The 2026 team has already raised eyebrows domestically with its World Cup performance, but the knockout rounds provide the U.S. with another test.

The USMNT played against Brazil on July 4, 1994 and nearly upset the eventual champs. More than 30 years later, Team USA returns to the Bay Area aiming to advance in the tournament on home soil for the first time.

One of the hottest games in World Cup history took place in Orlando, Fla., in June 1994, when Mexico took on Ireland. The players look back on it in disbelief.

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.

After the 1994 World Cup, the Wall Street Journal famously remarked that the United Nations should send observers to Orlando “to see how it (international harmony) is done.”

One item comes from Tom Landry, former coach of the Dallas Cowboys.

Through 60 matches, the 2026 World Cup has passed every tournament in total attendance. Here’s why 1994 still matters.

Ticket prices ranged from $25 to $75 for first-round games ($40-$120 for the opener), and from $180 to $475 for the final at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. 2026: When FIFA put individual game tickets on sale in December,

For Canada, this World Cup wasn't about proving the country could be a good host. It's about proving the country can find its place on soccer's world stage.

Randy Attaway, right, and his wife Sara relive Brazil's time in Los Gatos in 1994 Charlotte Harpur/The Athletic North Santa Cruz Avenue was awash with yellow and green. Brazilians were dancing the samba, drinking, beating their drums and singing “Ole ...

Goalkeeper Gianluca Pagliuca was at the heart of Italy's 1994 World Cup campaign, which culminated in one of football's most iconic penalty shootouts. The former Sampdoria and Inter Milan stopper, that tournament remains a mixture of personal redemption,