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France counterattack, Argentina set pieces: How World Cup semifinalists score goals
We're down to the final four of the World Cup, with the four top-ranked teams set to square off. Yet all of them use very different attacking styles in order to score goals.
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Get ready for the semifinals! What you need to know, top players, predictions, odds
There are now just four teams still harboring dreams of becoming world champions.
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Sights, sounds and storylines
World Cup Daily live: Haaland latest star to inspire baby name boom
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Haaland arrives in Norway with a taxidermy raccoon
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Inside Spain's World Cup camp: Can good vibes carry them to title?
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What's it really like to face Yamal and Mbappé? We asked their opponents
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Messi is about to play England for the first time ever! Here's his record vs. world's top teams
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Have Argentina had the easiest route to the World Cup semifinals?
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The future of the USMNT
The USMNT's struggles at the World Cup can't be fixed by overhauling youth development
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Projecting the USMNT 2030 World Cup roster: 30 players to rep the U.S. in four years
Going the distance
Preparing for penalties: How goalkeepers get ready for World Cup shootouts
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Hate extra time and penalties? One man is on a mission to replace them
On the move
What it's like to transfer clubs during a World Cup, and does it ever go wrong?
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Breakout stars of the 2026 World Cup: Diomande, Freeman, Manzambi, more
Assessing KO'd teams
Haaland, Norway are rowing home, but this World Cup cemented them as superstars
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Grades for every team eliminated from the World Cup: Norway get an A-
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- Balogun joins LeBron's agency after breakout WC
- France boss: Spain favorites for 'spectacular' semi
- Spain know France 'much better' than at Euro '24
- Koundé: No 'lack of respect' in Yamal's France gibe
- Haaland, Norway return home to heroes' welcome
- Kane rejects England 'division,' backs Bellingham
- Dutch ref dies months after being dropped from WC
- Police investigating death of South Africa's Adams
- 🥤 Why hydration breaks could be here to stay
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Grading the USMNT's World Cup: Did Pochettino, Pulisic & Co. live up to expectations?
At this summer's World Cup, the U.S. did its homework, aced the quizzes, and then failed the final exam. How should we grade its World Cup?
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Where has Infantino been? FIFA president's epic World Cup tour
The FIFA president has been flying all across the World Cup host nations on his private jet. Here's where he has been so far during the tournament.
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Inside the 'goalkeepers' union,' where mutual support is mandatory ... until it isn't
Goalkeepers are unique among soccer players, and so is the supportive bond that (almost) all of them share.
USMNT at the World Cup
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Red, White & Clueless: The untold story of the 1994 U.S. World Cup team
