SALUTING FRANCE: Empire State Building to celebrate French WC champions

Jul 15, 2018 | Men's World Cup |

The Empire State Building will be adorned in blue, white and red lights Sunday night. (Photo courtesy of the Empire State Building)

The Empire State Building will shine its tower lights in blue, white and red Sunday to celebrate France winning the World Cup title.

The French defeated Croatia 4-2 in the final in Moscow to clinch the country’s second world championship.

They won in 1998.

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Michael Lewis

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com at https://tinyurl.com/nfhdk4e5.