Teenagers play football at a deteriorated sports facility in Havana, Cuba, on June 4, 2026. Football has increasingly supplanted Cuba's traditional passion for baseball, even as the island faces a shortage of proper facilities and deteriorating stadiums. Cuba's only World Cup appearance came in France 1938, where the team reached the quarterfinals. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

Teenagers men play football on a wet street using the metal frame of a school desk as a makeshift goal, in Havana, Cuba, on June 4, 2026. Football has increasingly supplanted Cuba's traditional passion for baseball, even as the island faces a shortage of proper facilities and deteriorating stadiums. Cuba's only World Cup appearance came in France 1938, where the team reached the quarterfinals. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

Teenagers play football at a deteriorated sports facility in Havana, Cuba, on June 4, 2026. Football has increasingly supplanted Cuba's traditional passion for baseball, even as the island faces a shortage of proper facilities and deteriorating stadiums. Cuba's only World Cup appearance came in France 1938, where the team reached the quarterfinals. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

Young men play football on a grassy field near Havana's Revolution Square with the Camilo Cienfuegos portrait in the background, on June 4, 2026. Football has increasingly supplanted Cuba's traditional passion for baseball, even as the island faces a shortage of proper facilities and deteriorating stadiums. Cuba's only World Cup appearance came in France 1938, where the team reached the quarterfinals. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

Teenagers play football at a deteriorated sports facility in Havana, Cuba, on June 4, 2026. Football has increasingly supplanted Cuba's traditional passion for baseball, even as the island faces a shortage of proper facilities and deteriorating stadiums. Cuba's only World Cup appearance came in France 1938, where the team reached the quarterfinals. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

Teenagers play football at a deteriorated sports facility in Havana, Cuba, on June 4, 2026. Football has increasingly supplanted Cuba's traditional passion for baseball, even as the island faces a shortage of proper facilities and deteriorating stadiums. Cuba's only World Cup appearance came in France 1938, where the team reached the quarterfinals. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

Young men play football on a grassy field near Havana's Plaza de la Revolution, on June 4, 2026. Football has increasingly supplanted Cuba's traditional passion for baseball, even as the island faces a shortage of proper facilities and deteriorating stadiums. Cuba's only World Cup appearance came in France 1938, where the team reached the quarterfinals. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

Young men play football on a grassy field near Havana's Revolution Square with the Camilo Cienfuegos portrait in the background, on June 4, 2026. Football has increasingly supplanted Cuba's traditional passion for baseball, even as the island faces a shortage of proper facilities and deteriorating stadiums. Cuba's only World Cup appearance came in France 1938, where the team reached the quarterfinals. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)