El fútbol es uno de los únicos deportes comunes que pueden depender tanto de un gol marcado debido a los bajos resultados de los partidos. Por lo tanto, un penal, una patada libre entre un jugador y el portero, puede poner el resultado de un partido o de un Mundial entero en las espaldas de… Read More »
My heart broke in Omaha, Nebraska. I’ve dreamed of going to the Final Four for as long as I can remember. As all kids do, I dreamed of being the star player. I imagined leading my team through the tournament and hitting the buzzer-beating shot in the national championship game. I visualized confetti streaming down… Read More »
You’ve probably never heard a Tarheels-Bulldogs matchup lauded about in the history books. In fact, you probably don’t even know who that is. And you shouldn’t. There is nothing too special about the Yale Bulldogs or the University of North Carolina Tarheels when it comes to soccer. However, you may be one of the 36.5… Read More »
A brief disclaimer. This is a work of memory, it is my best recollections of two particular games I had the good fortune to attend. Therefore I cannot guarantee the full accuracy of this due to the nature of memory. It is simply my own remembrances of these games as best I can. The first… Read More »
Watching last weekend’s African Cup of Nations Final reminded fans everywhere of soccer’s elephant in the room, penalties. The penalty shootout is the one glaring error in a beautiful, near-perfect game. After 120 minutes of battling for each yard and each shot, the game is finally decided by a combination of luck and some level of… Read More »
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