Soccer is for everyone: Pride shirts for the 2026 World Cup
The World Cup only comes around every four years, and this year it’s happening across the US, Canada, and Mexico. That’s a lot of people, a lot of languages, and a lot of attention on a sport that hasn’t always made room for everyone watching it.
Why soccer, why now
Soccer belongs to everyone. So does Pride. That’s the entire message behind Soccer is for Everyone, and I kept it that simple on purpose. A World Cup year brings out casual fans alongside the diehards, and I wanted a shirt that said something true without needing an explanation.
There’s real tension in this tournament. Host cities are running Pride Houses and inclusion programming, and at least one match has already been flagged as a Pride Match between countries where being LGBTQ+ is criminalized. Wearing a shirt isn’t a substitute for that fight, but showing up in it is still showing up.
Two languages, one message
I made a Spanish-language version, El Fútbol es para Todos, because a World Cup hosted partly in Mexico and watched across Latin America shouldn’t only have an English shirt. Same message, same design logic, just spoken in more than one language.
Both shirts send 100% of proceeds to The Trevor Project and Trans Lifeline. Not a portion, all of it. I wrote up the full accounting of where that money goes if you want the specific breakdown.
What the shirts look like
Soccer is for Everyone comes in Royal, Red, Green, and Black, sized XS through 2XL. El Fútbol es para Todos comes in Vintage Black and Black, same size range. Both are built the same way as the rest of the Pride collection: a direct statement, bold enough to read from across a room.
A tournament three countries are hosting together
Splitting a World Cup across the US, Canada, and Mexico means the fan base isn’t one crowd speaking one language in one stadium. It’s dozens of cities, three countries, and fans who’ve been watching this sport their whole lives next to people who are just discovering it because it’s finally happening in their backyard.
That mix is exactly why I didn’t want a single-language shirt. A message about inclusion that only speaks to part of the audience is only doing part of the job.
Wear it past the final whistle
The World Cup will end. The reasons I made these shirts won’t. Pride Houses, inclusion programming, and the fight for LGBTQ+ safety in sports don’t wrap up when the tournament does, so these shirts aren’t going anywhere once the trophy gets handed out.
If soccer and Pride both matter to you, the shirts are live now, in whichever language says it best for you.