SEA The World: The Road to the World Cup

FOX 13 Seattle is your home for the FIFA 2026 World Cup. Erin Mayovsky talks with top players from around the region along with Sounders FC Head Coach Brian Schmetzer.

Seattle is a host city of the 2026 World Cup — local legends in the soccer world tell us what to expect.

FOX 13 Seattle's Erin Mayovsky catches up with Sounders FC's goalkeepers.

Former Seattle Sounders FC and US Men's National Team player Brad Evans is taking his talents to coaching local high schoolers.

As the excitement builds for the 2026 FIFA World Cup coming to Seattle, the Journeymen of Garfield High School share their incredible story of how they saw the 1994 World Cup, traveling via school bus.

The Seattle FIFA World Cup 26™ Local Organizing Committee donated $50,000 to support the Wing Luke Museum’s Chinese American Legacy Artwork Project, a public art installation honoring Chinese immigrants expelled from Seattle in 1886.

The faith-based nonprofit Convoy of Hope is partnering with South Sound churches to provide food, essential supplies and flood cleanup buckets to families affected by Washington’s historic flooding.

Gov. Bob Ferguson said the risk of river flooding has eased for now but could increase again by late December as another atmospheric river threatens Washington. The state has mobilized National Guard members, added swift-water rescue teams and created a levee breach strike team, while local leaders urge residents in flood-prone areas to stay alert and report signs of levee damage.

Washington State Patrol Trooper Tara-Marysa Guting was killed Friday night while assisting drivers involved in a crash in Tacoma. The 29-year-old, an eight-year Army National Guard veteran, is the 34th trooper killed in the agency’s history, with Tacoma police now investigating the incident.