Soccer

The FIFA World Cup — men’s and women’s — joins the Olympic Games as arguably the best examples of the positive sides of nationalism and patriotism.

When two dual-national Spanish citizens face off against each other in the final game of the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup, it is the culmination of a narrative that has permeated the entire tournament — a new phenomenon that is not going away, a story of players representing nations that may or may not have been the country of their birth.

The UEFA Champions League gathers the strongest clubs in European football, but behind every squad lies a global map of talent.

Chris Armas, the head coach of the Kansas City Current in the U.S. National Women’s Soccer League, had a distinctly cross-cultural upbringing.

In this inspiring episode of The Destinations Podcast, we sit down with Chris Armas, head coach of the National Women’s Soccer League’s Kansas City Current and member of the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame.

In this inspiring episode of The Destinations Podcast, we sit down with Chris Armas, former head coach of the Colorado Rapids and member of the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame.

The honking of horns, cars draped with the flags of various countries and people celebrating while wearing their nation’s jerseys after an important soccer World Cup victory.

In August 1971, women’s teams from Argentina, England, France, Mexico, Italy and Denmark played soccer at Mexico City’s iconic Azteca Stadium in an unofficial Women’s World Cup.