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The 2026 World Cup is undoubtedly the biggest in history, with countries spread all across the FIFA rankings appearing at this year’s tournament. With 48 countries appearing in the World Cup for the first time,
The World Cup is staging seven games in the Boston area during its 2026 tournament. Here's what to do and explore in the city.
Eight countries have won the men's World Cup. What are the odds a ninth country will join that group this summer?
Landon Donovan played in three World Cups, scored one of the most famous goals in United States history and is an American soccer icon.
The United States was one of the 13 original World Cup teams and the inaugural event remains the USMNT's best performance in World Cup history. Granted, that first tournament contained 35 fewer teams than the 2026 edition does, but the U.S. ended up finishing third to host country Uruguay and second-place Argentina.
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As Mbappé aims to lead France back to soccer's mountaintop, here is a look at his career at the FIFA World Cup.
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Who are the World Cup favorites?
Predictions about who will be the next world champion often miss the mark. The pressure at this tournament is as intense as it gets for any player, and the margins are so fine that even a powerhouse can be knocked out.
The best performance of the modern-era USMNT came with arguably the worst combination of home and away kits the Americans have ever taken to the quadrennial event. At the best-eve
On the roster in 1934 was Philadelphia native Al Harker, a Girard College graduate. His stops included Upper Darby soccer club, the Kensington Blue Bells and Philadelphia German-Americans, for which he played for nearly two decades from 1932 through the late 1940s.
Few fixtures in World Cup history have carried as much political weight as Iran vs USA, and with a possible rematch on the cards in 2026, memories of that night in 1998 are resurfacing. Decades of tension lay in the background when the two teams met in Lyon.