The World Cup is upon us
After four years of waiting, the World Cup returns — this time in our own backyard. Excalibur is here to get you up to speed and share some predictions of how it will all go down.
Shawn is a third-year BCom student and an executive at Soccer World YorkU. Sports editor by day and frantic fanboy by night, Shawn aspires to be like Stephen A. Smith and Shannon Sharpe. When he isn't writing, Shawn can be found watching hot takes on ESPN, meditating, or screaming at his TV screen while the Boston Celtics are playing.
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