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Former USMNT star warns of 'massive failure' scenario for US as host of World Cup
Team USA has a lot of pressure to succeed in the World Cup, which, in turn, could help improve the sport's popularity, a former player said.
The must-see matches of Club World Cup group stage
A new kind of soccer tournament is landing on America’s shores. The expanded, big-money Club World Cup brings together 32 ...
104 Super Bowls? Five Million Fans? The 2026 World Cup Will Be Colossal in Big Ways
How colossal will the 2026 FIFA World Cup be? “When all is said and done, this has the potential to be the biggest event in ...
A clash of English and Brazilian teams in Philadelphia shows off exactly what FIFA wants from the Club World Cup
The scenes in Philadelphia on Friday were exactly what FIFA wanted when they came up with this super-sized version of the ...
Where does the word ‘soccer’ come from?
While 'soccer' is used to differentiate between two popular sports in America, it originated at a prestigious British ...
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Before the World Cup landed in Kansas City, these immigrants brought soccer here first
Kansas City will be the smallest city in North America to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup. But it may not have embraced the ...