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Tales from the 211
Exploring the weird and wonderful world of football across FIFA's 211 member nations - and beyond
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December 2025
World Soccer
Things... ...from the 2025 MLS regular season
Lionel Messi is set to become the first player in 30 seasons of MLS to win the league's Most Valuable Player award in back-to-back years.
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December 2025
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Old soccer, new football
The newly formed Australian Championship marks a new chapter in the country's footballing history
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December 2025
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World Cup history makers
It's just past 5pm in the noisy Sucupira market on the Rua de Lisboa.
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December 2025
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Years in the making
How Cape Verde utilised its diaspora to become the second-smallest country to qualify for the World Cup
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December 2025
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"What's better and what's nicer than going to a World Cup?"
The South Africa head coach reflects on an eventful World Cup qualifying campaign and looks ahead to next year's finals, AFCON and retirement
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December 2025
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Morocco's rise continues
The North African nation's historic victory at the Under-20 World Cup is further evidence of their evolution as a footballing force
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December 2025
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Brazil eye glory on home soil
The hosts of the 2027 World Cup are looking like serious contenders as the finals slowly come into view
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December 2025
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A Swedish fairy tale
How a village team became champions of Sweden
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December 2025
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Argentina loses a legend
Argentine football is in mourning for the late Miguel Angel Russo
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December 2025
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"We've made history for Cape Verde"
Born in Dublin to an Irish mother and Cape Verdean father, Shamrock Rovers defender Roberto Lopes first pulled on the Cape Verde shirt in 2019. Since then he’s become a core member of the side and, after celebrating a historic first World Cup qualification, he spoke to World Soccer about the team’s rise...
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December 2025
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The heat is on
FIFA must enforce sensible kick-off times at the 2026 World Cup to avoid dangerous conditions
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December 2025
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Indonesia
Failure to qualify for the 2026 World Cup brings an end to Patrick Kluivert's time as head coach of the Southeast Asian nation
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December 2025
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"Maybe my achievements don't get enough respect because they are outside of Europe"
In a globe-spanning coaching career, Stephen Constantine has seen everything. From dealing with dysfunctional federations to coaching during a civil war, the former India and Pakistan head coach looks back on his rollercoaster journey
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December 2025
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The English connection
Graham Potter's appointment by Sweden continues a long link between English coaches and the Scandinavian country
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December 2025
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A tale of two presidents
The story of the budding, but necessary, friendship between Donald Trump and Gianni Infantino
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December 2025
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Serbia
Painful defeat to Albania signals the end of head coach Dragan Stojkovic's tenure
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December 2025
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Tony Bloom: football's best investor
When Chris Hughton was dismissed as Brighton & Hove Albion head coach within 24 hours of keeping them up in the Premier League in 2019, I tweeted angrily about what a heartless decision it was by the club's owner, Tony Bloom.
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December 2025
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THE BEST OF BRAZIL
The 2025 Copa Libertadores final sees the two best teams in South America go head to head
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December 2025
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Stars of the Under-20 World Cup
Nick Bidwell reveals the standout talents from the tournament in Chile
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December 2025
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Using futsal as a springboard
The tiny Pacific island of Tuvalu is hoping to use futsal as a way to strengthen their case for full-time membership of the Oceania Football Confederation
2 min |
December 2025
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Berkane's rise continues in CAF Champions League
The Moroccan champions might be competition debutants but they are right among the favourites for this season's continental trophy
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December 2025
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Norman Whiteside
When Norman Whiteside made his Northern Ireland debut at the 1982 World Cup aged 17 years and 41 days, he became the youngest player in the history of the finals, breaking the record set by Pele 24 years earlier - an achievement that still stands today
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December 2025
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"I want everyone to know who I am and remember my name 100 years from now"
In the summer of 2023, Liverpool paid RB Leipzig £60 million to sign Dominik Szoboszlai. Since then, the Hungary talisman has won a Premier League title, been used in a variety of positions by two different managers, captained his country at a European Championship, and become a father. In October, the 25-year-old sat down with World Soccer to discuss all of that and more
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December 2025
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Giuseppe Rossi
Fiorentina v Juventus 2013-14 Serie A, Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence
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November 2025
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Nashville triumph in US Open Cup
MLS outfit lift the domestic cup, but debates continue to rage about how the competition fits in the US Soccer landscape
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November 2025
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6 of the best Teenage tyros
Nick Bidwell picks out some Under-20s starlets making a name for themselves around the globe
3 min |
November 2025
World Soccer
Tales from the 211
Exploring the weird and wonderful world of football across FIFA's 211 member nations - and beyond
2 min |
November 2025
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Women's football
Multi-club ownership groups in North America are increasingly turning their attention to the women's game, writes Steve Menary
6 min |
November 2025
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The first Vancouver derby
The final of the Canadian Championship pitted Vancouver Whitecaps of MLS against Canadian Premier League side Vancouver FC
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