Posts By José Guerra
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1.1KFIFA World CupThe World Cup Week in Review: Round-of-32 and Round-of-16
We are in the final stretch of the 2026 World Cup. The Round of 32 and the Round of 16 delivered its...
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2.4KFIFA World CupWorld Cup XXIII – Canada, Mexico, USA: Three Nations, Two Finalists, One Glory
This is the last of the weekly series of World Cup histories. This journey has been one of reminiscing from watching all...
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1.9KFIFA World CupWorld Cup XXII – Qatar: Drama, Glory, Immortality
As with the 2018 competition, the 2022 hosting rights were decided on December 2nd, 2010, twelve years before the start of this...
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World Cup XXI Russia – Chaos, Controversy, and Change
The 2018 host tournament had been decided on December 2nd, 2010, almost eight years in advance from its start. The process had...
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World Cup XX Brazil – More Than a Game: Brazil, Soccer, and the Weight of History
What do Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain have in common? On the surface, not much. But view them through...
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World Cup XIX: South Africa – This Time for Africa: Painted in Tiki‑Taka Red
In 2010 the World Cup visited the second largest continent by land mass, the place of the origin of our species: Africa....
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World Cup XVIII: Germany – A time to make friends but forged in azzurri blue
The World Cup was returning to a country that had been the focal point of a 20th century global conflict the likes...
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World Cup XVII: South Korea/Japan – Ê jogo bonito returns with the “three Rs”
The men’s World Cup was getting bigger every year in terms of global coverage and revenues. FIFA, under its then president João...
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World Cup XVI: France – Les Bleus bring a nation together
The XVI edition of the World Cup would return to France who would be the third country to host it twice (after...
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World Cup XV: USA – A relentless sun, a Brazilian record
For the first time in the tournament’s history, the hosting rights went to a country that did not have a long and...
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World Cup XIV: Italy – A Repeat Final and a Third Three-Peat Champion
Italy would be only the second nation to host the World Cup a second time after Mexico, who held it in 1970...
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World Cup XIII: Mexico – A hand of God goal and the genius of Maradona propel Argentina to the summit
In June of 1974, Colombia was chosen as the host for the 1986 World Cup, the thirteenth edition. The commitment was for...
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World Cup XII: Spain – Brazil dazzles again but Italian catenaccio wins the day
A country that was passionate about soccer, that had produced great players, and who at the club level had already won European...
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World Cup X: West Germany – a clockwork orange total football awes the world
The tenth edition of the World Cup would see the introduction of a whirlwind style of play, from a nation, that until...
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World Cup XI: Argentina – El Matador Kempes tangos his team to the cup
Argentina would host the FIFA World Cup XI. The “Clockwork Orange” Dutch runner ups from 1974 were still turning heads with their...
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World Cup IX: Mexico – Brazil’s “Jogo Bonito” dazzles
This article is a part of our series covering the history and evolution of the FIFA World Cup. This history is a...
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World Cup VIII: England – Football Comes Home
This article is part of our ongoing series covering the History and Evolution of the World Cup. The VIII edition of the...
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World Cup VII: Chile – Brazil becomes the third repeat champion
This article is part of a series discussing the history and evolution of the FIFA World Cup. “Porque no tenemos nada, queremos...
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World Cup VI: Switzerland – Brazil sambas into their first championship with a 17-year-old prodigy
This article is part of a continuing series about the history and scope of the FIFA World Cup. Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and...
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World Cup V: Switzerland – the West Germans make a statement
This article is a part of our ongoing series about the history and evolution of the FIFA World Cup. Switzerland hosted the...
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World Cup IV: Brazil – the second repeat champion and a shocking soccer tragedy
This article is the fourth installment of our FIFA World Cup History series. The fourth edition of the World Cup was the...
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World Cup III: France – Italy becomes the first repeat champion amid a gathering global storm
This article is part three of our series detailing the history of the FIFA World Cup. The third World Cup saw an...
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World Cup II: Italy – the Azzurri make their first statement
After the great success and entertaining games of the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay, the interest in hosting and participating in the...
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World Cup I: Uruguay – the third kick of the “Charruas”
This is the first of a weekly series of the history of World Cups. We start with the first one held in...
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3.1KMatch ReportsA tale of two halves, but the Timbers were felled
In the words of Charles Dickens, adapted to FCC’s first visit to Providence Park, Portland Timbers’ home stadium, “It was the best...
