Before Atlanta United. Before Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Before the MLS Cup. Atlanta tried to get the 1994 World Cup and got told no.
New @SoccerDownHere feature on how the city built its way to a 2026 semifinal anyway.
https://t.co/8kn4BIOUj3
It's 8 days until kickoff and we've got a full show tonight.
Algeria's 1-0 win over the Netherlands. Atlanta's long road to hosting a World Cup semifinal. FIFA's new rules you need to know before June 11.
10pm: 📻 @929TheGame, 📺 92.9 YouTube, 📱 @Audacy Off The Woodwork pod
@Longshoe If you’re looking for something for the back end of the 3-4-3 tonight, you could do a lot worse that the opening of GE Vernova Park up here in Greenville. Been a long time coming, but ecstatic to see how the game has grown in the upstate. @GVLTriumph@gvl_liberty
"Should any of the nine cities falter, we stand ready, willing and able to pick up the ball."
Lewis Holland wrote that letter in 1992 after Atlanta was rejected as a 1994 World Cup host city.
No city faltered. Atlanta had to build its own ball instead.
https://t.co/2BdHE3MDWV
I spoke with the four high schools serving as World Cup base camps this summer.
I learned about their soccer training site side hustles, rich World Cup histories, and why powerhouse Spain chose to stay in Chattanooga, TN.
Read the full piece here:https://t.co/jEeP0u2bB7
☕ Haiti waited 52 years for this. Fort Lauderdale gave them a home game last night and a big win. The World Cup hasn't even started yet, but the world is already here.
https://t.co/a2XMLwv7Uk
🇭🇹🥳 ¡La fiesta de Haití en Miami! Más de 10 mil hinchas vibraron con el himno. En Miami hay una gran comunidad de haitianos y no desaprovecharon la chance de ver a su selección.
🤗 Además, Fafa Picault, ex Inter Miami y actual jugador de Atlanta United, saludó a sus compatriotas. Picault quedó marginado de la lista de 26 para el Mundial.
📹 @fedesaint
#Mundial2026 #Haití
PROGRAMMING REMINDER
#WallPassWednesday is up and running at 9:05 AM
We've got #USMNT and #USWNT to talk about
@fhfhaiti had a big result, IFAB is very busy (and so is @USL_HQ)
Plus, careful what you shop for and @Dylan_Butler joins
All at SDH YouTube X Twitch and socials
@MikeMonaco_ Gary Thorne, Bill Clement, and Brian Engblom were masterful that third period...
And when Thorne goes "After 22 years..." you don't even have to watch to know what was happening...
Going live for AST on @929TheGame & the 92.9 YouTube. Join me for some ⚽️ conversation as we're 9 days away from the World Cup. Plenty to dig into tonight.
Tuesday's Atlanta Soccer Tonight at 10pm:
* the latest as we're 9 days away from the World Cup
* the art of the dribble and why it matters this summer
* update on what Jozy Altidore is up to in the ATL area
📻 @929TheGame
📺 92.9 YouTube
📱 Off The Woodwork podcast
What a finish! 10 months, 10,500 miles from Argentina to Kansas City almost entirely on their bikes. Vicente, Miguel and Yamundu had a celebration waiting for them at the Argentina team hotel on the riverfront!! @kmbc
25 yrs ago, Ray Bourque won his 1st & only #StanleyCup - no one in #NHL history played more games before becoming a Champ
His story is the backbone of the '26 Stanley Cup Final opening
'The Waiting Game'
🏒 Narrated by Jon Hamm
🏆 Produced, directed & edited by @MikeFarrellESPN
Sarah Langs is Working.
For Lou Gehrig Day I talked to and wrote about baseball’s indomitable stat queen, who is producing just as much as ever.
“A great note isn’t great because it came from someone with ALS — it just is. There’s no park adjustments.”
https://t.co/aMF9uSMHDG