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In Defence of Nationalism Through the Haze of World Cup Fever June 19, 2018

by Elliott Sheaf Based on Elliott’s first sentence, and his theme, we have decided to leave his spellings of “Defense” (and a few other words)…

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Sadness mixes with internal strife at Fiorentina

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NYCFC pay tribute to pigeon killed by LA Galaxy players

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

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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?

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

March 10, 2018

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

March 8, 2018

How firing the manager impacts a struggling team

March 8, 2018

Reggiana owner Mike Piazza holds press conference to announce that he is “fricken pissed off”

March 7, 2018

Hypocrisy is the only common ground in the FA-Pep Guardiola yellow ribbon debate

March 6, 2018

Ederson demonstrates how saving penalties is more skill than luck

March 4, 2018

Editors’ picks

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

February 9, 2017

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?

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