The Month the World Cup Ran Through Inglewood

Before this paper existed, the biggest sporting event on Earth spent a month running through Inglewood. SoFi Stadium hosted eight World Cup matches in all — five group stage games, two Round of 32 knockouts, and, on July 10, a quarterfinal, per SoFi Stadium's match schedule and Time Out's LA World Cup guide.

The retrospective question worth carrying forward: the region moved hundreds of thousands of fans through Inglewood without a rail stop at the stadium's front door. Every lesson learned this summer is a dress rehearsal for the 2028 Games — and this paper will spend the next two years checking whether anyone wrote those lessons down.