{"id":2758,"date":"2026-07-18T13:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T13:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2758"},"modified":"2026-07-18T13:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T13:39:11","slug":"this-world-cup-served-as-the-ultimate-proof-of-how-big-global-soccer-stars-have-become-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2758","title":{"rendered":"This World Cup served as the ultimate proof of how big global soccer stars have become in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW YORK \u2014 When Spain played France in the World Cup semifinals on Tuesday, there were 32 players on the field and 20 more across the respective benches.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2757\">Spain or Argentina? Our soccer writers weigh in on who will win Sunday\u2019s World Cup final.<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>At the final whistle, the reigning European champions had reminded the world that soccer is a team game. Spain didn\u2019t just win 2-0; it delivered the most comprehensive performance of the tournament against the most prolific attacking team in the tournament field. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>But before the game, the hype was about individuals, and for good reason: It was the first World Cup meeting of France\u2019s Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 and Spain\u2019s Lamine Yamal. For as many stars play in World Cups, there hadn\u2019t been a semifinal matchup with that much individual sizzle in decades.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The framing was justified. And in a country that loves star power, it was a sign of how far this World Cup has broken through in America.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Before Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo became the sport\u2019s standard-bearers, the only men\u2019s soccer players who\u2019d really made it here were Pel\u00e9 in the 1970s and David Beckham in the 2000s \u2014 the latter more for reasons off the field than on it.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Now Messi and Ronaldo aren\u2019t the only household names. At least five more from beyond American shores have reached that level of notoriety before any American player: France\u2019s Mbapp\u00e9, Spain\u2019s Yamal, England\u2019s Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham, and Norway\u2019s Erling Haaland.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>As Messi gets set to face Yamal for the title on Sunday in the Meadowlands (3 p.m., Fox29), it\u2019s worth taking a moment to step back and realize how that\u2019s another sign of soccer\u2019s growth here.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Falling for France<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Mbapp\u00e9 was the closest to being a household name in the U.S. of the quintet. Thanks to his back-to-back World Cup final runs with France (including the 2018 title) and a big stage in the Champions League, both his national team and Paris Saint-Germain jerseys became big sellers in the U.S. At almost any youth soccer clinic you\u2019d come across, even around Philadelphia, you\u2019d almost certainly see a few kids with his shirt.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>His status rose further when he moved to Spanish superpower Real Madrid in 2024. And when he arrived at the World Cup to captain the tournament\u2019s most star-studded team, he was immediately a marquee attraction. Philadelphia saw that up close: He scored in both of France\u2019s games here, including one of the tournament\u2019s best goals against Iraq.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>You could see that without even watching the game itself. (And given how badly it went for him, Mbapp\u00e9 might prefer you didn\u2019t.) All it took was being in the seating bowl when the video board showed him getting off France\u2019s bus at the stadium. A massive roar went up from a crowd that had only just started to make its way in.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mo7aY61WF9I?feature=oembed\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; left: 0;\" title=\"France vs Iraq Extended Highlights \ud83c\udf0e\ud83c\udfc6 2026 FIFA World Cup\u2122\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>French journalists weren\u2019t surprised, especially those who know American sports culture. A conversation on Radio France\u2019s pregame show before France-Spain was an example: One of the analysts said Mbapp\u00e9 \u201cisn\u2019t just the symbol of the French team to America, he\u2019s the symbol of all of France.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Or take the scene a day earlier at France\u2019s practice, in the lush surroundings of Southern Methodist University\u2019s sports complex. Though the field was surrounded by covered fences, a cluster of kids still shouted Mbapp\u00e9\u2019s name in hope he\u2019d stop by.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>France gets to work as the world watches:<\/p>\n<p>[image or embed]<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonathan Tannenwald (@jtannenwald.bsky.social) July 13, 2026 at 3:06 PM<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Alas, they couldn\u2019t see how far away he was. But as he spoke about in Philadelphia before the France-Iraq game, he knows how big a deal he is here, and he likes it.