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2026 World Cup, Day 16: Egypt 1, Iran 1
On the cruelty of disappearing joy.
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2026 World Cup, Day 14: Bosnia-Herzegovina 3, Qatar 1
A blue-and-yellow party in Seattle sends the Bosnians through to the next round.
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2026 World Cup, Day 12: So you're telling me there's a chance
With 32 teams in the knockout round, it's hard to get eliminated from contention early.
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2026 World Cup: A Soccer Nation
In which I watch the World Cup at Seattle Center with one billion of my closest friends.
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2026 World Cup, Day 8: The cost of doing soccer
Those ticket prices? They aren't coming down.
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2026 World Cup, Day 6: A day out at Field
Belgium 1:1 Egypt, and what it was like to be in Seattle for the game.
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2026 World Cup, Day 5: My first time
Today's the day that I'm finally in the crowd for a World Cup game, and I'm trying to explain - almost to myself - why this is such a dream.
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2026 World Cup, Day 3: Dreamland
The USMNT starts the tournament off on not only the right foot, but a better foot than they've ever put forward before.
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World Cup 2026, Day 2: Viva México!
It's harder for me to hate Mexico the way I used to, as the southern neighbors kicked off the tournament with a CONCACAF flair.
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World Cup, Day 1: Home Again, Home Again
32 years later, the World Cup returns to the USA, where it all began for me.
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MNUFC enters new era without Dayne St. Clair, Hassani Dotson
One final Star Tribune article for 2025, to set up where the Loons offseason is headed.
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Loons season ends with a 1-0 loss in San Diego
Your intrepid reporter was there, peering through the smoke from the press box.