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Head of French Football Federation (FFF) Noel Le Graet attends a press conference in Paris, Wednesday, March 2, 2016. The president of France's soccer federation apologized Monday Jan.9, 2023 after Kylian Mbappé, the French sports minister and Real Madrid all took him to task for brusque comments that he "couldn't care less" about Zinédine Zidane's future as a coach. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

French soccer president steps back pending investigation

By Jerome Pugmire - Associated Press

U.S. national team player Sophia Smith listens to instructions during practice for a match against Nigeria Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in Riverside, Mo. Women’s soccer in the United States has struggled with diversity, starting with a pay-to-play model that can exclude talented kids from communities of color. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

U.S. women’s soccer tries to overcome past lack of diversity

By Anne M. Peterson - Associated Press

Cristiano Ronaldo walks during his official unveiling as a new member of Al Nassr soccer club in in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. Ronaldo, who has won five Ballon d'Ors awards for the best soccer player in the world and five Champions League titles, will play outside of Europe for the first time in his storied career. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Al Nassr was dubbed the “Global” club even before Ronaldo

By James Robson - Associated Press

United States head coach Gregg Berhalter follows the game during the World Cup group B soccer match between England and The United States, at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. The U.S. Soccer Federation revealed Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023 it is investigating that men's national team cach Gregg Berhalter said was a 1991 confrontation in which he kicked the woman who later became his wife.(AP Photo/Andre Penner, File) **FILE**

U.S. men’s coach Berhalter admits kicking future wife in 1991

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

FILE - Brazil's Pele is hoisted on the shoulders of his teammates after Brazil won the World Cup final against Italy, 4-1, in Mexico City's Estadio Azteca, June 21, 1970. Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died in sao Paulo on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. He was 82. (AP Photo, File)

Brazilian soccer legend Pele dies at 82

By Tales Azzoni and Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Kevin Payne, Toronto FC's new president and general manager, poses for a photo in Toronto, Nov. 28, 2012. Payne, who was an executive with two Major League Soccer teams and was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2021, died Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022. He was 69. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young, File) **FILE**

Former D.C. United general manager Kevin Payne dies

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FILE - United States' Megan Rapinoe lifts up a trophy after winning the Women's World Cup final soccer match between U.S. and The Netherlands at the Stade de Lyon in Decines, outside Lyon, France, July 7, 2019. The House has passed a bill that ensures equal compensation for U.S. women competing in international events, a piece of legislation that came out of the U.S. women's soccer team's long battle to be paid as much as the men. The Equal Pay for Team USA Act, passed late Wednesday night, Dec. 21, 2022, now heads to President Joe Biden's desk. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

U.S. House passes equal pay bill in latest women’s soccer win

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

FIFA President Gianni Infantino arrives for the World Cup final soccer match between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Sunday, Dec.18, 2022. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Blatter criticizes Infantino’s plans for World Cup formats

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Argentina's Lionel Messi, left, and Argentina's Julian Alvarez celebrate after scoring during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between Argentina and Croatia at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Live updates | Argentina wins World Cup final against France

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Argentina players celebrate winning the World Cup final soccer match between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Sunday, Dec.18, 2022. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Messi wins World Cup, Argentina beats France on penalties

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Moroccan fans cheer during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Morocco picked by FIFA to host Club World Cup in February

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Students graduating from the General Las Heras elementary school, where Lionel Messi also attended school, pose for a group photo wearing their graduation hats by a mural of Messi, on the last day of school in Rosario, Argentina, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Messi’s hometown in Argentina yearns for World Cup victory

By Daniel Politi - Associated Press

Argentina's Lionel Messi celebrates defeating Croatia 3-0 in a World Cup semifinal soccer match at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) **FILE**

World Cup title all that’s missing from Messi’s all-time great resume

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

Municipal workers put up a giant LCD screen, prior to the Qatar World Cup soccer semifinal match between Croatia and Argentina in Zagreb, Croatia, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

Soccer craze, pride grip Croatia before Argentina semifinal

By Sabina Niksic - Associated Press

A screenshot taken from video provided by FIFA of journalist Grant Wahl at an awards ceremony in Doha, Qatar in Nov. 2022. Wahl, one of the most well-known soccer writers in the United States, died early Saturday Dec. 10, 2022 while covering the World Cup match between Argentina and the Netherlands. (FIFA via AP)

Soccer journalist Grant Wahl’s body returned to U.S.

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Moroccan supporters arrive ahead of the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Morocco and Portugal, at Al Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Ecstatic Moroccans celebrate World Cup victory over Portugal

By Tarik El-Barakah and Barbara Surk - Associated Press

Argentina's Nahuel Molina, centre, after scoring the opening goal during the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between the Netherlands and Argentina, at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

Soccer writer Grant Wahl dies at World Cup match in Qatar

goalkeeper Matt Turner of the United States celebrates after the World Cup group B soccer match between Iran and the United States at the Al Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan) **FILE**

U.S. exits TV viewership’s main stage until the next World Cup

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

Morocco's head coach Walid Regragui is thrown in the air at the end of the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Morocco and Spain, at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

The next World Cup will jump to 48 teams. Is bigger better?

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

A man poses with a Moroccan flag in Spain's north African enclave of Ceuta, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. The World Cup knockout game between Spain and Morocco on Tuesday will bring millions of fans on both sides of the Strait of Gibraltar together around screens in bars and living rooms to see which country will keep alive its dream of soccer glory. But loyalties be blurred in Spain's north African enclave of Ceuta where identities often mix in unpredictable ways. (AP Photo/Antonio Sempere)

Spain or Morocco? World Cup passions blur in Spanish exclave

By Antonio Sempere and Joseph Wilson - Associated Press