{"id":74576,"date":"2026-06-07T12:55:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T17:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/its-bible-time-how-religion-became-part-of-the-usmnts-world-cup-identity\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T12:55:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T17:55:35","slug":"its-bible-time-how-religion-became-part-of-the-usmnts-world-cup-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/its-bible-time-how-religion-became-part-of-the-usmnts-world-cup-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s Bible time\u2019: How religion became part of the USMNT\u2019s World Cup identity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Christian Pulisic to Weston McKennie, many of the team\u2019s biggest stars have been open about their faith, creating a new dynamic for a home World Cup<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2023\/jul\/20\/sign-up-for-soccer-with-jonathan-wilson-his-free-weekly-newsletter-on-european-soccer\"><strong>World Cup newsletter<\/strong><\/a><strong> | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/series\/footballweekly\"><strong>Daily podcast<\/strong><\/a><strong> | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/1o65wsyj\"><strong>Get the app<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the third episode of the interminable, nine-part Pulisic docuseries, its subject, Christian Pulisic, sits down at a dining table, pink orchids blooming behind him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is what time?\u201d a friend asks him, holding a camera in Pulisic\u2019s face.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/jun\/07\/usmnt-religion-christian-pulisic-world-cup-2026\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Christian Pulisic to Weston McKennie, many of the team\u2019s biggest stars have been open about their faith, creating a new dynamic for a home World Cup \u2022 World Cup newsletter | Daily podcast | Get the app In the third episode of the interminable, nine-part Pulisic docuseries, its subject, Christian Pulisic, sits down at &#8230; <a title=\"\u2018It\u2019s Bible time\u2019: How religion became part of the USMNT\u2019s World Cup identity\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/its-bible-time-how-religion-became-part-of-the-usmnts-world-cup-identity\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \u2018It\u2019s Bible time\u2019: How religion became part of the USMNT\u2019s World Cup identity\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}