USMNT coach Mauricio Pochettino was born in Argentina and coached Lionel Messi at Paris Saint-Germain. He remains a big fan.

For soccer fans like Miko Zhang, China’s failure to qualify for this year’s FIFA World Cup is almost beside the point.

An Uber driver taking fans of Argentina’s soccer team to a World Cup match was among four people injured in a series of shootings in Kansas City, Missouri, that also left one man dead, police said. A 22-year-old male suspect,

As Argentina soccer legend Lionel Messi lit up the record books on Tuesday night - scoring three goals against Algeria at Arrowhead Stadium, thus tying the all-time men’s FIFA World Cup scoring record at 16 goals - another icon also unexpectedly illuminated Kansas City’s night sky: The downtown Western Auto sign.