William TroopWT

William Troop

Editor/Reporter
As an editor at The World, I'm crashing against a deadline almost all the time that I'm in the newsroom, editing content for The World's many daily stories.  When I get a chance, though, I like to report on my favorite topic: soccer.  OK, actually soccer takes up most of my non-work life, but I'm cool with that. I also consider myself a citizen of the world and a global nomad.  I grew up in Mexico and Italy before moving to the United States for college and beyond.  So what better place to work than The World? That explains why I joined the original team that created The World in 1995.  Since then, I've worn almost all the hats in our newsroom:  producer, director, correspondent and editor. Before joining the team in Boston, I was a producer and editor at National Public Radio, and news director at NPR member station WAMU in Washington.    
Italy players look dejected after their game with Sweden in a qualifying match for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia
Sports
Italy’s soccer apocalypse is served
President of the Chamber of Deputies Laura Boldrini welcomes students from Sicily to the Italian Parliament. Photo from Facebok, October 2, 2017.
Global Politics
This Italian politician wants kids to become ‘fake news hunters’
United States' Christian Pulisic and Trinidad's Kevan George and Shahdon Winchester in action.
Sports
Four reasons the US won’t be at next year’s World Cup
Players waiting for a decision after the referee asked for a video review of Australia's second goal against Germany during a Confederation Cup match in Sochi, Russia
Sports
Soccer flirts with making ‘let’s go to the videotape’ official
Colombian singer Juanes, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Medellín
Music
Colombian rock star Juanes just wants to keep it positive right now
Café Tacvba band members Quique Rangel, Rubén Albarrán, Joselo Rangel and Meme del Real
Music
This aged well: Mexico’s Café Tacvba still rocks, hard
Zucchero with Miles Davis
Arts
What Miles Davis told Zucchero
fan during a FIFA World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Atlante and Auckland City
Sports
How a bigger FIFA World Cup could lead to March Madness-style drama
Bob Bradley during his first game as a Premier League manager, Arsenal v Swansea City, Emirates Stadium in London. October 15, 2016.
Sports
This American soccer coach was criticized for being too American
Detail from "Mary Comforter of the Afflicted," stained glass portrait by Kehinde Wiley
Arts
Kehinde Wiley reimagines old portraits because ‘if Black Lives Matter, they deserve to be in paintings’
Former Brazilian soccer captain Carlos Alberto Torres holds the FIFA World Cup trophy in Rio de Janeiro on Nov. 21, 2010.
Culture
Brazil says goodbye to its ‘eternal captain’
American soccer coach Bob Bradley in 2012, during a World Cup qualifying match between Egypt and Mozambique.
Sports
An American soccer coach takes on England’s Premier League
The Google Doodle honors el luchador.
Culture
Google celebrates famed luchador El Santo’s would-be 99th birthday
Night Lights
Music
These young musicians are hoping the US government likes their ‘exceptional abilities’
FIFA's newly elected president Gianni Infantino poses with the Qatar Workers Cup trophy in Doha, Qatar, April 22, 2016.
Sports
Would FIFA really pull soccer’s World Cup from Qatar if human rights abuses there continue?
Liverpool scarves, including one asking for justice for the victims of the Hillsborough disaster, are seen for sale on a stall outside Anfield Stadium in Liverpool, England.
Sports
After 27 years, a jury tells soccer fans who to blame for a deadly tragedy: the police
Milana Vayntrub
Culture
This actress is bringing attention to the refugee crisis. And she has a refugee story of her own.
Guatemalan rapper Rebeca Lane is on a Central American tour designed to showcase women's hip-hop in the area.
Music
This Guatemalan rapper thinks hip-hop can unite all women
Johan Cruyff of the Netherlands during a World Cup qualifier match between the Netherlands and Belgium on october 26, 1977 at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdams.
Sports
How Johan Cruyff changed soccer into ‘Total Football’
Conflict
Built to last: He’s staying in a war zone because he can’t bear to leave his 1950s cars
Executive Committee member Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa (R) congratulates FIFA President Sepp Blatter after he was re-elected at the FIFA Congress in Zurich, Switzerland, May 29, 2015.
Sports
The men who want to clean up world soccer all have mud on their shoes
People wave Catalan separatist flags during a pro-independence demonstration at Catalunya square in Barcelona.
Global Politics
Catalan politicians push for independence, but the people of Catalonia aren’t so sure
Coach Salvatore Lisciandrello and some of this year's Liberi Nantes players
Culture
This non-profit group in Italy uses soccer to give migrants hope
Aboriginal activist and Australian Rules Football legend Adam Goodes kicks a ball during a team training session at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Australia, August 4, 2015.
