Some of us are young, and this is a good thing for us. Being young is awesome, but one of the downsides of being young is we just missed out on watching some of the best footballers of all time. And that's sad. That's why we're excited about the Legends World Cup, coming to Mexico in 2017.
UK-based journalist Rob Harris has tweeted that FIFA has confirmed that the Qatar World Cup will be played in the winter, from November 21st to December 28th. Lasting just 28 days, it will be three days shorter than a normal World Cup.
CONFIRMED: FIFA decides 2022 World Cup in Qatar will start November 21 & to be played in just 28 days. Final on Dec 18, Qatar National Day
According to the Associated Press, 13 soccer players who took part in this summer's Women's World Cup have been dropped from the FIFA 16 video game because of concerns from the NCAA.
This is the first year FIFA 16 has featured women's teams, with 12 women's national teams from the World Cup included in the game..
The dropped players hail from three coutries: six from Mexico, six from Canada and six from Spain.
Entire lifetimes have been spent hashing out what qualities give people worth. Those qualities change as often as they are discovered; they can vary as widely as the names of the people they belong to.
In the world of sports, however, society teaches us what to value in a very specific kind of human, an athlete. It teaches us to value only one thing: whether or not an athlete wins. It seems like the ultimate meritocracy: if an athlete deserves to win then they will win, and we will applaud them for doing so. Sometimes it works just like that, but not always.
As if there was ever a dull moment in the world of FIFA these days; issues revolving around the 2018 and 2022 World Cups continue to get worse. The laborers involved with constructing the Russian World Cup stadiums have come out saying they haven’t been paid for their work in months.
The USWNT's biggest competition so far in their victory tour has come from their own bus. Yesterday, Hope Solo tweeted a picture of her and her teammates being escorted to practice by fans in Chattanooga.
What happens when the bus breaks down? Awesome fans escort you to training! Thanks #Chattanooga! #USWNT pic.twitter.com/EThBMAEsBW
Tim Howard has confirmed his one-year hiatus from international soccer will end after, well, a year.
Howard's return comes at a time where the USMNT is in need of some stability and confidence, having been bounced from the Gold Cup by Jamaica in the semifinals. The U.S. now have to play the winner of the final, between Mexico and Jamaica on Sunday, in October for the right to play in the Confederations Cup.
The question of whether or not Russia should host the 2018 World Cup still remains in the air after recent stories of corruption from Sepp Blatter and FIFA have risen. Should plans for the next World Cup stay the same, more issues besides corruption will come to light during the summer tournament.
Celia Sasic, one of the most pivotal German women to put on her country’s shirt, has announced her retirement from football at the age of 27. Her efforts during the 2015 Women’s World Cup has earned her the title of top scorer in the competition. Her match against the Ivory Coast during the group stages was enough to convince anyone that they would have won the whole competition had the USA not burst their dream.
The congratulations keep coming in for the USWNT as they continue to celebrate their World Cup victory.
One particular video caught the eye of the ladies when New England Patriots Rob Gronkowski decided to drop this: