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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Maurice Edu, analyst with Major League Soccer on Apple TV. It has been edited for length and clarity.When I was growing up in California’s inland empire, I was constantly playing soccer with my four siblings. I’d narrate the games: “Mo shoots,…
This as-told-to essay is based on several conversations with Rory Phillips-Hunter, a 37-year-old estate and maintenance manager at a farm in North West England. Born in the Scottish Borders, he is a Scottish national soccer fan, known collectively as the Tartan Army.I was at the game when Scotland beat Denmark…
When the email arrived that I’d won the FIFA lottery, I felt like I’d beaten the system.I had scored tickets to the 2026 World Cup, which were widely predicted to cost a fortune. My plan was simple: I’d pay a reasonable price for two tickets to the first group stage…
*Takes a deep breath GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!Soccer’s Football’s biggest tournament is here. The World Cup kicks off this afternoon, with games taking place across the US, Canada, and Mexico. The US national team’s first game is against Paraguay on Friday at 9 p.m. ET.It might be the beautiful game, but the cost…
At least 5 million people are expected to fly across North America for the 2026 FIFA World Cup this summer, triggering a surge in short-haul and international air travel across 16 host cities in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.With fans planning multi-city itineraries to follow their teams, carriers across…
As the 2026 World Cup looms, many fans of the beautiful game are preparing to shell out eye-watering sums to watch their national team play.”Around a thousand in total,” Ryan Hannon, 29, told Business Insider. “But it’s worth it!”Hannon is not referring to much-coveted stadium tickets. This is the amount…
When JT Batson thinks about the FIFA World Cup, he compares it to an IPO.The head of US Soccer, the sport’s governing body, recently recalled a conversation with a veteran CFO who described what it’s like to take a company public: lots of work building toward a single, high-profile moment.Yet,…
For most of my life, I thought I hated all sports. My current quest to go to the World Cup doesn’t make sense to most people who know me. Yet, I am feverishly searching for World Cup tickets that won’t require me to take out a second mortgage on my…
It all started with a onesie, as so many parenthood journeys do.The Ipswich Town Tractor Boys gear traveled across the Atlantic before I snuck it onto my then-infant son, just before my husband arrived home. Adorable photos of the drool-covered shirt followed, sent back across the pond to Ipswich, England,…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Worchihan Zingkhai, 40, a content creator from a village in Manipur, India. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.I’ve loved football for as long as I can remember.Growing up in a village in Manipur, in northeast India, football is…
