Ahead of the 1994 World Cup — the first staged in the United States — players were asked to do something they never had ...

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 ...

In 1994, the United States hosted the World Cup. It was a significant moment in soccer as a whole, but huge for American soccer. The U.S. was not a footballing nation by and large at that point, and ...

Despite some recognizable problems — local organizers initially struggled to raise money, hotel bookings lagged, and certain ticket costs soared — the tournament won over some of its sharpest critics, ...

Crowds, and world leaders, showed up in force to celebrate the five countries whose World Cup matches took place at Soldier Field.