{"id":906462,"date":"2026-05-17T10:12:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T15:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/vancouver-whitecaps-fcs-rayan-elloumi-makes-tunisias-2026-world-cup-roster-mlssoccer-com\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T10:12:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T15:12:18","slug":"vancouver-whitecaps-fcs-rayan-elloumi-makes-tunisias-2026-world-cup-roster-mlssoccer-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/vancouver-whitecaps-fcs-rayan-elloumi-makes-tunisias-2026-world-cup-roster-mlssoccer-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver Whitecaps FC&#8217;s Rayan Elloumi makes Tunisia&#8217;s 2026 World Cup roster | MLSSoccer.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<article xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/vancouver-whitecaps-fc\/\">Vancouver Whitecaps FC<\/a> forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/rayan-elloumi\/\">Rayan Elloumi<\/a> has made Tunisia&#8217;s final 26-man roster for the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/fifa-world-cup\/\">FIFA World Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Tunisia return to the tournament following a group stage exit in 2022, despite capturing a famous 1-0 win over eventual finalists France.<\/p>\n<p>The African nation has never reached the knockout stages in six previous World Cup appearances.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote><p>\u2014 Major League Soccer (@MLS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLS\/status\/2055322186148106356?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><h3>Tunisia schedule: Group F<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>June 14:<\/strong> Tunisia vs. Sweden, 10 pm ET | Monterrey, Nuevo Le\u00f3n<\/li>\n<li><strong>June 21:<\/strong> Tunisia vs. Japan, 12 am ET | Monterrey, Nuevo Le\u00f3n<\/li>\n<li><strong>June 25:<\/strong> Tunisia vs. Netherlands, 7 pm ET | Kansas City, Missouri<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>The 2026 World Cup has expanded from the usual 32 nations to 48 total. The top two teams advance from each group, and the top eight third-place finishers also make the knockout phase (Round of 32).<\/p>\n<p>The tournament, which is co-hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada, spans from June 11 to July 19.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Elloumi originally made his international debut for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/canada\/\">Canada<\/a> in January before filing a one-time switch to permanently represent Tunisia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He debuted for the Eagles of Carthage during the most recent March window and made a positive impression on head coach Sabri Lamouchi, after playing in both matches.<\/p>\n<p>At club level, Elloumi has produced 2g\/2a in 24 appearances across all competitions for Vancouver. He signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/news\/vancouver-whitecaps-sign-homegrown-forward-rayan-elloumi\">homegrown deal<\/a> with the Whitecaps in September 2025.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n                                <iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qdyu326cykc?feature=oembed\" allowfullscreen title=\"Dream Come True for Rayan Elloumi | 'Caps Sign Homegrown Player Through 2028\"><\/iframe>\n                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/news\/vancouver-whitecaps-fc-rayan-elloumi-makes-tunisia-roster-2026-world-cup\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Gaylene Byron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Vancouver Whitecaps FC forward Rayan Elloumi has made Tunisia&#8217;s final 26-man roster for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Tunisia return to the tournament following a group stage exit in 2022, despite capturing a famous 1-0 win over eventual finalists France. The African nation has never reached the knockout stages in six previous World Cup [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":906463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2005,23566,105439],"tags":[18172,105438],"class_list":{"0":"post-906462","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"category-vancouver","9":"category-whitecaps","10":"tag-vancouver","11":"tag-whitecaps"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=906462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/906463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=906462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=906462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}