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By Megan Armstrong
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The Brazil men's national team's 2026 FIFA World Cup base camp is in Morristown, New Jersey, which is close enough to New York City for Spike Lee to swing by.
The Academy Award winner and New York faithful showed up to Brazil's training session in the team's iconic "canarinho" jersey.
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Lee may have wandered over to Jersey, but the New York Knicks were still on his mind.
"Who's playing tonight?" Lee said amid a media scrum. When the reporters responded the Knicks and Spurs will play Game 4 of the 2026 NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night, Lee let out an emphatic "yes."
He also confirmed that Neymar is "my guy," and he's "met him before." You would think that would have been the headline, but it felt more like an subplot to Lee's overriding Knicks agenda. To be fair, he's waited since 1999 to see the Knicks back in the Finals and since 1973 to see the Knicks win the championship.
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Brazil's World Cup drought has not reached the dire levels of the Knicks' title drought, but it's getting close. No country has won more World Cups than Brazil's five, but the Seleção hasn't hoisted the World Cup trophy since 2002.
Speaking of Neymar, Brazil announced earlier this week that he has made "good progress" from his grade 2 calf strain. Neymar, the national team's all-time leading scorer, hasn't appeared in a Brazil uniform since tearing his ACL in October 2023.
Brazil will compete in Group C and open its 2026 FIFA World Cup run against Morocco at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Saturday.
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