“Colombia is my favorite to become world champion,” … the words of three-time Brazilian World Cup winner Pele in 1993 after “El Tricolor” swept to a second successive qualification. After an ...

Eric Wynalda has moved a few times over the years, and whenever he does, the first thing he packs -- and unpacks -- is always the same: a framed picture of the US men's national team starting lineup ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The murder 20 years ago Wednesday of a Colombian soccer player who had accidentally scored for the other side, helping eliminate his team from the World Cup, stands in stark ...

Finding the national coach of a World Cup qualifier from South America on a visit to Europe would not be unusual. After all, most of the top players for the continent’s two soccer powers, Argentina ...

“Life doesn’t end here. We have to go on. Life cannot end here. No matter how difficult, we must stand back up. We only have two options: either allow anger to paralyse us and the violence continues, ...

With the World Cup just mere weeks away there's no better time to look back in the annals of U.S. Soccer to recall past teams and their experience on the world stage. Every Thursday from now until the ...

Every four years, as the FIFA World Cup approaches, former Judges soccer coach Mike Coven reflects on a special week in June 1994. With the United States hosting the quadrennial international soccer ...

Colombia paid tribute Wednesday to football star Andres Escobar, who was gunned down 20 years ago just days after scoring an own goal at the World Cup finals. MEDELLïN: Colombia paid tribute Wednesday ...

BRAZIL (AP) — On July 2 in World Cup history Colombia defender Andres Escobar was killed in Medellin, Colombia, after returning home early from the 1994 tournament The shooting death, which cast a ...

Colombia came to the Rose Bowl not to bury ghosts but simply to beat Paraguay. It came not to erase its past but to enhance its future. And it accomplished that Tuesday, with a goal and an assist from ...