Why a World Cup Loss Is 10 Times Worse for Workplace Attendance Than the Super Bowl

New foot traffic data from Envoy reveals a shocking national no-show trend that left American offices completely ghosted the morning after a brutal knockout round.

BY BRUCE CRUMLEY @BRUCEC_INC

USA fans react after Belgium sealed their victory over the USA during the World Cup Watch Party Series at the Great Park Live in Irvine on Monday, July 6, 2026. Photo: Getty Images

If recent history offers any lessons, workplaces around England late this week may have featured more tumbleweeds and cobwebs than employees and customers. That’s because if evidence from U.S. is at all applicable across the pond, the latest brutal English ouster from World Cup play after its semi-final loss to Argentina Wednesday likely led to dramatically fewer visitors frequenting businesses in the birthplace of The Beautiful Game than usual on Thursday and Friday.

Why the suspicion about Albion offices emptying out now that football is no longer coming home? Because after the U.S. was previously bounced out during its knockout round defeat to Belgium on July 6,........

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