Here's a look at every FIFA World Cup, a trip through the world's biggest sporting event's history that includes wild bits of U.S. soccer trivia.

The FIFA World Cup is where soccer legends are formed. Though the achievements of figures such as Pele and Diego Maradona at club level are not to be overlooked, it was their exploits in the World Cup that have secured their place in the history books forever.

Get free access to the most comprehensive World Cup coverage in The Athletic app. A thousand matches. Many of them life-changing, several history-changing. All of them part of the story. After 96 years and 23 editions, Tunisia vs Japan in Monterrey, Mexico ...

Curacao will become the smallest country to ever play at a FIFA World Cup this summer, and how they got there was far from conventional

In 1994, the United States proved global critics wrong as hosts of the World Cup. Skeptics in Europe and South America argued that a country without a top-tier professional league, paired with a population that supposedly didn't "understand" the game, was ...

There won’t be millions of people from Curaçao cheering on their national team in the World Cup, because Curaçao doesn’t have millions of people. Before the tournament even begins, Curaçao has already crafted a story like none other in World Cup history.