A thousand World Cup matches. Many of them life-changing, several history-changing. Here are the 10 most iconic

Lionel Messi stands alone as the all-time top scorer in men's World Cup history. See who else ranks near the top.

A brief history of the evolution of the U.S. men's national team and its performances since the first World Cup in 1930.

As you can see, Klose — who is now 48 — played and scored at the 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 editions of the World Cup. It was in the last of those tournaments, which Germany won, that he became the competition's outright all-time top scorer when he struck his 16th goal, in the semi-final against Brazil.