The United States is home to tens of millions of soccer fans, millions of them playing at youth level and more than 800,000 in high school, and excitement is building as the 2026 FIFA World Cup approaches. With the U.S. as co-host, the tournament opens in Mexico on June 11 and closes with the final in New Jersey on July 19, bringing 78 matches to 11 host locations from Atlanta and Boston to Seattle. Art director Antonio Alcalá watched his daughter play from the age of four through college and worked on the 2023 Women's Soccer stamp; for this one he studied soccer stamps from around the world, then stock photography, before choosing a player striking the ball in mid-air — the pause before the noise.
Made for the envelope you send after a match that went to extra time.
PERFECT FOR: letters to fellow fans, World Cup watch-party invitations, journal pages, gifts for a coach or a kid on a travel team, and sports collections that do not stop at the obvious names.
