Downtown Vancouver has become overrun with green and gold. Australian fans have become inescapable and their optimism for how they team may go contagious.

VANCOUVER, June 11 : Fans arriving in Vancouver for the World Cup are braving steep ticket prices, but some are shrugging off the cost, drawn instead by personal journeys that…

Fans heading to Vancouver for the World Cup are confronting steep ticket prices, but many say the cost is secondary to the personal meaning behind the...