In the lush, rain-soaked valleys of Malappuram, Keralam, football is more than a pastime—it is a vibrant pulse of daily life.

The World Cup fields cover so much ground they’ll be hard to ignore. The crews that put them there would prefer if fans ...

World Cup pitches for practice and matches have to conform to specific guidelines to create — literally — an even playing field for the teams competing. A team of groundskeepers at the University of ...

Matt Freese once wrote a college research project on penalty kicks. Now he’s competing to be the starting goalie for the U.S.

"Every soccer World Cup is an opportunity for Japan to deploy an unusual instrument of soft power," writes Bobby Ghosh.

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After a whirlwind roster reveal through New York, the USMNT has settled into its new home, where it will recalibrate before ...

The association that oversees men’s amateur soccer in Calgary is decrying the worsening state of the city’s natural grass soccer fields. An official from the Calgary United Soccer Association (CUSA) ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — Harris County is riding the wave of FIFA World Cup excitement to build or refurbish soccer fields at 23 locations, many in low-income areas, with the goal of giving more kids ...

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