Why World Cup 2026 belongs to football’s oldest warriors as veteran goalkeepers steal the spotlight
Less than a week into this summer’s FIFA World Cup in North America, there’s been an interesting pattern across some of the goalkeepers in action. Cape Verde’s Vozinha celebrates after the match (REUTERS) They are older. The mean age of all 145 goalkeepers at the tournament is 29 years and 298 days. 77 of them…
