jerome boateng headed bayern in front after only 12 minutes. they've won the trophy a record 18 times and just before the break, robert lewandowski set up thomasndriy yarmolenko pulled one bnack for the holders but bayern held on to win 2—1, and seal their place in the last eight. well it may seem a long way off but the head of the us soccer federation has been outlining why he thinks the joint bid of the us, mexico and canada should win fifa's vote to host the 2026 world cup finals. the other official bid is from morocco. the tournament will be the first to feature 48 teams. the 94 world cup which had fewer games and every subsequent world cup is still the largest world cup in terms of not only average attendance but total attendance, with fewer games. i cannot think of any place better than that the us are long with our partners mexico and canada to ta ke with our partners mexico and canada to take on that expanded size. let's turn our attention to what's been popular on social media and there's been plenty of reaction to the retirement of the former arsenal and czech republic player tomas rosicky. santi corzola said, "it was an honor to pla