Sports
This Australian football star is at the center of a racism controversy
Competitors swim on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sports
Rio may not be as ready to host the Olympics as it thought
Cuban midfielder Ariel Martinez playing against Guatemala in the 2015 Gold Cup
Sports
Cuba’s athletes keep defecting, despite a new era in US-Cuba relations
Giovani Dos Santos celebrates after scoring a goal for Mexico at the 2014 World Cup
Sports
Latino soccer fans in L.A. finally have a Mexican hero to root for
Kelley O'Hara of the US Women's soccer team celebrates her one-touch goal in the 2-0 semifinal victory over Germany. The US advances to the Women's World Cup finals on Sunday in Vancouver
Sports
Electrifying play, younger fans: Will FIFA now embrace the (female) future of soccer?
FIFA President Bladder leaves podium after resignation
Sports
5 things FIFA should do right now
Longtime FIFA President Sepp Blatter at the annual FIFA meeting in Switzerland.
Sports
UPDATE: Besieged Blatter to step down from scandal-ridden world soccer body
FIFA's communications director faces the spotlight after an indictment against some of the soccer organization's leaders
Sports
What is FIFA and what’s this corruption scandal all about?
Laborers working on the Qatar 2022 World Cup project arrive at their accommodations in Doha.
Conflict
Big-money World Cup sponsors may be the last hope for Qatar’s migrant workers
Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational space junk removal system. Just maybe not this exact one.
Science
Astronauts could soon be blasting space junk with lasers
Mexican author Cristina Rivera Garza speaking in Los Angeles
Books
This Mexican author says languages aren’t straitjackets, but tools to start a bilingual conversation
messi
Sports
Tom Brady’s legacy deflates while Lionel Messi’s is on the rise
Baltimore police officers stand outside of Oriole Park at Camden Yards prior to the cancellation of a game between the Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles on April 27, 2015.
Sports
The Baltimore Orioles are just the latest team to play in an empty stadium
German players celebrate with their trophy after winning the 2014 World Cup in Rio de Janeiro.
Sports
Brace yourselves: A Winter World Cup is coming
Loyda Rodríguez holding a photograph that shows her daughter Anyelí and her siblings.
Justice
One girl’s controversial adoption, and what it says about Guatemala’s broken international adoption system
Pino Daniele attends the Wind Music Awards Show at the Arena of Verona on May 28, 2010 in Verona, Italy.
Music
Italy, and our editor, mourn a musician who brought the funk to Naples
Ben Swift, commonly known as East End Shedman, poses from his viewing spot at the east end of Bristol's Ashton Gate stadium.
Sports
This English soccer fan has the best spot to watch a game — on top of his garden shed
Blacksad on the cover of Amarillo
Culture
This is one cool, epic, black cat detective
Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring a goal against APOEL Nicosia during their Champions League Group F soccer match in Nicosia November 25, 2014.
Sports
Lionel Messi hits a new record, but Cristiano Ronaldo is still nipping at his heels
Germany's Christoph Kramer —concussion
Sports
Concussions in soccer are a real thing. So why not change the substitution rule?
FIFA referee shows a red card during a 2014 World Cup qualifying match between Ecuador and Colombia
Sports
Why I don’t think match-fixing will affect the World Cup in Brazil
Sports
The Chilean miners have a message to their country’s World Cup team – we survived, you better win
President Evo Morales of Bolivia playing in a friendly match in La Paz in 2011
Sports
Bolivia’s president is going to play professional soccer, and maybe win over a few voters
Sports
How a Dutch coach and a transgender defender turned things around for American Samoa’s soccer team
Ukraine soccer
Sports
Ukraine’s government tells soccer teams they’ll finish their season in empty stadiums
Ukraine soccer
Sports
Ukraine’s government tells soccer teams they’ll finish their season in empty stadiums
Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and members of his cabinet pose with President Giorgio Napolitano.
Global Politics
Lawmakers in this European country are considering a ‘pink quota’ to achieve gender parity in politics
Sports
David Beckham goes from soccer player to soccer owner in Miami
FIFA official and engineer inspect stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sports
Why I have good reason to worry when I go to the World Cup in Brazil
Eusebio
Sports
The soccer world says goodbye to a legend — Portugal’s Eusebio
West Bromwich Albion's French striker Nicolas Anelka gestures as he celebrates scoring their second goal during the English Premier League football match.
Sports
Two high-profile French athletes are in the spotlight for using an anti-semitic gesture
Fernanda Lima at World Cup draw
Sports
Iranians share their anger, and apologies, over the World Cup draw in Brazil
Sports
Brazilian babies and football fans just got a gift — the Brazuca
Mexico v Costa Rica World Cup qualifying soccer game
Sports
How did the US soccer team help Mexico? By winning
Sports
Can Soccer Star Gareth Bale Monetize his Famous Goal Celebration?
Arts, Culture & Media
‘La Seleccion’: Colombian Soccer in a Soap Opera World
Arts, Culture & Media
Italian Rocker Zucchero Mixes Blues with Cuban Percussion