Soccer, the world’s most popular sport, involves two teams competing to score goals by kicking a ball into the opponent’s net. It’s a thrilling game of skill, strategy, and teamwork.
SEATTLE STADIUM — It was impossible not to feel for Folarin Balogun as the soft-spoken U.S. men’s national team forward answered question after question following the USA’s World Cup-ending 4-1 loss to Belgium on Monday. Over the past month, Balogun emerged as this country’s undisputed breakout star at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, scoring three goals…
Argentina will face Egypt in a 2026 FIFA World Cup round of 16 showdown on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, at Atlanta Stadium on FOX. As expected, Argentina is in a sixth straight World Cup round of 16. However, it wasn’t as easy as it was originally thought to be. In one of the most thrilling…
SEATTLE STADIUM — It’s the end of the world for the U.S. men’s national team. The USA was the final 2026 FIFA World Cup co-host still standing after Canada and Mexico were eliminated over the weekend. On Monday, the Americans joined them, losing 4-1 to Belgium in front of another raucous home crowd with a…
Even as it played a World Cup on home soil, the round of 16 remains a major hurdle for the U.S. men’s soccer team — and former USA player Stu Holden can’t help but feel underwhelmed following its most recent shortcoming. As the USA was outclassed by Belgium 4-1 on Monday, Holden was blunt in…
If you’re looking for an epic Golden Boot race, we’ve got you. If you want the defending champs and a GOAT trying to outrun Father Time, it’s there too. And if you want pure starpower, fear not: the 2026 World Cup has already delivered, and we’re not even to the quarterfinals. An eye-popping 48 players…
It’s a familiar story for the United States men’s national team, as it exits the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the round of 16 following a 4-1 loss to Belgium at Seattle Stadium on Monday. Belgium opened the scoring in the 9th minute on a strike from Charles De Ketelaere inside the box that he…
Cristiano Ronaldo has played his last FIFA World Cup match ever. Has he also played his last match for Portugal? That remains to be seen. After Portugal was eliminated from the 2026 FIFA World Cup with a 1-0 loss to Spain in the round of 16 on Monday, Ronaldo told reporters that he will take…
Following Portugal’s narrow 1-0 loss to Spain in the round of 16 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo’s World Cup career has reached its end. The 41-year-old forward has confirmed that this tournament will be his final World Cup appearance. Here is a look at Ronaldo’s World Cup career by the numbers: 6:…
FIFA’s decision to rescind Folarin Balogun’s red-card suspension has altered the narrative surrounding the USA’s match against Belgium on Sunday night. FOX Sports’ Carli Lloyd believed that the challenge did not warrant a red card but voiced concern over how the timing of the decision will affect how Balogun is defended. “Balogun now has a…
There’s quite the irony waiting in Miami on Saturday. Erling Haaland, the man who just dumped Brazil out of the 2026 World Cup on Sunday, will try to do the same to England — the country that built him into the machine he is now. Start with the birth certificate. Haaland was born in Leeds…
