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  • World Cup 2026 mission: 'grow our fandom'

    Kevin Baxter Los Angeles Times, Syndicated content|Updated Dec 19, 2022

    Sunday's World Cup final, which ended with Lionel Messi finally grasping the one trophy he'd never won, was the most dramatic in tournament history. It was great theater, a bare-knuckle brawl that played out over 120 minutes and four rounds of penalty kicks before Argentina was declared the victor following a game that ended in a 3-3 draw. Which raises one very vexing question: What to do for an encore? The next World Cup kicks off in North America in 3½ years and will be the largest and most complex ever, with a record 48 te...

  • U.S. defeats Iran, advances at World Cup

    Kevin Baxter Los Angeles Times, Syndicated content|Updated Nov 29, 2022

    AL THUMAMA, Qatar - Needing a victory to advance to the final 16 of the World Cup, the U.S. took care of business Tuesday, edging Iran 1-0 on a Christian Pulisic goal late in the first half. With the win, the unbeaten U.S. (1-0-2) finished second to England in its group and will meet Group A champion the Netherlands in the Round of 16 on Saturday. Iran, meanwhile, goes home short of the knockout stages for the sixth time in an many visits to the World Cup. But the Iranians...