WANT TO SHARE THIS ARTICLE? • World Cup Fever: A Soccer Journey in Nine Tournaments By Simon Kuper (Pegasus Books) When I went to my first World Cup in 1990 to watch Scotland with my dad and a couple of mates, it took me half a morning to organize. I booked two weeks leave and phoned the Italian […]
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Karl-Heinz Granitza’s engaging biography shines a German spotlight on the Chicago sports hero’s legacy in American soccer
WANT TO SHARE THIS ARTICLE? The number of readable books about American soccer history are few and far between. All the more shame that this engaging biography of the Chicago Sting’s prolific and charismatic striker, Karl-Heinz Granitza, has so far only been published in German, Granitza’s native country. It deserves a place on any bookshelf […]
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Ben Gucciardi on Soccer Without Borders’ 20 years of play, education and community
WANT TO SHARE THIS ARTICLE? Twenty years ago, the idea of helping a young child who had to leave their home country due to war, poverty or ethnic, tribal or religious violence was not controversial. “It’s a basic human thing,” Ben Gucciardi notes. In 2026, immigration — who gets to come to, and stay in, […]
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College soccer, soccer’s engine
You can make the case that college soccer is the most important thing that ever happened to American soccer.
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NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer pushes for new season model
The NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Oversight Committee will meet on Jan. 28 to review a proposal to change the playing season model. If all goes well, NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer will play its first new season in 2027-28.
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Lex Chalat leads U.S. Soccer’s mission to ensure the 2026 World Cup leaves a grassroots legacy
Chalat has worked and lived in more than 20 countries, devising programs and partnerships around sport’s role in issues like the refugee crisis, youth gun crime, and racial and ethnic divides.
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Milan Iloski’s unexpected journey leads to ‘my best spot’
It was, Milan Iloski gushed, a “dream come true,” the best of so many he had seen manifest along this serpentine path toward the wonders that surely await as he pursues what he’s always been meant to do.
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What you need to know about World Cup tickets: Updates on public sales
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World Cup in the Bay Area: Zaileen Janmohamed on the power of sport in its entirety
Zaileen “Z” Janmohamed is the president and CEO of the Bay Area Host Committee, which leads preparations for six 2026 World Cup games at Levi’s Stadium.