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The 2014 FIFA World Cup is underway, and here are some resources you can use with your French students:

A French-language article about why we call the sport “soccer” in the USA: http://frenchmorning.com/pourquoi-le-football-sappelle-soccer-aux-etats-unis

A long list of World Cup-related vocabulary and some ideas for using it: http://frenchteachernet.blogspot.fr/2014/06/world-cup-football-vocabulary.html

Not about the World Cup, but rather about soccer in the United States, another French-language article: http://www.france-amerique.com/articles/2014/06/12/trois_francais_lancent_une_ambitieuse_academie_de_football_a_miami.html

An authentic resource that will be accessible even to beginners: Où regarder la Coupe du monde aux Etats-Unis? http://www.france-amerique.com/articles/2014/06/10/ou_regarder_la_coupe_du_monde_aux_etats-unis.html