World Cup crown passes to Spain

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (AP) -- Lionel Messi could conjure no more magic. Twenty years after his World Cup debut and a career that lifted him above Pele and Diego Maradona as soccer's greatest player, at 39 he could not will Argentina to become the first repeat champion in more than a half-century. Spain outplayed the Albiceleste from the opening whistle at MetLife Stadium, where the overwhelming majority of 80,663 were hoping for a recoronation. Ferran Torres scored 37 seconds into the seco