Women’s football is being catapulted into wider exposure, greater demands, and higher levels of investment…
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Manchester United: Like a Rolling Dice
In football, a single game is often too brief a sample of events to draw…
Portuguesa and the Venezuelan Ultra Turned Kidnapper
In 1963, with Real Madrid, FC Porto, and Sao Paulo in Caracas to play in…
Why a Documentary About the Liverpool “Spice Boys” is a Good Idea
A regular feature of the YouTube show “Stick to Football” is the preamble before the…
The Boehly-Roman Empire: What the New Chelsea Regime Is Missing
I know what you’re thinking: that pun is just taking it too far. You’re right.…
Arsenal 1-1 Porto (4-2 pens): This Is Where We Want to Be
Just under two weeks ago, I was once again staring intently at a mute glowing…
Football’s Shuffle Between Skin and Silhouette
“I like going down to a nice little local pub,” Leah Williamson, fitted in Acne…
When Caracas Fans Made it Rain at the Clasico
When Deportivo Tachira arrived in the capital of Caracas at the start of March, they…
The Richarlison Remontada
It’s no secret that Richarlison struggled at the beginning of his Spurs career. He needed…
Martin Ødegaard and Arsenal: A Perfect Fit
Tony Adams was just before my time. The man nicknamed Mr. Arsenal, who captained the…
How the Korean Public Failed Lee Kang-in
I don’t have enough words to express how disgusted I am at the way South…
Atletico Diritti: A Unique Football Revolution
The Beginning It is one of the most romantic and picturesque settings you can imagine…
Injury, Identity, and the Paradox of Women’s Football
In women’s football, there is an irreversible sense of lost time. How do we make…
Dear Liverpool FC: A Love Letter to the Reds
Football is just a leisure activity, but one we all love and one I cannot…
Pape Matar Sarr – A Key Piece to the Spurs Puzzle
You wouldn’t think when the young midfielder sat on the bench for the majority of…
The story of Sunday Mba, Nigeria’s unexpected hero at the 2013 Nations Cup
Football has a knack for producing the unlikely, whether in the form of a modest…
Jürgen Klopp Made Us Walk Together
There are some days you just don’t forget. Your first day of university, your first…
Uncle Sam Has Moved Into Town – Football and the USA
Although the age-old trope of Americans not understanding European football still persists to this day,…
Why AFCON and the Asian Cup Matter
The World Cup comes around every four years. For a greedy international football fan like…
Balancing the Cultural Tightrope – A Battle We Underrate
In a world that is becoming more globalized, we’re seeing an increase in players with…