france has played the most world cup matches.
which country has played the most world cup matches?
france
baggio played in 16 world cup matches for italy; the republic of ireland is the only nation against which he played more than once. he is the joint-highest italian goalscorer of all-time in the world cup, with nine goals, alongside paolo rossi and christian vieri. baggio is the only italian to have scored in three world cups (two goals in 1990, five in 1994 and two in 1998). three of his world cup goals were scored in the group stage and six were scored during knockout matches. baggio is the joint fourth-highest scorer for italy with 27 goals in 56 appearances, with a 0.48 goal per match average. with baggio, italy was always eliminated from the world cup in penalty shootouts: in 1990, in the semi-finals against argentina; in 1994, in the final against brazil; and in 1998, in the quarter-finals against france. in his 16 world cup matches, italy lost only one, the opening game of usa 94 against ireland.
roberto baggio
the stadium was the site of four group matches in the 1999 women's world cup. the stadium also hosted two group matches, two quarterfinals, and both semifinals in the 2003 women's world cup.





















































on july 1, 2009, the venue hosted the third-round match of the lamar hunt u.s. open cup between the portland timbers and their rivals the seattle sounders fc.





















































providence park hosted the 2014 mls all-star game.





















































section::::events.:soccer.:1999 fifa women's world cup matches.





















































"stadium was known as civic stadium"





















































section::::events.:soccer.:2003 fifa women's world cup matches.





















































"stadium was known as pge park"





















































section::::events.:soccer.:2013 concacaf gold cup matches.
providence park