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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Note: This is story first appeared in The Beautiful Game by CNN Sports, our daily newsletter on all things World Cup. To subscribe, click here. You’re still thinking about the USA potentially winning the World Cup, aren’t you? Well, that’s going to have to wait a while longer because

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — Father’s Day came early for Norway at the FIFA World Cup. On Tuesday in Boston, the Røde, Hvite, Blå fielded three players whose dads all played together for the national team in 1994, when the tournament was last played in the United States. It completes an extraordinary narrative arc

By Kyle Feldscher, Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Note: This story first appeared in The Beautiful Game by CNN Sports, our daily newsletter on all things World Cup. To subscribe, click here. The soccer world wakes up to a burning question this morning, one that hasn’t been asked in a very long time: Is the

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Note: This story first appeared in The Beautiful Game by CNN Sports, our daily newsletter on all things World Cup. To subscribe, click here. It was a brilliant day for two of this year’s co-hosts with Canada recording its first ever World Cup win and Mexico becoming the first

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Note: This story first appeared in The Beautiful Game by CNN Sports, our daily newsletter on all things World Cup. To subscribe, click here. It was a brilliant day for two of this year’s co-hosts with Canada recording its first ever World Cup win and Mexico becoming the first

By David Close, CNN Seattle (CNN) — Last October’s World Cup warm-up match between the US Men’s National Team (USMNT) and Australia was anything but friendly. Despite just two yellow cards being shown, the game got heated, with tempers boiling over early in the first 45 minutes. So egregious was the physicality in the eyes

CNN By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — You’d never guess it from her thick London accent, but Emma Hayes has spent a sizeable portion of her professional coaching career in the United States and the third time, she says, is the charm. Hayes believes that soccer “will become the number one sport in this country.”

By Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español (CNN) — Jorge Messi, father of Argentine football star Lionel Messi, “is going through a health situation,” his family said in a statement released Thursday. “At this time, he is under medical supervision, recovering and progressing favorably within the condition he presents,” the family stated, without providing details about

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — You’d never guess it from her thick London accent, but Emma Hayes has spent a sizeable portion of her professional coaching career in the United States and the third time, she says, is the charm. Hayes believes that soccer “will become the number one sport in this country.” When

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Note: This story first appeared in The Beautiful Game by CNN Sports, our daily newsletter on all things World Cup. To subscribe, click here. And just like that, we’re already a week into this summer’s World Cup. We’ve now had seven days of action, 24 group games and 75

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Note: This is story first appeared in The Beautiful Game by CNN Sports, our daily newsletter on all things World Cup. To subscribe, click here. Take a bow Lionel Messi. A hat-trick from the greatest player in history is just what this World Cup needed and capped off a

By Jennifer Hansler, Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — The mother of Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha will be able to watch her son play in the World Cup this weekend after intervention from the US State Department and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Jeffries said in a statement Wednesday that Vozinha’s mother will secure a visa

By Priscilla Alvarez, Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — The Iranian men’s soccer team’s quick departure from Los Angeles following its opening World Cup match was always the plan, according to the US government, despite complaints from the team. Iran’s coach and players made it clear they were upset with having to fly back to their

CNN By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Note: This is story first appeared in The Beautiful Game by CNN Sports, our daily newsletter on all things World Cup. To subscribe, click here. It’s a big day in North America It’s the day after the night before and, if you listen carefully, you can probably still

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Note: This is story first appeared in The Beautiful Game by CNN Sports, our daily newsletter on all things World Cup. To subscribe, click here. It’s a big day in North America It’s the day after the night before and, if you listen carefully, you can probably still hear

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Espen Undheim smiles as he recalls the early training sessions where he first met Erling Haaland. The superstar striker wasn’t anywhere near the physical specimen he is today, but his former coach remembers seeing flashes of potential in the “skinny” kid, who had such a burning passion for the

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Note: This is story first appeared in The Beautiful Game by CNN Sports, our daily newsletter on all things World Cup. To subscribe, click here. It was raining goals on Sunday with Germany and Sweden both impressing with big wins. Today, though, soccer takes somewhat of a backseat with