Published Jul 21, 2026, 11:30 AM ET · Updated 4 months ago · 1 source
In the US, the 2026 World Cup’s legacy will be an invitation to do it all again
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You do not, under any circumstance, have to hand it to Fifa. You do, however, have to acknowledge that the 2026 World Cup was successful in all of the ways it was intended to be successful. The soccer was interesting and competitive and dramatic, albeit mostly not great – not that this really a necessary ingredient for a compelling sporting product. People came and watched in overwhelming numbers. There was fun and folklore; underdog surprises; heroic storylines that might have been hackneyed ha