Kansas City Native & Journalist Grant Wahl Dies Covering World Cup

Not-so-fun fact . . . Reporter deaths and global soccer aren't uncommon.

Here's the important passage regarding the tragic fate of a local grad from Shawnee Mission East . . .

U.S. Soccer released a statement Friday night saying “the entire U.S. Soccer family is heartbroken to learn that we have lost Grant Wahl. 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.”

Wahl tweeted just Thursday afternoon saying “They just don’t care. Qatari World Cup organizers don’t even hide their apathy over migrant worker deaths, including the most recent one.”

Last month, Wahl said he was detained and briefly refused entry to a match because of a “rainbow soccer ball t-shirt” he was wearing.

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US sports journalist, KC-area native Grant Wahl dies while covering World Cup in Qatar

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Grant Wahl, one of the world's leading sports journalist and a Kansas City area native died Friday while covering the World Cup match between Argentina and the Netherlands in Qatar. U.S. Soccer released a statement Friday night saying "the entire U.S.

US soccer journalist Grant Wahl dies while covering World Cup in Qatar

Influential U.S. soccer journalist Grant Wahl died in Qatar while covering the World Cup, his brother announced. He was 48. While covering Argentina's quarterfinal win over the Netherlands on Friday, Wahl, who had run his own Substack after working for Sports Illustrated, collapsed at Lusail Iconic Stadium and was rushed to a nearby hospital but passed away.