Grant Wahl, prominent American soccer journalist, dies after collapsing at World Cup match in Qatar

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Wahl was covering a quarterfinal match between Argentina and the Netherlands when he collapsed, with U.S. Soccer confirming his death.

U.S. Soccer confirmed the death of prominent soccer writer Grant Wahl on Friday night. Wahl, who for years chronicled the rise of the game for Sports Illustrated before moving to Substack, was covering the World Cup in Qatar.Wahl attended the quarterfinal match between Argentina and the Netherlands in Lusail on Friday. He collapsed in his seat at the start of extra time before paramedics treated him for several minutes, said Washington Post reporter Steven Goff, who also was covering the match.

“The entire U.S. Soccer family is heartbroken to learn that we have lost Grant Wahl,” U.S. Socer wrote in a statement. “Fans of soccer and journalism of the highest quality knew we could always count on Grant to deliver insightful and entertaining stories about our game, and its major protagonists: teams, players, coaches and the many personalities that make soccer unlike any sport.

 

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RIP and condolences to his family. Such a sudden and unexpected death is tragic.

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His wife, an infectious disease expert. Is no one willing to ask the million dollar question here? How many vaccinations, and when was the last one? There, I asked it. Zero mention of this in the article. Hmmm. But you shouldn't wonder about that.. Don't ask, don't tell. 🤢🤮🤑💰

“dies” needs to be in quotes

Im sure he died of cardiac arrest just like all the workers who died. This needs to be investigated.

Here come all the twitter experts and conspirayc theorists who think he was killed

We all had almost a heart attack today . 🙏

This is super sad, us soccer journalism lost a great

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