First and foremost, Ricardo Pepi is a member of the U.S. World Cup team because he knows how to score goals — 45 of them, despite irregular starting assignments, over three years across all competitions for Dutch bully PSV Eindhoven. “Pepi is a killer,” coach Mauricio Pochettino said last week.

A record 1,248 players representing 48 nations are on the final World Cup rosters released by FIFA on Tuesday. The rosters include Lionel Messi of Argentina, Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal and Guillermo Ochoa of Mexico,

These are the players to have worn the captain's armband for the U.S. men's national team at each of its World Cup appearances.

The stadiums that will host World Cup matches are removing all traces of their usual corporate sponsors in anticipation of the tournament that starts next week.

FIFA World Cup fans who are already bleeding cash to attend games at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles will have to fork over an insane amount just to park outside the arena. The cheapest parking for the first match between the US and Paraguay on June 12 costs an eye-popping $151,

Three cyclists from Argentina pedaled more than 10,000 miles to Kansas City in order to be with their national soccer team in advance of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The cyclists arrived in KC, where Argentina is training and will play June 16, on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. City of Kansas City/@kansascity

Millions of people are expected to travel to the Metroplex for the event.

MARTA riders hoping to board the agency's long-awaited new railcars before the FIFA World Cup may have to wait a little longer.

There are only eight teams that are guaranteed to not play a 2026 World Cup knockout match in Kansas City.