World Cup week 1 snapshot (6/18/26)

In addition to dissecting Angel City's seismic decision to fire its head coach, we take stock of the World Cup one week into the tournament, review the most intriguing games thus far, and preview USA vS. Türkiye along with other huge week two matchups. As always, we also check in on LAFC, the LA Galaxy, the Empire Strykers and Orange County SC. Photos: Bryan Berlin (McKennie) and Khoa Nguyen (Kane) via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 and CC BY 2.0, respectively. Edited.