World Cup - Soccer Wiretap

USMNT Draws England, Iran In Group B

The Guardian

USMNT, Mexico Get Pot 2 Spots For 2022 World Cup Draw

Dale Johnson/ESPN

Gianni Infantino Claims 'Majority' Backing For Biennial World Cup

ESPN

FIFA Pushing To Hold World Cup Every Two Years

ESPN

Louis Van Gaal Named Manager Of Netherlands For Third Time

ESPN

2022 Qatar World Cup Unlikely To Move Despite More Bribe Allegations

David Conn/The Guardian

FIFA Considering Staging Women's World Cup Every 2 Years

ESPN

Russia Banned From 2022 World Cup By WADA

BBC Sports

Sergino Dest To Represent U.S. Over Netherlands

Jeff Carlisle/ESPN

Barcelona, Spain Battle Over Potential Ansu Fati Call-Up

Moises Llorens & Sam Marsden/ESPN FC

FIFA Wants Next Women's World Cup To Include 32 Teams
The proposal comes on the heels of a commercially successful 2019 Women's World Cup.

ESPN

Megan Rapinoe Becomes Second American To Win Golden Boot Award
Michelle Akers and Megan Rapinoe are the only two Americans to win the Golden Boot award.

Alyssa Roenigk/ESPN

Spain, Portugal May Launch Joint Bid For 2030 World Cup
Spain and Portugal launched an unsuccessful bid for the 2018 World Cup.

BeIn Sports

2022 World Cup Reduced Back From 48 Teams To 32
FIFA had wanted a World Cup featuring 48 teams.

ESPN

Adidas To Pay Equal Bonus For Women's World Cup Champion
Members of the U.S. women's national team sued U.S. Soccer for gender-based discrimination.

Reuters

Will Ferrell To Play Former FIFA Exec Chuck Blazer In Film
Blazer admitted that he and other FIFA execs received bribes to vote for France and South Africa to host the 1998 and 2010 World Cup.

ESPN

FIFA Threatens To Ban European Super League Players From World Cup
Both FIFA and UEFA are opposed to the proposed European Super League.

ESPN

FIFA Wants To Expand World Cup To 48 Teams By 2022
The World Cup was previously expected to be expanded to 48 teams in 2026.

David Conn/The Guardian

UEFA Backs England's Joint Nations Bid For 2030 World Cup
The Football Association is understood to have promised its Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland counterparts that it will consult with them before making any bid.

Martha Kelner/The Guardian

Kylian Mbappe Hid Back Injury During World Cup Semis, Final
Kylian Mbappe hurt three vertebrae in his back when picking his things up to go for a shower.

Jonathan Johnson/ESPN

Mesut Ozil Retires From Germany Team
Mesut Ozil retired from the national team citing "racism and disrespect."

Tom Bryant/The Guardian

2018 World Cup Final Drew Approximately 900M Viewers Worldwide
In the United States, the final was watched by 11.8 million on Fox compared to 17.3 on ABC in 2014.

Elsa Keslassy/Variety

Brazil Opens As Favorites For 2022 World Cup
Brazil are 6-1 favorites, followed by France at +650 and Germany at 7-1.

ESPN

Argentina Parts Ways With Jorge Sampaoli
Jorge Sampaoli was previously manager of Chile and Sevilla.

RealGM Staff Report

France Wins 2018 World Cup With 4-2 Victory Over Croatia
France received goals from Antoine Griezmann, Paul Pogba and Kylian Mbappe.

RealGM Staff Report

Luka Modric Wins Golden Ball Of 2018 World Cup
Luka Modric beat out Eden Hazard and Antoine Griezmann to win the award for the best player of the tournament.

RealGM Staff Report

Gareth Southgate Advocates For Clubs To Give Young Players More Time
Gareth Southgate advocated for clubs to give younger players more of a chance as he did with England in the World Cup.

Niall McVeigh/The Guardian

Kylian Mbappe, Luka Modric Have Highest Ratings Of WC Finalists
The 2018 World Cup is now through the semifinals and here is how the players rank in terms of the WhoScored player rating.

RealGM Staff Report

Croatia To Play France In World Cup Final
Ivan Perisic equalized in the 68th minute and Mario Mandzukic scored the winner in the 109th minute to give Croatia the win.

RealGM Staff Report

Fox, Telemundo To Lose Money With World Cup Coverage
Fox will spend some $900 million on soccer rights through the 2026 World Cup.

Joe Flint, Suzanne Vranica/Wall Street Journal