After four weeks and 96 matches and 280 goals and 8,820 minutes of soccer (and four penalty shootouts), we on Wednesday reached the first rest day of the largest World Cup in history. Forty teams are out. Eight remain.

Spain’s impressive defensive run in the World Cup is historically rare and built on goalkeeping heroics total control.

Lionel Messi continued his incredible 2026 FIFA World Cup, coming from behind to beat Egypt and passing Diego Maradona in history.

After winning Group D, the Americans now face Bosnia and Herzegovina in the round of 32 of their first World Cup on home soil since 1994, and they are favored to advance by the oddsmakers.   It only gets tougher from there.

The United States reached the 1930 World Cup semi-finals without Stark. Imagine if the country's greatest goalscorer had gone with

The United States men's national team was knocked out of the World Cup on Monday night after a rough showing against Belgium. The match, however, still drew a massive audience and set an all-time soccer record in the United States.

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