Some American players saw their stature grow and will be rewarded with club interest, but there are plenty of trouble spots after Monday’s crash out of a home World Cup.

Christian Pulisic leads a young U.S. team into the round of 16. Get to know the players who will decide how far the home team can go.

Lionel Messi may arguably be the greatest soccer player of all time, but his penalty kick history is not a highlighted part of his decorated résumé. The all-time leading goal scorer in World Cups has seemingly found penalty kicks to be one of the very few areas where he's been unable to succeed.

Despite the worst efforts of FIFA President Gianni Infantino, an embarrassing figure who pals around with Putin, flies across the world on a jet provided by Qatar (just like Trump!), gifted Trump a "FIFA Peace Prize" for reasons unknown,

Some teams defied all odds to reach the quarterfinal stage.

Olympic soccer rules will limit the amount of players who were on the World Cup team from playing at the LA Games.

Two U.S. soccer staff members were quietly suspended by FIFA for Monday’s match against Belgium. Without public explanation from FIFA, team manager Sam Zapatka and U.S. Soccer Federation vice president of security Frank Pannell were banned.

Mayor of New York City Zohran Mamdani has played a huge role in securing affordable World Cup tickets for people in his city. The 34-year-old is a huge soccer fan and has shown his knowledge of the game throughout his time as mayor.

The United States men's national team was knocked out of the World Cup on Monday night after a rough showing against Belgium. The match, however, still drew a massive audience and set an all-time soccer record in the United States.