When Egypt's all-time leading scorer Hossam Hassan headed the winner against Algeria to send his country to the 1990 World Cup, frenzied celebrations erupted across the ​soccer-mad nation.

Neymar is not traveling to Cleveland with Brazil’s World Cup team for its exhibition tuneup against Egypt on Saturday, according to the country’s soccer association.

And ever since that ill-fated journey, when it comes to the World Cup, Egypt have been missing the boat in one way or another. Giants of African football, but minnows in the World Cup pool. Harsh, but fair.

Squad, line-ups and fixture schedule for the Egypt team in USA · Canada · Mexico

A select group of fans will be able to see Team Egypt practice at Luger Field at Gonzaga University on Wednesday, June 10 at noon.

Last week, the team doctor said that Neymar was expected to be sidelined two to three weeks because of a calf injury. Brazil’s opening game at the World Cup is June 13 against Morocco in East Rutherford,

A first win at a World Cup is the floor-level target for a team that still relies heavily on the ability of Mohamed Salah