Clive Charles: Part 2
Billy Merck considers the legacy of Clive Charles, who left West Ham in the early 1970s for the North American Soccer League and ended up an American…
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From West Ham to the West Coast: How Clive Charles Quietly Built American Soccer
How one man ended up 8000 miles from home and shaped a soccer generation Billy Merck considers the legacy of Clive Charles, who left West Ham in…
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A Team in Exile
How a Tibetan Women’s Team, Comprised of Refugees living in India and Nepal came to represent their Nation at the Vancouver International Soccer Festival is one of…
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Gotta Hear Both Sides
Amidst all the hand-wringing about equal pay and equal opportunities in the women's game, it's important to remember some of the financial shenanigans from male footballers
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The birth of Marta
This day in football history (Marta/Facebook) On 19 February 1986, five-time World Player of the Year Marta was born in Dois Riachos, Brazil. A forward, she started her…
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When Women’s Professional Soccer suspended — then ended — its season
This day in football history On 30 January 2012, three-year old women’s league WPS announced the suspension of its fourth season, which, as it turned out, was never…
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The selective defense of American soccer leagues
MLS and the NWSL have a lot in common, but this often goes overlooked (NWSL/Twitter) You might not know it from the mainstream media coverage, but there’s…
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When college soccer became a contact sport
This day in football history On 5 November 2009, top-seeded Brigham Young University defeated fourth seed New Mexico 1–0 in the semifinals of the Mountain West Conference Women’s…
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For how long must America’s women prop up the men’s national team?
The women have been killing the men in terms of attendance recently Some guys. Image via US Soccer/Facebook It has been a bad year for American experiments.…
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The Mixxed Zone podcast
The wild world of WoSo Subscribe: iTunes • Stitcher • Google Play Women’s soccer, especially NWSL and USWNT, hosted by Jen Cooper. Get an email every time we…
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A brief history of Jean-Michel Aulas thirsting after Alex Morgan on Twitter
How to talk to a woman wearing headphones, women’s soccer edition 1. The nicest thing I can say about Olympique Lyonnais owner Jean-Michel Aulas’ history of sending unsolicited…