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe United States is a country that has a different culture from ours in Europe,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s true that I\u2019ve always liked its culture, where ambition is limitless and where no one is afraid to say what they want to do and what they can do. It\u2019s not like that everywhere, but it is here.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Mbapp\u00e9 even joked about being asked by Beckham if he\u2019d play here toward the end of his career.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cMaybe one day, who knows?\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ll see. In any case, I do like this country, and I\u2019m happy to be here.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>MBAPP\u00c9 GOLAZO TOOK GIVE FRANCE THE EARLY LEAD! \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7<\/p>\n<p>Left-footed beauty from the French captain for his 3rd goal of the tournament pic.twitter.com\/uPmRtZGC7t<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FOX Sports (@FOXSports) June 22, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>So was his manager. Didier Deschamps saw often how popular <i>Les Bleus<\/i> are in the land of red, white, and blue.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhen we went out when we could, yes, I heard it, that we\u2019re an enjoyable team,\u201d he said that day in Dallas. \u201cWe\u2019re enjoyable because we\u2019ve won games, too. But even if the most important thing is results, with the attitudes, we\u2019ve seen a lot of photos of the moments we\u2019ve left camp, videos shared of the group interacting, and so on.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>And when French fans didn\u2019t travel here in huge numbers, Americans packed the stands instead. Deschamps understood the bigger picture.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s something that we appreciate, and all the better if it helps the development of soccer in the United States,\u201d said Deschamps, one of only three men\u2019s players to win the World Cup as a player (1998) and coach (2018). \u201cWe gain from the support of the public, which we obviously have in France, but to have it here in the United States too is something that we very much appreciate.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>He even drew a smile from the American media when he said: \u201cI know that there are five major sports here, and soccer today hasn\u2019t quite made it \u2014 apart from women\u2019s soccer.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Deschamps meant it in terms of trophies won, referring to a U.S. women\u2019s team that won its last World Cup in France in 2019. But just as he was in the stands when the Americans beat the hosts in an all-time game, he has had a front-row seat to soccer\u2019s wins in this summer\u2019s sports popularity contest.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2755\">A veteran\u2019s 100th birthday<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>All but one of France\u2019s games so far have drawn TV audiences of over 10 million viewers combined between Fox and Telemundo, led by just under 23 million for each of the semifinal and the July 4 quarterfinal in Philadelphia. Fox\u2019s audience alone for the semifinal was just over 13 million \u2014 far bigger than the 8.8 million who watched the same channel\u2019s broadcast of baseball\u2019s All-Star Game a few hours later.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\u2018Well-known in Chattanooga\u2019<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Yamal entered this summer as the sport\u2019s top young phenom, already a three-time La Liga winner with Barcelona and a European champion with Spain in 2024. Soccer fans knew about him when the World Cup kicked off, especially younger ones who play the sport\u2019s video games \u2014 a huge entry point for kids \u2014 and follow him on Instagram.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>A big sponsorship deal with Adidas meant Yamal was all over the company\u2019s pretournament marketing, just as much as Messi, a longtime client of the apparel giant. A few days after Yamal scored his first World Cup goal, on June 21 vs. Saudi Arabia, Adidas constructed a huge cutout of him celebrating, and sent it parading on a barge in New York\u2019s East River.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>And was it Yamal\u2019s idea or someone else\u2019s that he wore a Yankees cap as he left the stadium on Tuesday? Whoever it was, you can be sure he knew where he was headed: to the Big Apple for Sunday\u2019s title clash in the Meadowlands.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>But he isn\u2019t just known in New York. Or in Atlanta, where Adidas put up big billboards as Spain played two of its group games there.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cSoccer has given me the opportunity to be well-known in Chattanooga, for example, which is something very beautiful,\u201d Yamal said of the Tennessee city where <i>La Roja <\/i>had its base camp. \u201cI never could have imagined that I\u2019d go out for a walk in a town in the United States and be recognized. So I value it a lot. I know where I come from, and each day I\u2019m proud of what I\u2019ve achieved.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Kane and Bellingham\u2019s status here is helped by being English. The former gained from the Premier League\u2019s huge commercial presence here, as a legend of Tottenham Hotspur before moving to Germany\u2019s Bayern Munich in 2023. He\u2019s also a big NFL fan, which opened more American doors for him as the league grew its presence in London.