The 1994 FIFA World Cup left one of the saddest stories in football history. Colombia arrived in the United States with a ...

Eric Wynalda has moved a few times over the years, and whenever he does, the first thing he packs -- and unpacks -- is always the same: a framed picture of the US men's national team starting lineup ...

Days after returning home from the 1994 World Cup in the United States, Colombia defender Andres Escobar was shot dead in his hometown of Medellin . The murder ranks as one of the most shocking ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The murder 20 years ago Wednesday of a Colombian soccer player who had accidentally scored for the other side, helping eliminate his team from the World Cup, stands in stark ...

In the heart of Medellin, Colombia, a statue of one of the nation’s most celebrated sportsmen stands tall. Fondly nicknamed by Colombian fans as ‘The Gentleman of Football’, Andrés Escobar represented ...

With the World Cup just mere weeks away there's no better time to look back in the annals of U.S. Soccer to recall past teams and their experience on the world stage. Every Thursday from now until the ...

At Colombia’s camp on the outskirts of São Paulo there is one word you hear more than any other. Dream. The group of fans hanging around on the dirt road outside the unprepossessing training ground ...

Every four years, as the FIFA World Cup approaches, former Judges soccer coach Mike Coven reflects on a special week in June 1994. With the United States hosting the quadrennial international soccer ...

Colombia, the favorite in Group C, is without its best player, striker Radamel Falcao, due to a knee injury. The last time the nation entered a World Cup with such high hopes, in 1994, Colombia ...

BRAZIL (AP) — On July 2 in World Cup history Colombia defender Andres Escobar was killed in Medellin, Colombia, after returning home early from the 1994 tournament The shooting death, which cast a ...

The murder of Colombian defender Andres Escobar in the aftermath of the 1994 World Cup cast a great shadow over football in the South American country, one which it hoped to step out at France ’98.