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The World Cup is finally here. The #USMNT begins its host country campaign on Friday. Whether you know all the players, or are tuning into a USA soccer match for the first time in four years, here's your guide for Team USA this summer.
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Daniel Sperry
Welcome to England training at Swope Soccer Village! Harry Kane will be honored to grace the same pitch Swope Park Rangers hero Dane Kelly scored while down to nine.
Good lord Mbappe.
That is some strike.
Senegal! Ibrahim Mbaye gonna be a star one day. Though, Maignan struggled a little.
A 3-1 result this morning in Denmark means HB Køge has won the league title. 16 goals from #NWSL legend Nadia Nadim help clinch the first title. Team is owned by KC Current owners Chris and Angie Long.
Finally, a World Cup game in KC. Some personal thoughts and anecdotes.
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Ecuador vs. Cote d'Ivoire is for the real sickos and ball knowers. Gonna be a very fun match.
“There’s a lot of unnecessary anger at people who don’t look like us, and pray like us, and walk like us, and cheer like us. In Lawrence, we are wide open to embracing something new.”
On the love affair between Lawrence and Algeria for The Guardian:
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Honestly coming away struck by the nature of Algeria's community session. Just an incredible night filled with smiles all around. A unique combination if KC/Lawrence community and Algerian pride and passion. So cool to see the way this sport unites people. #LesVerts
From getting England players to sign the Declaration of Independence, Algerian and Lawrence's love affair, and a celebratory night at FanFest, it's been a heck of week for the World Cup in Kansas City.
And we're just getting started:
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Lawrence, a college town of about 100,000 in northeastern Kansas, has embraced Les Fennecs with a fervor that has surprised everyone but the people who live there
