Here are five names to have at your fingertips about the 15th World Cup, hosted by the USA and won by Brazil.
Mike Woitalla
Soccer America Executive Editor Mike Woitalla has written freelance articles about soccer for more than 30 media outlets in nine nations. The winner of eight United Soccer Coaches Writing Contest awards, he is the author of two books. He coaches and referees youth soccer, and is a "Soccer Without Borders" volunteer.
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UEFA Champions League: PSV takes hot streak into clash with Atletico
PSV, with Sergiño Dest and Ricardo Pepi, host Atletico Madrid on a four-game Champions League undefeated streak and after winning nine straight Eredivisie games.
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1994 vs. 2026: Alan Rothenberg compares World Cup preparations
Alan Rothenberg was the CEO and chairman of the USA-hosted 1994 FIFA World Cup, U.S. Soccer’s president in 1990-1998, and founder of the U.S. Soccer Foundation and Major League Soccer.
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Americans Abroad: Aaronson helps Leeds tie Liverpool; McKennie assists friend and foe
Brenden Aaronson assisted on Leeds United’s second goal in its 3-3 tie with Liverpool.
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Josh Sargent ends his scoring drought
Josh Sargent’s diving header opened the scoring in Norwich’s 3-2 loss to Watford and ended his 14-game scoring drought.
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World Cup Draw: Dallas and NY/NJ get juiciest matchups; tepid late shows in the Bay Area
A day after FIFA held the 2026 World Cup Draw in the Kennedy Center, it revealed the schedule for next summer’s 48-team tournament in the USA, Mexico and Canada. Dallas got the most attractive World Cup 2026 group-stage slate — based on competitiveness and fan atmosphere. The Dallas Cowboys’ Arlington home twice hosts defending champion […]
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After the pomp of the draw: Pochettino describes the pain that shapes his mission to steer the USA to success
The USA’s Argentine coach played in the 2002 World Cup, when Argentina infamously disappointed.
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Alan Rothenberg on the World Cup’s most iconic draw: How Las Vegas set a ‘big event’ tone for 1994
That a nation without a soccer pro league would pull off such a successful World Cup was far from certain when Rothenberg was put in charge in 1990.
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The nation’s capital’s brief role in World Cup 2026 gets underway
My previous familiarity with the Kennedy Center came from televised broadcasts of “The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.”
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World Cup draw entertainers include Village People, Kevin Hart and Andrea Bocelli
Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, the Village People and Robbie Williams with Nicole Scherzinger will perform at Friday’s World Cup Draw in Washington, D.C.