With more matches and an extra knockout round (the Round of 32), FIFA had to rethink how yellow cards carry through the tournament. The 2026 World Cup introduces a small but important change to ...

Group E features one of the perennial powers in international soccer, Germany, the 2014 World Cup winners, and a few up-and-coming teams, the Ivory Coast and Ecuador. Plus, World Cup newcomers, ...

Both came in the second half with Bafana Bafana already losing 1-0 thanks to Julian Quinones' goal in the eight minute of the game. Sphephelo 'Yaya' Sithole was the first player to be dismissed after ...

The 2026 World Cup kicked off in spectacular fashion. It also kicked off quite physically, too. In the first game of the tournament between Mexico and South Africa on Thursday at Mexico City Stadium, ...

Yellow cards and red cards are one of the easiest parts of soccer to understand at first glance — yellow means warning, red means you are out. But during the World Cup, cards can mean a lot more than ...

Editor's note: Keep up with the USA-Bosnia and Herzegovina game with our live blog, here. Yellow cards can lead to suspensions. Red cards will pull a player off the field mid-game. At the World Cup, ...

MEXICO CITY — The opening match of the World Cup delivered a rarity in international soccer: three players sent off with red cards. No World Cup match has had that many players ejected since a 2006 ...

It’s one of the most dramatic moments in soccer when a referee pulls a red card from his pocket, but what happens in the World Cup in such a situation? Soccer fans were already treated to that drama ...

The ball rolled, but the red cards stole the spotlight in the first match of the World Cup. The opening match between Mexico and South Africa will hardly be remembered for the brilliance of its plays, ...

When Alison Bremner received an invitation to design a special ORCA transit card for the World Cup earlier this year, she was ecstatic. She immediately thought back to her childhood, when she started ...

The World Cup kicks off June 11—and with matches in the U.S. costing upward of $1,200, soccer fans are more likely to watch the matches at home or at their local watch parties. Cities all over the ...