MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Uruguay goalkeeper Fernando Muslera, who played in the past four World Cups, announced his retirement from international soccer on Thursday. The 37-year-old Muslera played ...

Uruguay won the Cup in 1930 and again—to Brazil’s everlasting sorrow—in 1950 at the new ... “And when good soccer happens, ... Uruguay: La Celeste (The Sky Blue) By Anderson Tepper. May 27 ...

Uruguay is one of the most celebrated soccer nations on the planet. Much of its notoriety does come from its heyday as despite boasting a major title in recent memory, the South American nation ...

Fueled by a fiery cultural passion, a stellar youth system, and a national identity intertwined with fútbol, Uruguay's small size and limited resources can't stop it from working its soccer magic.

On June 9, 1924, six years before the first World Cup, Uruguay won a gold medal and introduced the world to South American soccer. Accessibility statement Skip to main content Democracy Dies in ...

Last November, at a site made famous by its predecessors 71 years earlier, Uruguay's national soccer team brought back memories of its long-lost excellence. A 3-0 victory over Australia clinched ...

That is the story Uruguay, more broadly, has told itself for some time, the way the country explains its outsize role in global soccer, its status as a two-time World Cup winner, in 1930 and 1950.