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The Ultimate USMNT World Cup Performance: 2002

As the U.S. men’s national team chases a historic run on home soil in this summer’s World Cup, it’s worth flipping back through the history books first. The FIFA World Cup began in 1930 in Uruguay, and it was during that inaugural edition that the ...
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When Debutant Senegal Shocked the World in 2002

Today, Senegal opens its 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, against two-time winners France. It’s a rematch of the 2002 opener in South Korea, the night Senegal shocked the world. Senegal’s FIFA World ...

A Brief History Of USMNT Wins At The FIFA World Cup

USMNT World Cup wins span nearly a century. Relive every U.S. victory, from the 1930 tournament to the historic win over Paraguay.

‘Roy Keane was the one player every country at the World Cup would have picked from our squad, so I do wond...

More than two decades on, the Republic of Ireland’s 2002 World Cup campaign remains one of the most explosive and fascinating chapters in the nation’s footballing history. The high-profile fallout between manager Mick McCarthy and captain Roy Keane was headline news at the time and continues to captivate to this day,