Every four years, we unite to collectively decide the fate and direction of the known world as we wait with baited breath to find out who will be the one to rule them all. Those people who we all look up to as victors and leaders. The ones who will, of course, increase the respective sales of their teams’ jerseys.

We are, of course, referring to the 2018 World Cup, the greatest sports event known to man (sorry, Super Bowl, but you’re only one game.) Nothing, except for maybe the Olympics, brings out more international competitive spirits and national pride in those of us who are fans. This is, in our opinion, because soccer is the most economically-equalizing sport in the world. It can be played by the poorest children in rural African villages, by suburban pre-teens in middle America, and by wealthy elite children from aristocratic families in England attending pricey football academies in the British countryside. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world for this and other reason, earning it the moniker “The Beautiful Game.” Soccer unites. It empowers. It gives hope to over a billion people worldwide. Not even Coca-Cola can claim to be THAT influential.

Another thing soccer does better than maybe any other sports is produce athletes who have a flair for style that is tantamount to their abilities on the pitch, and in the spirit of The Beautiful Game, we’ve chosen some of the most stylish players to not only watch on the field throughout the tournament, but also pay attention to the flair these gentleman bring off the pitch.

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