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Bellingham took a different path. He played just one professional season in his home country before moving abroad, and it was at second-tier Birmingham City. Then he spent three years at Germany\u2019s Borussia Dortmund, and Real Madrid bought him from there in 2023 for over $110 million.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>You don\u2019t go to the world\u2019s most famous club for that kind of money unless you\u2019re already a star or soon to become one. But for a long time, you couldn\u2019t get the full status in England unless you played in the Premier League. As a result, Bellingham has sometimes been seen as a kind of outsider in his home country.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Over here, he is simply a star. Though the Premier League is the most popular European circuit in the U.S., Real Madrid is the most popular club team \u2014 as Philadelphia saw firsthand last summer. When Real played here last summer in the Club World Cup, there were a lot of Bellingham\u2019s No. 5 jerseys in the sellout crowd. Now, this summer has made him even bigger.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Haaland\u2019s popularity, meanwhile, is mostly a product of the Premier League\u2019s power. Not entirely, to be sure: His first spotlight came at Dortmund, including when the Bundesliga returned to action before other leagues amid the pandemic.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>His fame skyrocketed after moving to Manchester City, where he has piled up 112 goals in 132 games and won two Premier League titles and a Champions League trophy. Combine that with the club being the Premier League\u2019s dominant force for nearly a decade, and the odds are if you know someone with a City jersey, it has Haaland\u2019s name on the back.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Until this summer, his resum\u00e9 lacked one big line: playing at the World Cup. It is now filled in with style: seven goals in six games, leading Norway fans\u2019 \u2018Viking Row\u2019 chant, and a love of American culture. He went to a western goods store in Dallas, posed for photos in a cowboy hat and boots, and left with a stuffed raccoon.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>The GOAT feasts again<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Finally, there\u2019s Messi. Major League Soccer has made piles of money from his presence here, and stands to make piles more from his playing a World Cup final in America\u2019s biggest market. Any remaining belief that Miami was a retirement destination vanished when he led Argentina\u2019s stunning 2-1 comeback win over England in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ieeFxmYbMCk?feature=oembed\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; left: 0;\" title=\"Gol de Lautaro Mart\u00ednez para la remontada | Inglaterra vs. Argentina | Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2026\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe is pure history,\u201d said Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni, the man who four years ago did what nine men before him could not: coach Messi\u2019s country to the biggest title of all.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cTo see him reach a final like this, at his age, 39, is incredible,\u201d Scaloni said. \u201cHe is history and legend, along with this entire group of players who have given us such wonderful years. Even though we might always believe an Argentine <i>futbolista<\/i> is capable of achieving greatness, actually doing it is incredibly difficult.&#8221; <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>There are days when it feels like MLS\u2019s marketing team focuses on Messi too much. But a lot of people think the league actually hasn\u2019t done enough to spotlight his presence (and Argentina and Inter Miami teammate Rodrigo de Paul) this summer.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>That is for getting into later. For now, Messi will play a World Cup final in the country he has come to call home on Sunday (3 p.m., Fox29, Telemundo 62), and he will face a player he has known for a long time.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>How long? When Yamal was a baby, Messi played for Barcelona, as he did for many years. In 2007, the Yamal family won a raffle to have a photo shoot with Messi, organized by a local newspaper and UNICEF. Thus was Messi pictured holding a baby Yamal, and washing him in a bathtub.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Sure, they couldn\u2019t really have <i>known<\/i> each otherback then. But fans the world over hoped they\u2019d someday see a Messi vs. Yamal game with real stakes.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Many fans hoped for it here in America, too, even as others hoped for England or France to make the final instead. Now it\u2019s here, and the marquee at the Meadowlands is ready for a show.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2753\">\ud83e\udebf Wawa or waWA? | Morning Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a country that loves star power, the bevy of stars on display and the masses cheering for them all proved just far this World Cup has broken through in America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>This World Cup served as the ultimate proof of how big global soccer stars have become in America - 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