Spain at a Tennessee boarding school, Iraq in a rural West Virginia town: Where World Cup teams live (opens in new tab)

In the shadow of Tennessee’s Signal and Lookout mountains, 8-year-old Beckham has been balancing on a fence for more than three hours, gripping a handwritten note and waiting for Spain’s national team to emerge. “I love you and I look up to you,” the note reads, addressed to Pedri and Lamine Yamal. “Thanks for coming...