Chicago took itself out of the running to be a host city for the 2026 World Cup

In 1994, the United States proved global critics wrong as hosts of the World Cup. Skeptics in Europe and South America argued that a country without a top-tier professional league, paired with a population that supposedly didn't "understand" the game, was ...

A World Cup in America once felt like a foreign broadcast bleeding faintly through static. Fans had to seek it out. They had to know about it. In 1994, when the U.S. hosted the tournament for the first time,

As a World Cup on home soil looms, the U.S. is set to lean on title-toting talents. The last time America hosted, in 1994, things were very different.

You won't believe what happened the night before the USMNT's 1994 FIFA World Cup opening match 🇺🇸

In 1994, Wayne Novick attended World Cup games held in the United States for the first time and at the time predicted the games would help increase interest. The World Cup returns to the U.S. this month and will showcase a sport played at the highest level that has greatly increased in popularity here in the past three decades.

The 1994 World Cup in the U.S. made a big impression on the young Bedoya, and now his kids will get a similar experience.

Eight years since he left Chester, Stewart still has a soft spot for the club and the players he helped develop — including all four former Union players on this summer's squad.