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Phil Anschutz stated that his free tickets to the 1994 World Cup final ultimately led to him investing $300 million in soccer.
The Mexican government deployed tens of thousands of police, Navy, Army, and National Guard personnel to provide security in the World Cup host cities.
As a condition for hosting the 1994 World Cup, FIFA required the United States to establish a domestic professional soccer league.
In 2023, the average attendance for Major League Soccer (MLS) matches surpassed the average attendance for both National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Hockey League (NHL) games.
Lamar Hunt, Phil Anschutz, and Bob Kraft were the core group of original owners who founded Major League Soccer.
The political opposition in Mexico City has filed a complaint requesting an investigation into the funding of Mayor Clara Brugada's city-wide World Cup decoration project.
Lionel Messi has 500 million followers on Instagram.
A recent poll identified soccer as the third most popular sport in the United States, after American football and basketball.
During the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, soccer matches had the highest attendance of any sport, surpassing track and field.
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum issued a decree ordering federal workers in Mexico City to work from home to ease traffic during the FIFA World Cup opening event.
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum suspended school classes in Mexico City to ease traffic for the FIFA World Cup opening event.
Ticket prices for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Mexico reached as high as 300,000 pesos for some seats.