World Cup champions Abby Wambach and Julie Foudy join the Pod Squad to demystify soccer and the World Cup. They break down the rules everyone pretends to understand (offside, cards, flopping), explain why the World Cup is the biggest sporting event on Earth, discuss how US men's success benefits the women's team, and play a game testing the hosts' FIFA knowledge.
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Editorial
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The World Cup as Global Unifier
The World Cup has unique power to bring people together across cultures, nations, and backgrounds in ways few other events can match.
Soccer's Unspoken Rules: Flopping and Card Management
Professional soccer operates with an unwritten code about when to fall, how to react to contact, and how players manage yellow and red card accumulation.
For many fans, especially internationally, the World Cup represents national identity and pride in ways that club soccer—even elite club soccer—cannot replicate.