00:00Here's a guy that's already drawing Pele comparisons, and rightfully so.
00:04Messi's on his last dance, and Cristiano Ronaldo has since been an afterthought.
00:09But in this year's World Cup, is Kylian Mbappe officially taking the throne as the face of World Cup soccer?
00:23Meet Kylian Mbappe of France, the 27-year-old forward for Real Madrid and La Liga.
00:29Now, this is a guy that came out of the womb built for this moment in this year's World Cup.
00:35At 19 years old, he put the entire planet on notice when he became the second player in World Cup
00:41history,
00:42after Pele, of course, to score in a World Cup final.
00:46He did it in 2018 against Croatia, and the world hasn't been able to look away since.
00:53His rise didn't stop there, though.
00:55In 2022, he put up numbers that shouldn't exist in soccer.
01:00Mbappe scored eight goals in Qatar, including a hat trick in the final against Argentina,
01:06and he still ended up on the losing side.
01:09He actually became the first player in football history to score four career goals in World Cup finals.
01:15He won the Golden Boot, but lost the cup.
01:18So don't expect him to settle for anything less than hosting the trophy that matters the most in this year's
01:25tourney.
01:26Now, he's in top form going into this year's World Cup as well.
01:29At Real Madrid this season, he's been an absolute machine.
01:3324 goals and 5 assists across 2,514 minutes.
01:39And he's already been creeping up on France's all-time scoring record.
01:43He's only two goals shy of Olivier Giroud as the country's all-time leading scorer with 55 international goals and
01:5194 appearances.
01:53But this is his World Cup to own, and everybody knows it.
01:58Mbappe has a chance to submit himself as one of the greatest players in World Cup history,
02:03and he's backed by a France squad full of superstars and as arguably the best team on paper heading into
02:10this summer.
02:11If France wins, and Mbappe is the catalyst,
02:15the GOAT debate officially takes a major turn as we shift into a new era of international soccer.
02:21But check this out.
02:23The World Cup final is July 19th at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
02:28If France goes all the way, Mbappe could be lifting the trophy in our very own backyard,
02:35literally across the river from Manhattan.
02:38All of us here in the Tri-States have a chance to witness the birth of a new era in
02:44the sport,
02:45the Mbappe era.
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