For the First Time Ever in FIFA World Cup History, the Top 4 Teams Made It to the Semifinals 

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2026 FIFA World Cup graphic showing Argentina, Spain, France, and England as the top four ranked teams making it to the semifinals for the first time ever.

For the First Time Ever in FIFA World Cup History, the Top 4 Teams Are in the Semifinals 

The World Cup Is on Fire.

For the first time ever in FIFA World Cup History the top 4 teams are in the Semifinals 🍿

Last night, reigning champion Argentina scored two goals in extra time to beat Switzerland and reach the World Cup Final Four.

Earlier in the week, Argentina’s great Messi scored another World Cup goal to help his team move on.

As reported last week, Messi is breaking records this World Cup:

It was no surprise to fans when Lionel Messi became the highest World Cup scorer in history after Argentina’s Monday match against Austria. His hat trick (a term meaning three match goals) against Algeria in the team’s opener set him on par with Miroslav Klose of Germany, who scored 16 World Cup goals.

But his performance against Austria, scoring both of the team’s goals in a 2-0 win, put him ahead at 18 with matches still to come. But the record isn’t safe. Twenty-seven-year-old French star Kylian Mbappé is at 16.

At nearly 39, Messi’s performance in the Algeria game also made him the oldest player to score a hat trick in a World Cup match. It also marked his first in any of his six World Cup appearances.

Ronaldo also set records this World Cup:

Where Messi has the most total goals, Cristiano Ronaldo boasts the most goals in different World Cup appearances, with six under his belt. Ronaldo has appeared (and scored) in every World Cup tournament since 2006. At 41, he’s also the second-oldest scorer in the tournament this year, behind Scotland’s Craig Gordon.

Ronaldo’s age also makes him the oldest player in World Cup history to pull off a multigoal game, proving he still has a place in the tournament.

Television ratings have been historic in the US.

The FIFA World Cup tournament barreled into North America this year amid a tide of nativism, political polarization in the U.S. and the usual uncertainty over how well the quadrennial men’s soccer championship would play with American sports fans – especially as this year’s 39-day competition collided directly with the America 250 celebrations.

The US loss to Belgium was the most-watched soccer telecast in US history.

According to preliminary data from Nielsen, 30million viewers tuned in to watch the match on Fox Sports – making it the most-watched soccer telecast in American history.

This included a peak audience of 36.895m viewers in the window from 9:15-9:30pm ET – which was the exact window when USMNT goalkeeper Matt Freese and center back Tim Ream combined to give up one of the worst goals in the national team’s history.

Here is the memorable play for 20 + million viewers.  Ouch.

Overall, this World Cup has been a success for the millions who watched the games, and it looks like the games coming up will be very good to watch as well. 

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