New York mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani announced that the City of New York, in partnership with the NYNJ Host Committee, secured 1,000 tickets to the World Cup for New Yorkers at $50 per seat, including free round-trip bus transportation to MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford. 

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Paul Kennedy edited Soccer America for 41 years (1985-2026). He began writing for SA in 1974. He started writing for France Football in 1978 and has served on in Ballon d'Or jury since 2007.