LOS ANGELES — If a pregnant Nigerian woman had been allowed to board a plane 25 years ago, the U.S. team's path through this summer's World Cup may have unfolded much differently ...It's going to be something special for me." ... He picked the U.S ... soldiers ... .
LOS ANGELES — If a pregnant Nigerian woman had been allowed to board a plane 25 years ago, the U.S. team's path through this summer's World Cup may have unfolded much differently. Instead, a gate agent turned her away, insisting ... .
LOS ANGELES — Iran’s World Cup team arrived in Tijuana last week bearing gold lapel pins on their jackets honoring the 168 victims, most of them schoolgirls, killed in a Feb. 28 U.S. missile strike on an elementary school in ... .
LOS ANGELES — Béla Guttmann may be the most consequential soccer coach you've never heard of. But if it weren't for Guttmann, you may never have heard of Pelé....
B�la Guttmann changed the shape of modern Brazilian soccer - and changed the sport forever - when he imported the revolutionary 4-2-4 system from Hungary to S�o Paulo in 1957....
LOS ANGELES — In many ways, the most ambitious World Cup in history — which kicked off Thursday in Mexico City — has inspired more angst than anticipation, more fear than fervor. The competition, returning to North America for the ... .
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — It was a game eight years in the making. The first World Cup match on American soil in more than a generation and the start of a tournament that has the potential to alter the direction of ... .
In April last year, Exeter hit the lowest point in their modern history when they shipped 13 tries and lost 79-17 at Gloucester. The loss prompted chairman and benefactor TonyRowe to read the riot act ....