For a moment – just a moment – Israel's U20 World Cup success gave everyone in this divided land something to cheer about. Finally, consensus over something.
With Uruguay's victory against the United States on Sunday night, they will be facing off against the Jewish state in a soccer match later this week.
The team dedicated the historic victory to the IDF soldiers murdered in the terrorist attack along the Egyptian border earlier.
Israel successfully claimed victory just minutes before the end of the match, scoring a goal at the 97th-minute mark.
Israel will face off against Uzbekistan in the round of 16 on Tuesday night.
On Sunday, Israel lost 2-1 in the first match of the first round of the U-20 World Cup, which features the world’s best soccer talent under 20 years old.
Despite valiant effort and even taking 1-0 second-half lead, Israel surrenders two late tallies in defeat • Senegal on tap
After tournament moved to Argentina, blue-and-white grouped with Japan, Colombia and Senegal
An agricultural engineer's algorithm calculated exactly where the seeds should be sown. The result: half a million square meters of Lionel Messi.
Indonesia's football federation said it had canceled the draw after the governor of the island of Bali refused to host Israel's team.
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