Christian Pulisic and Giovanni Reyna, two of the most talented American soccer players of their generation, share a detail about their development that rarely gets discussed outside soccer’s inner circles: […]
Pay to Play, Priced Out: How America’s Youth Soccer Model Is Quietly Rationing Talent
American youth soccer families now spend an average of $883 a year per child just to keep them in competitive play, with travel costs alone up 19 percent compared to […]
The Free Academy Gap: Why America’s Best Soccer Pipeline Runs Through Just Two Zip Codes
The United States is co-hosting its first World Cup since 1994, and the sport has never had more money, more television coverage, or more youth participants pouring through its turnstiles. […]
Trump’s Call to FIFA Frees Balogun to Play, But USMNT Falls to Belgium, Exits World Cup
SEATTLE — July 6, 2026 The U.S. Men’s National Team’s bid for its first World Cup quarterfinal since 2002 ended in a 4-1 loss to Belgium on Monday night at […]
San Diego Isn’t Hosting a Single World Cup Match — So Why Does It Feel Like the Center of the Tournament?
By Jose E. Navarro San Diego, Calif. — July 2, 2026 The United States advanced past Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Round of 32 this week, part of a tournament […]
The Fall of Serie A: How Italian Football Lost Its Financial Throne
MILAN — World Affairs / Sports | The Navarro Report For a generation of fans, Serie A was not just Italy’s league. It was the world’s league. Three decades later, […]
Italy’s World Cup Drought: Citizenship Law and TV Money Behind the Azzurri’s Decline
ROME — World Affairs / Sports | The Navarro Report When Roberto Baggio quietly resigned from the Italian Football Federation in 2013, warning that his 900-page reform report had “remained […]
The Gambler from Murphy: How Mauricio Pochettino Bet on Himself — and Won Group D
LOS ANGELES / INGLEWOOD, Calif. — June 27, 2026 There is a town in the Santa Fe province of Argentina called Murphy. It has no stadium, no professional club, and […]
Budapest or Bust: Arsenal and PSG Collide in a Champions League Final Worth Hundreds of Millions Jose E. Navarro | The Navarro Report
The Puskás Arena in Budapest holds 67,000 souls, but the weight of today’s UEFA Champions League final carries far more than that. At 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time on May 30, […]