Need help with today’s Connections: Soccer Edition puzzle? You’ve come to the right place.Welcome to Connections: Soccer Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores.A quick public service announcement before we continue: The bottom of this article includes the answers — and hints — for the four categories. So if you want to solve the board hint-free, we recommend you play before continuing.You can access today’s game here.Today’s difficultyGame No. 8’s difficulty: 4 out of 5Connections: Soccer Edition hints for June 18, 2026Scroll below for one answer in each of the four categories..
.Yellow: FINLANDGreen: ROMABlue: RIVER PLATEPurple: OSORIOConnections: Soccer Edition answers for June 18, 2026Scroll below for the full answers to each of the four categories..
YellowNever played at World Cup: FINLAND, INDIA, VENEZUELA, GUATEMALAGreenAssociated with Italian Soccer: SAN SIRO, SCUDETTO, ROMA, BUFFONBlueSouth American clubs: RIVER PLATE, BOCA JUNIORS, SANTOS, PEÑAROLPurpleIn Canada 2026 World Cup squad: DAVID, OSORIO, LARIN, DAVIESWhat is Connections: Soccer Edition?Connections: Soccer Edition is a new, daily puzzle for the 2026 World Cup designed for players to find connections between 16 words on the game board.The game’s objective is to group sixteen words or objects into four groups of four based on commonalities within each group as quickly as possible. You are allowed to make three mistakes but fail a fourth time and the game ends with the answers being revealed.Each puzzle has exactly one solution, so watch out for words or items that seem to belong to multiple categories!Category examples:
