There’s a bounty of great soccer across the United States, as touring European clubs offer American fans some intriguing one-off match-ups, an international club tournament, and games played in venues across the country, including some of America’s most iconic stadiums. (more…)
Sunday’s World Cup final between Germany and Argentina will be played in Rio de Janeiro’s historic, iconic Maracana Stadium. Brazilians call it templo sagrado no país do futebol, or the “sacred temple in the land of football.” (more…)
It will take a renewed emphasis on youth soccer in this country — the 17-21-year-olds, from development leagues to MLS — and increased workloads in order to prepare an American squad that can truly complete in future World Cups, according to coach Jürgen Klinsmann. (more…)
The next challenge for the U.S. World Cup team will be the mighty German squad, a critical game that will be played at the Arena Pernambuco – a newly built stadium near Recife, a coastal city in Brazil, which is a state capital and the country’s fifth largest metropolitan area. A city of islands, reefs […]
Next up for the U.S. World Cup team is a key group stage game against Portugal. The setting for the game is the most talked about, controversial stadium of World Cup 2014: Arena Amazonia. (more…)
To say there’s been a lot of interest in the 2014 World Cup would be an understatement, and one of the biggest matches of the week will take place today at Arena das Dunas in Natal, where the U.S. team will play their opening World Cup match. (more…)
