and came one day after his left pinkie was dislocated against Colorado. The third baseman was in starting lineup and sent a shot into the first row of the Green Monster seats for his fifth homer this month.Early (7-5) struck out a season-high nine. He allowed five hits and walked two. Jose Caballero homered for New York.Schlittler lowered his ERA from 1.71 to 1.62 but left with New York trailing 4-2. The right-hander allowed four runs none were earned on five hits while striking out nine. PHILLIES 10, NATIONALS 5WASHINGTON (AP) Bryce Harper hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the ninth inning, Derek Hill followed with a three-run shot as Philadelphia rallied from an early five-run deficit and beat Washington.The Phillies came from behind for a third straight game, winning the series by scoring 15 runs in the ninth inning against the majors worst bullpen after dropping opener of the four-game series 4-1.Harper homered off Gus Varland (1-2), scoring pinch-runner Garrett Stubbs after Kyle Schwarber singled to start the inning. It was Harpers ninth career go-ahead homer in the ninth inning or later, and his 103rd homer at Nationals Park where he played his first seven seasons.Hill added his sixth home run, one night after winning the game with a pinch-hit shot.The Phillies, who became the first team in history to win two straight games after being down to their last strike with the bases empty, trailed 5-0 after the Nationals scored four runs in the first off ace Cristopher Snchez.Curtis Mead homered for the third time in the series and 14th overall a one-out solo shot off Snchez to highlight the four-run first. Jacob Youngs two-out RBI single made it 5-0 in the third.Snchez allowed five runs on seven hits in five innings. Orion Kerkering (5-0) struck out two in a scoreless eighth for the win. CUBS 4, METS 3, 10 INNINGSNEW YORK (AP) Pete Crow-Armstrong laced an RBI double in the 10th inning, powering Chicago to a victory over sinking New York and a sweep of the four-game series.The Cubs went 7-0 against the Mets, outscoring them 51-24.The Mets suffered their sixth straight loss to fall a season-high 13 games under .500 the furthest below .500 theyve been since 2023.Crow-Armstrong, a former first-round pick of the Mets who was sent to the Cubs in the Javier Baez deal in 2021, delivered the tiebreaking hit off Brooks Raley (2-3).Michael Conforto, Alex Bregman and Ian Happ had RBI hits in the sixth, when the Cubs runs were unearned thanks to a pair of errors. Chicagos final eight runs of the series were unearned.Jacob Webb (2-2) worked around a walk in the ninth and Trent Thornton retired all three batters he faced in the 10th for his second career save.

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