Men’s World Cup
GETTING HIS (CORNER) KICKS: When Youri set up Zidane in WC final
There may be one thing better than scoring a goal in the World Cup.
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THAT CHAMPIONSHIP FEELING: Repost: Youri and France win it all at home
Youri Djorkaeff admitted there’s no other feeling in the world like it.
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GOODBYE, PETER: Bonetti, member of England’s 1966 World Cup championship team, passes away
Former England international goalkeeper Peter Bonetti, a member of the 1966 World Cup championship team, has passed away after a long illness.
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THE IMPACT OF THE UPSET: U.S. win over England in 1950 had ramifications elsewhere in the world
While American soccer fans like to revel in what is considered by many to be the greatest upset in World Cup history, they tend to forget what it meant to the rest of the world.
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OFFICIAL LOGO: Of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
The official emblem of the 22nd edition of the World Cup was unveiled Tuesday as FIFA and host country Qatar.
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THE 1994 BID: How the U.S. got the World Cup
It certainly was an innocuous and curious place to announce one’s intentions to host the world’s greatest sporting spectacle — in the lobby of a boys dormitory at Indiana Central University during the National Sports Festival in Indianapolis on July 30, 1982.
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IT WAS 27 YEARS AGO TODAY: When Puerto Rico beat Dominican Republic in WCQ
Mark Lugris celebrates scoring the very first goal of the 1994 World Cup qualifying tournament. (Michael Lewis/FrontRowSoccer.com Photo)
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BEHIND THE SCENES: At a WCQ match at Estadio Olimpico in 1992
Arnie Ramirez, the special technical adviser to the Puerto Rico national team, was getting a bit anxious standing in the lobby of the Hotel Comodoro.
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A YEAR AGO TONIGHT: Repost: U.S. falls at T&T, fails to reach World Cup for 1st time since 1986
The unthinkable occurred Tuesday night.
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FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING: France, Belgium tie for No. 1 in FIFA men’s rankings
France might be World Cup champions, but Thursday morning it discovered it is sharing the top spot in the FIFA men’s world rankings.
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COUNTDOWN TO MEXICO (1): U.S. solidifies itself in the hex with a rare road point at Azteca in 2017
It is way too early to claim that the comeback from World Cup qualifying hell is complete, but the U.S. resurrection under coach Bruce Arena in the CONCACAF hexagonal has been has been quite impressive.
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COUNTDOWN TO MEXICO (2): El Tri, Marquez end the dos a cero streak with a dramatic late goal in 2016
Dos a cero is history as Mexico made some history of its own in the CONCACAF hexagonal opener Friday night (Nov. 11, 2016).
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