It's remarkable how poorly World Cup champions have performed at the tournament four years later. Can Germany end the trend?

Barring unforeseen circumstances, we still expect the USA will wrap up the Hex on Tuesday night.

Not many fans of the Premier League will know these names -- Jack Walker, Matthew Harding, Dick Knight -- but they are owners of a bygone era, when the men -- or their families -- who owned English League clubs served more as custodians than CEOs.

As secretary general of U.S. Soccer (1990-2000), Hank Steinbrecher was my colleague, and we became friends in due time.

What is shocking is how many teams that went to the 2014 World Cup are in danger of not going to Russia next summer.

The last time Argentina missed a World Cup came in 1970 when it was eliminated with 2-2 tie against Peru at La Bombonera.

Politics have hung over Spanish soccer for decades, but they have never been more on display in the modern era than on Sunday.