Compete in The Athletic’s World Cup Prediction Game

You can now challenge our experts, data algorithm, or even a dog, by picking winners for each World Cup match this summer. Join our soccer pick’em game and compete to achieve the longest Streak across 104 games.

How to Play

To build your best Streak, make as many correct predictions as possible in a row. Your Streak ends with an incorrect prediction, but you can restart and try to build a new one.

What to Expect

In the pick’em hub, you can compare your stats against The Athletic’s resident soccer experts, Elias Burke and Andy Jones. They will predict each game and explain their reasoning in daily articles.

You will also compete against special guests like Wilf, a soccer-loving six-year-old, Stanley the dog, The Algo prediction machine, and a rotating team of fellow subscribers. Check the leaderboard anytime to see which Streak is the longest.