Connections: Football Edition Today: Hints and Answers for Puzzle No. 22 of July 2, 2026
This article provides clues and answers for Connections: Football Edition crossword puzzle for July 2, 2026. It discusses the game's format and provides hints for players to solve the puzzles.
Do you need help with today's Connections: Football Edition puzzle? You have come to the right place. Connections: Welcome to Football Edition Coach — a place to collect pointers and share scores. A quick public service announcement before we proceed: This article contains answers and hints for the four categories below. So if you want to solve the board without hints, we recommend that you play the game before proceeding. You can access today's game here. Today's difficulty Difficulty of game number 22: 4 out of 5 Connections: Hints for football version 2 July 2026. Scroll down and see an answer for each of the four categories. Yellow: Borussia Dortmund Green: Visa Blue: Maradona Purple: Confederations Connections: Football edition answers for 2 July 2026. Scroll down and see the complete answers for the four categories. Yellow Erling Haaland's teams: Norway, Borussia Dortmund, Red Bull Hamburg, Molde Green FIFA partners: Adidas, Coca-Cola, Lenovo, Visa Blue Diego's: Godin, Maradona, Forlán, Costa Purple Finished cup competitions: Cup Winners' Cup, Confederations Cup, Intertoto, Mitropa Connections: What is the football version? Connections: Football Edition is a new, daily puzzle for the 2026 World Cup designed to require players to find connections between 16 words on the game board. The objective of the game is to quickly classify 16 words or objects into four groups. You are allowed to make three mistakes, but if you fail the fourth time the game ends and the answers are revealed. Everyone
The puzzle has exactly one solution, so be on the lookout for words or objects that seem to be in more than one category! Category examples: Teams making their World Cup debut in 2026: Cape Verde, Jordan, Curaçao, Uzbekistan Penalty ____: Spot, Kick, Takers, Shootout Each category group is assigned a color that appears when solving, ranging from easy (yellow) to medium (green) to challenging (blue) and hard (violet). Of course, these group rankings can be interpreted, so you may solve a difficult puzzle first. Connections: Who makes the puzzles for the football edition? I! My name is Will Genus and I create Connections: Football Edition and serve as a senior editor at The Athletic. I also do some writing, mostly focused on football history and statistics. The next puzzle will be available at midnight in your time zone. Thanks for playing — and share your scores in the comments!