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Everything you need to know about the players and teams.
By Andrew O'Hehir
May 30, 2002
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It's World Cup time again -- when more than a billion people will be enthralled not just by the joy of victory and agony of defeat, but also by the mystery and despair that is championship soccer.
By Andrew O'Hehir
May 30, 2002
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It's time for America to discover the knees, thighs and invention of the men who play the most erotic game in the world.
By David Thomson
May 30, 2002
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Every four years soccer officials assure us that if the U.S. men's team makes a run for the World Cup, their sport will finally break through in America. Dream on.
By Allen Barra
May 24, 2002
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Mia Hamm's soccer prowess has finally launched women's sports into the mainstream. But is she ready for icon status?
By Ethan Zindler
June 23, 1999
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Ethan Zindler reports from Paris on France's grand celebration of its World Cup victory -- and on the larger meaning of the competition.
By Ethan Zindler
July 13, 1998
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World Cup scenes: Ethan Zindler reports on professional scalpers and amateur partyers in Marseille.
By Ethan Zindler
July 7, 1998
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Matthew McAllester reports from France on the differing passions of Serbian, English and French soccer fans.
By Matthew McAllester
July 7, 1998
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Among the Colombians: Matthew Yeomans watches the Colombia-England match from a bar stool in Jackson Heights, N.Y.
By Matthew Yeomans
June 30, 1998
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Ethan Zindler reports that threat and theft take over the town of Lens during the England-Colombia World Cup match.
By Ethan Zindler
June 30, 1998
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Ethan Zindler reports from the World Cup: At the Iran-U.S. match, the real action is in the stands.
By Ethan Zindler
June 24, 1998
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Ethan Zindler reports on some World Cup scenes: Scottish fans bare more than their souls, French fans get racist and blasé Parisians carry on as ever.
By Ethan Zindler
June 18, 1998
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The tortured life of Britain's first openly gay soccer star ends in tragedy.
By Tamsin Todd
June 5, 1998