The World's Game: Soccer and 9/11

One of the objects is a team roster for a match that never took place. The U.S. women's national team was scheduled to play on September 11, 2001, and the sheet listing the players for that game is now in a museum case.

The show looks at the attacks through the global soccer community. Seasons across the country were suspended straight afterwards. The exhibition follows what came back, from fundraising matches to the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where the U.S. made a surprising quarterfinal run. It is timed to the 2026 World Cup, co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, with the final played only miles from the World Trade Center site. A second artifact is an autographed ball that belonged to an FDNY firefighter who coached his daughter's team and died responding.

It is included with museum admission, $36 for adults, and closes on 30 November 2026. The museum is open Wednesday to Monday, 9am to 7pm, and closed most Tuesdays.