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Are You There God? It’s Me, Olivier: An intercepted prayer from Russia, by Al James June 22, 2018

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Gloryland

A Journey to the World Cup: A Fan’s Memoir from then to now

Which youngsters will shine at World Cup 2018?

What Will Happen: A World Cup preview that even we can’t quite believe

A Note About the Future.

A note about Howler

David Villa on La Liga, MLS, and NYCFC’s chances at the World Cup

Rinoceros: Gattuso reinvigorates Milan with a bygone sensibility

Despite attempts to change, Beitar Jerusalem returns to a familiar madness

Leo Messi explains why he used to puke on the pitch so often

Podcasts

Dummy

Howler editor George Quraishi interviews smart people

Howler Radio

This American Life meets soccer (at least that’s what an iTunes reviewer once said, and we’ll take it)

Dirty Tackle

Covering the absurdities of the game with a healthy dose of nonsense mixed in for good measure

The Play

Bobby Warshaw and other professionals dissect a single moment of action

The Mixxed Zone

Women’s soccer, especially NWSL and the U.S. women’s national team

The Double Pivot

Mike Goodman and Michael Caley on analysis and analytics

Howler classics

How Cyril the Swan became the UK’s most notorious mascot

Love and soccer with Ray Hudson, the game’s most passionate color man

The day Harry Redknapp put a fan on the field for West Ham

How the world heard Diego Maradona’s goal of the century

Fourteen ways of looking at a goalkeeper

What is American soccer?

The emergence of New England’s Matt Turner and the delicate balance of competition amongst goalkeepers

Sadness mixes with internal strife at Fiorentina

NYCFC pay tribute to pigeon killed by LA Galaxy players

Greek owners packing heat, French fans fighting players, and English pundits spitting on children: A weekend of football insanity

Zidane on Sergio Ramos’ mysterious mid-match disappearance: “He pooped himself a little”

Thousands of Fiorentina supporters gather outside Davide Astori’s funeral to give him a spine-tingling send off

Editors’ picks

America’s keepers can stop everything but their hair from falling out

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The U.S. Promotion/Relegation Manifesto

January 24, 2017

José Mourinho’s Totalitarian Football

January 20, 2017

What if “America’s best athletes” played soccer?