La domination internationale de l’équipe nationale féminine américaine est tellement complète qu’il semble qu’elle a toujours été : quatre titres de Coupe du monde, quatre médailles d’or olympiques, et huit titres de CONCACAF ou Gold Cup féminine. Cependant, il n’y avait pas longtemps que la puissance de l’équipe que nous tous connaissons et admirons aujourd’hui… Read More »
While some goals are remembered for their technique, others for game they won or trophy they secured, certain goals are remembered for the iconic celebrations that followed. In all leagues and on every national teams, players are raising their celebratory standards by creating new post-goal routines or mimicking legendary poses, and the results have given… Read More »
There are only two reasons in this world where a night owl like me might decide to voluntarily be awake at 6:30 in the morning on a weekend. The first is if I simply haven’t gone to bed yet from the night before. The second, and undoubtedly more justified reason, is to experience the mesmerizing… Read More »
Todos los años, el Trofeo Zamora, el premio al “mejor” portero del año de la Liga Santander, es otorgado por el diario deportivo Marca al portero que menos goles ha recibido (siempre y cuando haya jugado más de 28 partidos con 60 minutos jugados en cada uno). ¿Pero, acaso es justo este indicador para decidir… Read More »
While phrases such as ‘defense wins championships’ are constantly thrown around sports, many spectators would much prefer to attend a high-scoring battle than a neck and neck 0-0 affair. Strong defense, unfortunately, often goes unappreciated. Games such as Duke men’s basketball’s 52-50 low-scoring battle with Virginia Saturday get classified by the teams’ ‘sloppy offense’ and… Read More »
As a kid, one of my favorite movies was Moneyball. For those who have never seen it, the movie tells the story of Billie Bean, the General Manager of the Oakland Athletics baseball team and how he used advanced analytics (known as sabermetrics) to find the most talented players at the cheapest price. Baseball teams… Read More »
As I was discussing Alex Morgan’s 100th goal with a friend, they brought up an interesting point; “aren’t the goals Morgan’s been scoring better because you have to consider the situations in which they’re scored, and the older players [Wambach, Akers, Hamm] would just beat up on teams that were less developed and have 3… Read More »
Cada liga del mundo premia al campeón de goleo, pero en Europa, la Bota de Oro es presentada al campeón de goleo de todas las ligas. Empezando en la temporada del 1996/97, se cambió de ser estrictamente el jugador con mas goles que juega en Europa, a ser una combinación del total de goles y… Read More »
“La mano de Dios” es el nombre del primer gol anotado en el partido entre Argentina e Inglaterra durante los cuartos de final de la Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 1986. Este gol es considerado por muchos como uno de los más controvertidos en la historia del fútbol. Para entender la importancia del gol, es… Read More »
Posted: April 1, 5:45PM; Author: Nicholas Vega Recently, I was on Twitter and came across a Tweet that compared the dominance of two different teams, from two different sports: the Golden State Warriors (NBA basketball) and Barcelona (soccer). Initially, I thought the comparison was as much as a stretch as it was trivial: how could two… Read More »
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