World Cup

FIFA officials announced on Thursday that Kansas City is among the cities selected to host soccer matches in the world’s biggest singular-sports event.

U.S. Soccer is equalizing pay between men and women. Lori Lawson, a World Cup winner who now serves as the women’s head coach at Maryville University, has been waiting for this moment.

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 22, 2013 - What is it about a bracket that brings such fervor?Chess could admit that its…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 9, 2010 - Every four years, the World Cup sets up camp in my life, defines my schedule (or at…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 12, 2010 - Right now, soccer fans are talking about the butter-fingered blunder by England’s…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 11, 2010 - In the summer of 2002, I sat in a plane heading to the U.S. from South America when…