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Meet Andrés Cantor and Luis Omar Tapia: The Voices of the 2026 World Cup

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Four years ago, Andrés Cantor choked up through his call of Argentina’s World Cup triumph. The teary-eyed moment was an ode to his home country. But he has an adopted one, too. “In 1994, I coined the phrase for the US national team, ‘La seleccion de todos’, which translates to everyone's national team,” Cantor told Complex. “I got some heat for it, because obviously everyone's national team is your own, but I think all immigrants owe a great deal of gratitude to this country. Because otherwise we wouldn't be living here.” Cantor, known to soccer fans for his trademark “Gooooool” call, was born in Buenos Aires and moved to the US in 1979. Fellow broadcasting veteran and Chilean native Luis Omar Tapia arrived in 1977. Together, the play-by-play men will lead Telemundo’s coverage of this summer’s World Cup - and bring their perspectives as Latino immigrants to millions of living rooms with shared experiences.…

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