{"id":217784,"date":"2026-07-20T17:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T17:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/a-whirlwind-world-cup-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T17:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T17:14:13","slug":"a-whirlwind-world-cup-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/a-whirlwind-world-cup-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"A whirlwind World Cup &#8211; USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Daily Briefing. Start with these reads:<br \/><em><strong>Felecia Wellington Radel<\/strong><\/em> here, bringing you the news to know on Monday. Begin your week by catching up with our <a href=\"http:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/latest\/newsquiz?utm_campaign=daily-briefing&#038;utm_content=8872UT-E-NLETTER02&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_source=engagement&#038;utm_term=usat-weekly-news-quiz-author-promoted\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>News Quiz<\/a>.<br \/><a href=\/story\/sports\/soccer\/worldcup\/2026\/07\/19\/spain-world-cup-winner-unexpected\/90978069007\/ rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=_blank data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Spain<\/a> took the world by storm Sunday, <a href=\/story\/sports\/soccer\/worldcup\/2026\/07\/19\/argentina-spain-world-cup-live-score-final-lineups-messi-watch-highlights\/90970500007\/ rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=_blank data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>capturing the title<\/a> in a tense 2026 FIFA World Cup final 1-0. The match featured La Roja&#8217;s teen phenom Lamine Yamal and, of course, Argentina&#8217;s legendary Lionel Messi. Yamal celebrated the win in an <a href=\/picture-gallery\/sports\/soccer\/worldcup\/2026\/07\/19\/lamine-yamal-celebrates-spain-world-cup-win-brother-keyne\/90978281007\/ rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=_blank data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>adorable moment<\/a> with his younger brother, Keyne.<br \/>This year&#8217;s World Cup also had its <a href=\/picture-gallery\/entertainment\/music\/2026\/07\/19\/world-cup-final-halftime-show-photos\/90946647007\/ rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=_blank data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>first ever halftime show<\/a>, bringing out BTS, Madonna, Shakira and Justin Bieber for an <a href=\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2026\/07\/19\/world-cup-halftime-show-performance\/90937765007\/ rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=_blank data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>11-minute performance<\/a>.<br \/><small><em>Have feedback on the Daily Briefing?\u00a0Shoot\u00a0Nicole an email at\u00a0NFallert@usatoday.com<\/em><\/small>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxQdlhXV1k0cGJQeHFjcGh3U0tqNldHZk5rWDcxb3BPMnBfREdLTFo4S0VSeEJ2Y181RFdaYUJ6QjNpMFM4Q05ZRjRzbmE2b1dJc1JxNEtSdzZpOHVOdlBrQUtJM21fWU9pdzJNTE9tbGg3VzFJQnpIcVRIckU1cmJZdXhwbzM5UWNBZ0w4ek9NYmZDNUFROTJsS3FROEpZV3dqODl5ZXNWdlNKeWp3UkN6Zg?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Daily Briefing. Start with these reads:Felecia Wellington Radel here, bringing you the news to know on Monday. Begin your week by catching up with our News Quiz.Spain took the world by storm Sunday, capturing the title in a tense 2026 FIFA World Cup final 1-0. The match featured La Roja&#8217;s teen phenom [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":217785,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}