Golden Goal
Golden Goal, Alex Shephard, Miguel SalazarA magazine about the 2026 World Cup
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 15 | Founded | 5 months ago | Last Issue | 10 days ago |
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A Dispatch From An Alternate World Cup
Copies of Golden Goal are here! They’re beautiful—and you can buy them on our website, which we’ll be updating with great new writing throughout the tournament.
Rascando las nubes—scraping the clouds—was how the security guard descr...
Jules Boykoff on the "Paradoxical Nature" of the 2026 World Cup
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If you’re in New York City, we’ll be celebrating our friend Jules Boy...
The Strangest Soccer Novel Ever Written
Brazil at the 1962 World Cup (via Arquivo Nacional)
We launched our brand new website on Monday! We’ll be updating it daily throughout the tournament but we’ve already published some extraordinary World Cup writing, including Aaron Timms o...
The Long Fight Against Iran’s Stadium Ban
A female fan at an Iran-Spain game at Azadi Stadium in 2019, shortly after Iran’s stadium ban was partially lifted.
We’re hosting a screening of Jafar Panahi’s 2006 film Offside, about Iran’s stadium ban against women, at BAM tonight,Tuesd...
Lukashenko and the Decline of Belarusian Soccer
The empty stands of Borisov Arena, where BATE Borisov once hosted Champions League matches. (Griser / Wikimedia)
We’re excited to announce we will be having a launch party on June 11—the first night of the World Cup—at Threes Brewing in Go...
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A literary magazine about the 2026 World Cup
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