The future of soccer is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed. This May, we’ve seen the full potential of women’s soccer materialize, one good news story at a time. It all happened in the space of one week. On Wednesday, May 19, the U.S. women’s national team announced that they had won their battle for equal pay for men and women in national football teams. … Continue reading How Women Just Conquered Soccer for Good
The transfers during the two mercatos were very different from each other. Their outcome too. Why? As if the weather had something to do with it, the summer mercato was euphoric during the preseason with some transfers more flashy than others; yet it was much ado about almost nothing. While the winter market was marked by transfers without much fanfare but with already palpable benefits and … Continue reading This Season Was a Tale of Two Mercatos
ars at the end of the year, it’s time to celebrate effort, resilience and progress. Continue reading WHY FOOTBALL NEEDS A GOLDEN PLOT AWARD
Il est bruit que la Ligue des nations rend les équipes européennes plus compétitives qu’auparavant et risque d’élargir l’écart entre leurs niveaux et ceux des équipes des autres régions. Continue reading LA LIGUE DES NATIONS: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE SCARY
In 2006, Brazilian coach Carlos Alberto Parreira went so far as to predict that center forwards would soon lose their raison d’être in tactical formations and that soccer was heading straight for an inevitable 4–6–0 style of play. Continue reading THE UNEXPECTED RETURN OF AN ALMOST LOST POSITION
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