While Boston and Dallas have been taken over by marauding Scotland and England fans, Washington, D.C., this week welcomed a (slightly) more sedate British crowd at Duke’s Grocery, a trendy restaurant and bar in Washington’s West End neighborhood. Call it the U.K.’s diplomatic mullet: Business in the front; party in the back. More than a…
CANBERRA — It was disappointment from start to finish around the U.S. vs. Australia match in the Bush Capital, won comfortably by the American side. Neither of Canberra’s Socceroos made the starting lineup and the local government failed to provide an outdoor watch site for the match, despite a heavy social media campaign from locals….
POLITICO has been crunching the numbers to see how all 48 of this year’s World Cup participants rank in several other off-field categories, which we’ll share more of over the weekend. In today’s item, we look at whether GDP per capita has any connection to soccer performance. As you can see, the chart does show…
Brazil has won a record five World Cups, but the most important match it has ever played may have been an exhibition match against Haiti that was meaningless in sporting terms but has had a long influence on each country’s politics. On Aug. 18, 2004, Brazil’s players drove through the streets of Port-au-Prince in armored…
Daniel Lurie is already imagining the scene at Levi’s Stadium on July 1. The San Francisco Democrat — who, according to at least one recent poll, is the most popular mayor in America — was circulating around his city ahead of Levi’s Stadium hosting Turkey vs. Paraguay tonight, when he began to wrap his head…
SEATTLE STADIUM — Mauricio Pochettino led the electric crowd in a booming “USA!” chant. Tim Ream shared heartfelt embraces with members of the coaching staff. Christian Pulisic joined fans in singing “Take Me Home, Country Roads” as he took a celebratory lap around the field with his teammates. The U.S. men’s national team defeated Australia,…
After the USA’s 2-0 victory against Australia on Friday, FOX Sports’ Rebecca Lowe asked Zlatan Ibrahimović a simple question. “Zlatan, I want one word from you. Can the U.S. win this World Cup?” “Yes,” Ibrahimović replied, definitively. With the “World Cup Live” audience listening, Ibrahimović declared his belief that America can win the 2026 FIFA…
Zlatan Ibrahimović was ready to tell fans of the U.S. men’s national team that it was time to believe following its 4-1 win over Paraguay to open the 2026 FIFA World Cup. He’s doubling down on that stance following the USA’s 2-0 win over Australia on Friday. Following the USA’s second victory in Group D,…
The United States men’s national team is moving on to the knockout stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup as the winner of Group D, but who will it play next? That’s the question on everyone’s minds after the U.S. clinched the top spot in Group D with a win over Australia and a Paraguay…
SEATTLE STADIUM — #PochOut. As recently as late last month, this hashtag could be found on social media with more frequency than any reasonable fan of the U.S. men’s national soccer team might expect. The internet isn’t real life, obviously. But in the wake of another thrilling group stage win at the 2026 FIFA World Cup —…
