Over the last two decades or so, American media has had this tendency to look at the Association game through the lens of its own…
Category : Soccer
Should the NCAA Tournament Be More Like the UEFA Champions League?
It’s NCAA Tournament week here in America, and as the college basketball-loving masses fill out their brackets in the vain hope of actually winning a…
And Now, Jimmy Nutini’s Soccer-Style NFL Shirts
These images have been kicking around these here interwebs for the last couple of days. You’re probably wondering where they came from. They are the work of one Jimmy Nutini,…
Requiem for an American Soccer Club
The uncertainty is always there. In the divisions of American soccer below MLS — and occasionally, as a few Florida residents might tell you, in…
Football Removes Stigma From Haitian Amputees
Once upon a time, anyone who had a limb amputated was considered an outcast in Haiti. Then a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck a year ago, and…
The Special Ones
There are, of course, some obvious differences between Rex Ryan and Jose Mourinho. The latter has a case full of trophies as manager, while the…
Why Spurs Might Want David Beckham
There’s a longstanding tradition in the NFL of teams picking up players cut by their division rivals before the start of the season. The idea…