The countdown to the 2026 World Cup is on! Each day ahead of the tournament’s return to North America, Yahoo Sports will highlight an insight or moment that showcases just how grand the world’s biggest sporting spectacle has become — even beyond the expanded field of this year’s global event.
This summer will be the 23rd version of the World Cup, nearly 100 years after the debut of the global tournament. But things look very different than they did in 1930, when Uruguay lifted the inaugural trophy.
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For one thing, the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay was significantly smaller than today, with
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