After missing out on the two previous World Cups, Sweden squeaked into this one with an upset win over Italy in…

It was absolutely not a penalty.

One of the World Cup’s underrated appeals is watching players who are jammed into limited roles at club level let…

Matthew Zeitlin asked an intriguing question on Twitter today that we’ve been arguing about for a while.

The undisputed second-best team in CONCACAF isn’t flying under the radar anymore, not after a 2014 World Cup…

This week, Russia will host the 2018 World Cup, one of the biggest international sporting events in the world. The…

People really don’t realize how much of a miracle it would be if Argentina won the World Cup.

If you’re a jilted American fan in need of a World Cup team to root for but you’re put off by the prospect of…

Spain, it appears, are back. The team that won three international titles in a span of four years (the 2008 and 2012…

No nation as small as Iceland (population: 337,479) has ever qualified for the World Cup before, but simply getting…

At the 2014 World Cup, Australia were one of those entertaining minnows who have no real shot at escaping the maws…

The vast majority of teams that make it to the World Cup don’t have a quart of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream’s chance in…

This is the first World Cup since 1982 for Peru, but that doesn’t mean they’re here just to play three games and go…

France are one of the four or so teams coming to Russia for whom anything less than a World Cup title will be a…

Hearing the name of the country of Morocco probably doesn’t conjure images of soccer greatness. It’s understandable.…

Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal won the 2016 European Championship, so they’re not not likely to make a deep push in…

Lionel Messi and Argentina were scheduled to play their final pre–World Cup warm-up match on Saturday against Israel…

Iran almost had it.