• World Cup Retro 1994: Five names to have at your fingertips
    by Mike Woitalla on May 30, 7:53 PM
    More than 3.5 million fans attended the 52 games in the USA, 1 million more than the previously best-attended World Cup.
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  • World Cup Retro 1990: Five names to have at your fingertips
    by Mike Woitalla on May 29, 11:26 PM
    Remember what Paul Caligiuri, Roger Milla, Toto Schillaci, Jurgen Klinsmann and Franz Beckenbauer achieved at Italia '90?
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  • World Cup Retro 1986: Five names to have at your fingertips
    by Mike Woitalla on May 29, 4:19 AM
    When Diego Maradona dominated the tournament as no player ever had and Bora Milutinovic led the host.
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  • World Cup Retro 1982: Five names to have at your fingertips
    by Mike Woitalla on May 23, 11:36 PM
    Dino Zoff, at age 40, became the oldest player to win a World Cup as Italy joined Brazil as three-time winners.
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  • World Cup Retro 1978: Five names to have at your fingertips
    by Mike Woitalla on May 23, 12:14 AM
    Carlos Luis Menotti's attack-minded Argentina with three forwards and midfield motor Ossie Ardiles prevailed.
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  • World Cup Retro 1974: Five names to have at your fingertips
    by Mike Woitalla on May 20, 11:52 PM
    Franz Beckenbauer on Total Soccer: "There were no tactics at all ... just brilliant players with the ball."
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  • Hart, Wilshire, Lallana excluded from England's World Cup squad
    by Ridge Mahoney on May 17, 7:58 AM
    The 23-player team with an average age of 26 is the third-youngest team ever selected by England for a World Cup.
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  • World Cup Retro 1970: Five names to have at your fingertips
    by Mike Woitalla on May 16, 8:23 PM
    Yellow and red cards, color TV and substitutes make their World Cup debuts in Mexico.
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  • World Cup Countdown: How Mexico's foreign legion fared
    by Arlo Moore-Bloom on May 16, 5:39 PM
    Mexico is poised to field more foreign-based players in Russia than ever before at a World Cup.
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  • World Cup Countdown: Peru names two MLS players to 23-player squad
    by Paul Kennedy on May 16, 4:14 PM
    The number of MLS players selected to play in the World Cup or named to preliminary rosters is up to 23.
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  • World Cup Retro 1966: Five names to have at your fingertips
    by Mike Woitalla on May 16, 1:17 AM
    World Cup Trivia 1966: Who is the only player score a hat trick in the final of a men's World Cup?
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  • World Cup Countdown: Maracana heroes missing from Germany squad
    by Mike Woitalla on May 15, 4:11 PM
    Only nine members of Germany's 2014 World Cup-winning squad have been named to the 27-player preliminary roster for the 2018 World Cup.
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  • World Cup Retro 1962: Five names to have at your fingertips
    by Mike Woitalla on May 15, 12:54 AM
    Milutin Soskic, the USA goalkeeper coach from 1993 to 2006, starred for fourth-place finisher Yugoslavia.
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  • Argentina: Dybala and Icardi make preliminary squad
    by Paul Kennedy on May 14, 7:38 PM
    Coach Jorge Sampaoli will name his 23-player squad next week after European league seasons wrap up.
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  • World Cup Countdown: Six MLS Ticos headed to Russia
    by Paul Kennedy on May 14, 6:00 PM
    As many as seven players could be on Panama's team for its first World Cup when the squad is cut down to 23.
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