FIFA World Cup

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Members of the U.S. women's soccer team waved from floats as fans cheered during a victory parade up the Canyon of Heroes in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday. Click HERE for more coverage of the parade.

The United States Women’s National Soccer Team has just revealed its roster for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, which will be broadcast on FOX this June. 

The girl soccer craze in America got off the ground when the 1999 women's team won the World Cup. The nail-biting win in 100-degree, California temperatures created one of the most iconic pictures in sports history. Brandi Chastain made the winning goal, dropped to her knees and tossed her jersey over her head.

U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe revealed in an interview Monday she will 'probably never sing the national anthem again' weeks before the team is set to defend their World Cup title in France.

It's a tradition that's long been part of soccer culture, and now the large-scale art projects are becoming memorable moments at Atlanta United home matches. It's called a "tifo," a word that comes from Italian, and it refers to the giant banners made by Five Stripes supporters, unfurled in the crowd before a game.

At a time when most of the soccer world is focused on the World Cup, Atlanta has something to brag about.

FIFA's Bid Evaluation Task Force visited Atlanta Wednesday to tour the city's soccer facilities. Atlanta is listed as a potential World Cup host city for the 2026 tournament by the United 2026 bid committee which is a joint venture between the US, Canada, and Mexico.

Croatia's legs seemed heavy, burdened by the accumulated toll of consecutive penalty-kicks wins needed to get this far. England had gone ahead with a free kick just five minutes in, dominated play and appeared headed to its first World Cup final since 1966.

It's been a month since the Good Day Atlanta team revealed which country they'd be rooting for in the FIFA World Cup.  One by one, each of our anchors (and their teams, of course) was eliminated, until there were only two left standing!

Stretching every part of his body out into a star shape and diving to his right, Igor Akinfeev flicked out his left foot and kicked the ball high away from danger.

A highly-anticipated World Cup matchup is being moved to FOX 5 Atlanta. Mexico will face off with Brazil in the Round of 16 on Monday at 10 a.m., a game that will now be shown live on FOX 5. The match was originally scheduled to be played on FOX Sports 1.

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Thousands of exuberant Mexican soccer fans took to the streets Sunday to cheer their national team's long-shot win against Germany in Mexico's first match of the 2018 World Cup soccer tournament.

Atlanta will likely play a significant role in hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Wednesday morning, FIFA selected a joint bid involving the United States, Mexico and Canada as host nations for the event. The North American bid was chosen over a competing bid from Morocco.

Soccer rules are tough to pick up on the fly. We’ve compiled a cheat sheet for Americans watching the “other football” during the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Soccer isn't just about the games -- it's made quite the topic for movies over the years. In honor of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, we picked our five favorite scenes from different soccer films. Some are funny, others gritty, and even inspirational.