Colin Cowherd & Landon Donovan react to World Cup Draw: Mexico & Germany Aren’t Scary, Brazil Is Wildly Talented

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Colin is joined by U.S. Men's soccer legend Landon Donovan and host of the “Unfiltered Soccer” podcast with Tim Howard to preview the 2026 World Cup.

They preview Group A led by Mexico, and Landon explains why Mexico doesn’t feature the top flight talent of past teams and why other teams won’t fear Mexico (00:45). 

They move to Group B led by Canada, and discuss the strength of the group relative to the US’s Group D and the potential of soccer power Italy qualifying for the group (2:30). 

They start with Brazil’s Group C and discuss the strength of Brazil’s team relative to the past and why they’ve been playing below expectations recently, and Landon warns  that Morocco shouldn’t be counted out (5:00).

Finally, they preview Germany’s Group E and they highlight Germany being an older team that doesn’t scare anyone, but should still win the group (6:30).

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Colin is joined by U.S. Men's soccer legend Landon Donovan and host of the “Unfiltered Soccer” podcast with Tim Howard to preview the 2026 World Cup.

They preview Group A led by Mexico, and Landon explains why Mexico doesn’t feature the top flight talent of past teams and why other teams won’t fear Mexico (00:45). 

They move to Group B led by Canada, and discuss the strength of the group relative to the US’s Group D and the potential of soccer power Italy qualifying for the group (2:30). 

They start with Brazil’s Group C and discuss the strength of Brazil’s team relative to the past and why they’ve been playing below expectations recently, and Landon warns  that Morocco shouldn’t be counted out (5:00).

Finally, they preview Germany’s Group E and they highlight Germany being an older team that doesn’t scare anyone, but should still win the group (6:30).

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Follow Colin and The Volume on Twitter for the latest content and updates!

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2025-12-09 8 min Transcript
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