Professional footballer and PSG fan Kris Devaux explains his mind’s hatred for his heart’s team in the wake of Laurent Blanc getting sacked By Kris Devaux | Photo: C.Gavelle/PSG (C.Gavelle/PSG) Sports are sports, and I get that. Results matter. One-off cup games can cost you a job when you’ve done brilliantly the other 50 games in …
Matt Pyzdrowski, goalkeeper for Helsingborgs IF, explains how goalkeepers move on from bad games Photograph by Jasmin Shah US Women’s Soccer vs South Africa at Soldier Field on Saturday, July 9th, 2016. Photo by Jasmin Shah We all saw Hope Solo’s performance (need I say HOWLER) against Colombia the other night. It was a rare off-game for …
By Bobby Warshaw In the 46th minute of Germany’s Euro 2016 semi-final match against France, Bastian Schweinsteiger challenged Patrice Evra on a header off of a corner. Evra’s header ricocheted into Schweinsteiger’s hand. The referee called a handball and pointed to the spot. The Laws of the Game only reference the concept of the handball …
By Bobby You can’t have your cake and eat it, too, an ex-girlfriend once told me as she closed the door behind her. To be fair, Iceland’s Euro 2016 campaign has been much more successful than my dating life, but ultimately they, too, couldn’t have everything they wanted. Iceland was successful because they were able …
By Bobby Warshaw Philippe Coutinho opened the scoring for Brazil with a beautifully taken, long-range strike. We are naturally drawn to his powerful, swerving shot, but it’s a decision a few seconds earlier that makes the play and shows top-level ability. Here’s the full clip: Coutinho plants himself in space between the lines — too high for …
In Luzira Prison, in Kampala, a football league is organized. The teams composed of inmates meet each other throughout the year until a final. The teams are named mainly out of English Premier League clubs: Manchester United, Liverpool, Everton, … The pitch is the courtyard of the Upper Prison, the most secure place of the Prison …
By Sam (Simone Perolari) Pirlo’s effortless cool on the pitch tugs at MLS’s insecurities By Jake WaleriusPhoto: Simone Perolari[H]e strolled over to the flag to take his first corner of the match, hair impeccably coiffed, tan suspiciously even. The crowd called his name, expecting magic from the maestro. “Pirlo! Pirlo!” MLS is full of strange …
Now that MLS is established, it needs to confront its many internal contradictions By Jake Walerius [T]he claim is an old one. In the global sporting landscape, American professional sports are socialist; Europe’s elite soccer leagues capitalist. In many ways, the claim is true. American sports are set up to promote competitive parity, while Europe’s …
By Phil West If you’re part of the Soccer Twitter community, it’s likely you’ve run across (or even had an online run-in with) Ted Westervelt, the spirited, Denver-based soccer fan who has become one of the United States’ highest-profile proponents for promotion and relegation in American soccer (and was well on his way to being …
An Englishman goes to the Vélodrome By James Connolly [F]ab, my friend the Marseille ultra, smirked at the disbelief on my face as I watched events unfold at the Stade Vélodrome. “Pas mal, hein?” We had entered the stadium only after a thorough pat-down and some unwarranted attention from a police dog, snarling and salivating …
