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Rankings: France holds No. 1 spot, USMNT breaks into top 10 in Sports Social Pulse
France remained the No. 1 digital brand among World Cup teams, while the USMNT cracked the top 10 for the first time during the tournament in the latest Sports Social Pulse rankings, developed by the Univ. of South Carolina’s Social Media Insights Lab in partnership with Sports Business Journal.
U.S.-Bosnia resale prices drop ahead of World Cup match
The price to get into S.F. Bay Area Stadium for Wednesday’s U.S.-Bosnia and Herzegovina Round of 32 match is “falling dramatically” across resale marketplaces, according to Alex Simon of S.F. GATE. When the U.S. clinched Group D on June 19, ticket prices for its Round of 32 match “surged to astronom...
Mexico jerseys surge as Adidas’ World Cup top seller
Mexico’s official national team jersey has been Adidas’ “top-selling national team merchandise line of the FIFA World Cup so far,” according to Fernanda Tronco of THE STREET. Historically, Argentina, Brazil and Germany have “dominated FIFA World Cup merchandise sales thanks to their global fan bases...
World Cup boosts players’ Instagram followers, earnings
Over 1,200 players have been “seeing an increase in Instagram followers” since the World Cup began on June 8, and players are reportedly receiving “$10 for every 1,000 followers” they have had, according to Thomas Murray of the CALIFORNIA POST. In a report from Better Collective, Cape Verde GK Josim...
World Cup Media Notes: Telemundo helps boost Türkiye-U.S. to second-best soccer audience all-time
Türkiye-U.S. in the third game of the World Cup group stage finished with a combined 24.4 million viewers across Telemundo and Fox, marking the second-best soccer audience ever on U.S. airwaves. Telemundo drew 7.4 million for its portion of the Türkiye-U.S. audience, which is the best Spanish-langua...
Seattle braces for possible presidential visit if USMNT advances
King County International Airport has “advised a local company about the possibility of a presidential or vice presidential temporary flight restriction on July 6 in Seattle” if the USMNT advances to the round of 16 World Cup match that day, though it remains unclear if President Trump or VP JD Vanc...
Mexico-Ecuador Round of 32 tickets fetching over $2,700
The World Cup Round of 32 match between Mexico and Ecuador on Tuesday at Mexico City Stadium is by far the hottest ticket of the day despite ticket prices dropping slightly over the past three days. The get-in price for the 9pm ET kickoff is set at $2,764, which is down 11% from three days ago but u...
Extreme heat set to affect World Cup games across U.S., Canada this week
Extreme heat will “greet fans and players this week” at the World Cup, as “an imposing ‘heat dome’ settles over the central and eastern United States -- plus parts of Canada -- as the knockout rounds progress.” The weather phenomenon “could lead to dangerously high temperatures, with heat indices s...
Penalty kicks steal the show in Round of 32 wins for Paraguay, Morocco
Paraguay “pulled off the most stunning upset of the World Cup” to this point on Monday evening, knocking off Germany in PKs at Boston Stadium. The “fans of ‘La Albirroja,’ who didn’t stop dancing and singing throughout the two-hour match, remained in the stands long after the final PK, celebrating t...
DHS secretary: ‘So glad’ Iran is out of World Cup
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- With Iran officially eliminated from the FIFA World Cup, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin defended the administration’s treatment of the team during the group stage and said he was “so glad they’re gone.”
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