When acclaimed soccer writer Paul Tenorio followed Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami team to Dallas for one of the superstar’s first road games in America in 2023, the scene outside the team’s Renaissance Plano hotel was strangely calm.

The United States has gone wild over foreign-born players on several occasions. Now the largest World Cup ever is arriving.

Scaloni openly discussed how closely he works with Messi on major decisions involving Argentina, leading many to wonder whether Martinez follows a similar approach with Ronaldo inside the Portugal camp.

It’s pretty mind-blowing” to have Argentina and Lionel Messi here, Sporting KC president and CEO Jake Reid said.

As part of our buildup to the 2026 FIFA men’s World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, we are publishing excerpted chapters from The Soccer 100, The Athletic’s definitive book on the 100 greatest players of all time, courtesy of HarperCollins ...

Lionel Messi is preparing for what could be his final World Cup with Argentina, aiming to retain the trophy he won in Qatar in 2022.

Argentina faces Honduras in an international friendly soccer match ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup on June 6, at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas — here’s how to watch.

Messi on bench for World Cup tune up against Honduras