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🚨 @theathletic.com's World Cup simulator is live 🚨
Incredibly cool, interactive tool where you can play out any set of results, in any group, and see how it impacts any given team's probability of advancing:
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Why has the United States, the richest and most successful sporting country in the world, never produced a world-class men's soccer superstar?
In a word: culture.
(And a "broken" system.)
Full piece, free to read @theathletic.com:
Why has the United States, the richest and most successful sporting country in the world, never produced a world-class men's soccer superstar?
In a word: culture.
(And a "broken" system.)
Full piece, free to read @theathletic.com:
🇺🇸 a beginner's guide to the USMNT at the 2026 World Cup 🇺🇸
share with your friends, your parents, your soccer-agnostic neighbors, your annoying coworkers, anyone who needs educating:
2.5 years ago, Sebastian Berhalter asked his dad if he had a chance to make a USMNT roster.
"We had to have a real, honest conversation," Gregg tells @theathletic.com.
And it helped drive Seb to the World Cup.
Feature on the Berhalters' latest WC chapter, free to read:
Gianni Infantino, 2025: "It’s important to clarify this. There is a lot of misconception out there. Everyone will be welcome in Canada, Mexico and the United States for the FIFA World Cup next year."
FIFA today: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 👉 🇺🇸
The USMNT has been conceding 2+ goals per game.
No team in the 21st century has reached a men's World Cup semifinal while conceding more than 1 per game.
Chris Richards can close that gap, but...
The 2026 World Cup is here.
It still doesn't have an American face.
Almost time for the USMNT to change that.
Column as kickoff week begins, free to read @theathletic.com:
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Omar Artan arrived in Miami from Istanbul on Saturday but was barred from entering the country following a "routine" inspection, CBP said.
In his first interview since being kicked out of the US, FIFA referee Omar Artan tells’s the NYT’s Matt Bigg that the biggest dream of his professional life has been shattered. The World Cup ref was questioned for 11 hours, held in a cell and then dumped on a plane.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...
So much work went into the Stars of Soccer, The Athletic’s World Cup player guide.
From legends of the game to the sport's best players, rising stars and others you'll see standout this summer.
Super cool interactive project for readers.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/int...
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The USMNT has featured very talented players over the years, but none occupying the rarefied air of the true global elite. Why not?
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The USMNT has featured very talented players over the years, but none occupying the rarefied air of the true global elite. Why not?
