What Nobody Tells You About American Football Before the 2026 World Cup

What Nobody Tells You About American Football Before the 2026 World Cup

American football and association football (soccer) are fundamentally different sports, even though both use a gridiron or pitch and share the word "football." American football is played with 11 players per side, four downs to advance 10 yards, and stops the clock after almost every play, producing 60-minute games that last three-plus hours. Association football is continuous: two 45-minute halves, 11 per side, with the ball in play for roughly 60 minutes. The 2026 FIFA World Cup, hosted across 16 venues