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Rinoceros: Gattuso reinvigorates Milan with a bygone sensibility March 23, 2018

The hard man might not have a place on the pitch anymore, but Gattuso is proving that there is still room on the touchline.

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

March 22, 2018

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

March 19, 2018

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

March 18, 2018

Sadness mixes with internal strife at Fiorentina

March 14, 2018

NYCFC pay tribute to pigeon killed by LA Galaxy players

March 14, 2018

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

March 13, 2018

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

Benjamin Mendy’s GoPro celebration footage was the best part of the Carabao Cup final

February 28, 2018

Two fans of rival clubs show the world how football can inspire, unify, and transcend sight or sound

February 26, 2018

Breaking down Alphonse Areola’s exceptional performance against Real Madrid

February 17, 2018

A Champions League match report written by Liverpool FC exclusively for FC Barcelona

February 16, 2018

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?

Entrenchment wins the USSF presidential election, but much remains uncertain in American soccer

February 15, 2018

Hannover 96 and the battle for the soul of German football

February 15, 2018

Neymar: “PSG need to add Messi if we want to win the Champions League”

February 15, 2018

MLS apologizes to Atlanta United player for releasing Valentine’s Day photo

February 14, 2018

Lens supporters display banner urging Mona Lisa loan move

February 13, 2018

Vote Striker the World Cup Pup for USSF president

February 9, 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?

March 31, 2016