When FIFA chose Robin Williams over Pelé: Behind the scenes of the wild 1994 World Cup draw in Las Vegas

The 1994 World Cup draw was supposed to sell soccer to America; instead, it became a comedy show -- and a turning point for U ...

FIFA World Cup 2026 will show how much NJ has changed since 1994

For 2026, FIFA is pushing a public transit-first plan that leans heavily on the NJ Transit spur from Secaucus. Opened in 2009 ...

‘Hating soccer is more American than apple pie’: the World Cup nobody wanted the US to host

Glitzy draws, OJ-era chaos, grass laid over AstroTurf and a host nation that barely cared – the 1994 World Cup arrived amid suspicion and slapstick. Yet it became a watershed that would alter US sport ...
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'I lifted our first World Cup. Rugby was freedom'

The first England captain to lift the Rugby World Cup has said playing the sport as a young woman felt like "a great freedom". Karen Almond, 62, led the Red Roses to victory over the US in 1994 and is ...