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SUMMARY:GOOOAL! A World Cup Journalist Panel with Matt Pentz
DESCRIPTION:The 2026 World Cup is coming soon to a stadium near you, and Folio is bringing together four of the best soccer journalists around to break it all down!\n Join Folio member, soccer journalist and moderator Matt Pentz for a lively conversation with soccer’s most plugged-in reporters around the world, Paul Tenorio, Jon Arnold, and Pablo Iglesias Maurer. Together, the panel will cover every angle of the tournament, including what the U.S. men’s national team can realistically achieve on home soil, what to watch for across Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, the cultural impact of hosting the world’s biggest sporting event, and the underdog stories you won’t want to miss. Come ready with questions and strong opinions! \nMatt Pentz is a contributor for The Athletic who covers soccer. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, The Guardian, ESPN, Howler Magazine, and VICE. He is the author of The Sound and the Glory: How the Seattle Sounders Showed Major League Soccer How to Win Over America, published by ECW Press in March 2019, which chronicles the Sounders’ first MLS Cup title run. \nPaul Tenorio is a senior writer for The Athletic who has covered American and global soccer since 2007. His work has also appeared in The Washington Post, the Orlando Sentinel, FourFourTwo, and ESPN. He is the author The Messi Effect, which goes behind the scenes of Messi’s arrival in Miami and into the MLS boardroom as the league navigates a fast-evolving American soccer landscape. \nJon Arnold is the national soccer writer for USA Today and one of the most widely recognized experts on soccer across Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, previously best known for his newsletter Getting CONCACAFed. \nPablo Iglesias Maurer is a soccer reporter for The Guardian, an award-winning writer and photographer whose work focuses on the history and culture of the game in North America, with photography featured in National Geographic and Smithsonian Magazine.\nPurchase Your Tickets\n
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