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.

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.

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.

World Cup Group G includes Belgium, Egypt, Iran and New Zealand; matches will take place in US cities Seattle and Los Angeles and in Canadas Vancouver

Neymar will not travel with the rest of the Brazil squad for their final pre-World Cup friendly against Egypt on Saturday.

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

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah is named in Egypt's preliminary World Cup squad, which will be trimmed by one player this month.