World Cup
Events this week in Cambridge and Somerville: Youth circus, porchfest, live reading
For a searchable calendar of events with your choice of list or map view, or to submit an event of your own, go to the main calendar. Read more Charles River Task Force members hopeful for future Thursday, July 9 2 to 6 p.m.Cambridge Crossing/Lechmere Square in East Cambridge. Soccer Watch Party: Quarterfinals France vs. Morocco […]
World Cup a winner for local businesses
Boston’s major sports teams captured 10 titles during Olde Magoun Saloon’s first 24 years of business, but none of those championship nights matched a three-hour window last week. Read more Mixing courage and politics As the U.S. soccer team put away Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Round of 32 of FIFA World Cup 2026, patrons […]
What fútbol means to an immigrant Cantabrigian
I look back at the amused Americans watching us, so passionate for the World Cup. We follow our national teams with a devotion that can seem irrational from the outside. We argue, celebrate, suffer and grieve. Every victory feels like our own; every defeat leaves a wound. Read more Your view: Photos from our community […]
Cambridge prepares for World Cup to overflow
Throngs have flocked to the metro Boston area for the FIFA World Cup, which will see seven matches at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough between Saturday, June 13 and July 7. Locals have already spotted soccer fans donning kilts as they roam the streets ahead of Saturday’s game between Scotland and Haiti. Read more Best bites […]