After the USA’s World Cup win over Australia, thousands of fans stayed behind and sang “Take Me Home, Country Roads” together.
Soon, the song started appearing across the tournament, becoming one of the defining sounds of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
But how did a 55-year-old song about West Virginia end up becoming the World Cup’s unofficial anthem?
The answer starts far away from soccer. It starts with a college baseball team from West Virginia, a postgame tradition, and a College World Series run that nobody expected would leave a mark on the world’s biggest sporting event.
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