A few days ago, my colleague Seth Johnson wrote a great piece on the importance of the US Mens Team game against Guatemala last Tuesday. He made an excellent case for how important the game was to the US Men’s hopes for World Cup qualification, but also how important the game was to… Read More »
I was watching the Northern Iowa / Texas A&M game this last weekend, and I had the stunning realization that I had been held captive by a game that meant literally nothing to me. My family has no ties to either college. I’ve never been to College Station, or to Cedar Falls, (Yes, I had… Read More »
Gianni Infantino, the previous UEFA Secretary, was elected the new president of FIFA several days ago. His election marks him as just the ninth president in FIFA’s 111 year history, a stunning number. In many ways, it’s no wonder that FIFA is so… Read More »
Look at the tables of the top European leagues, and something is immediately striking. In the German Bundesliga, Bayern Munich is in first place with 62 points, leading second place Borussia Dortmund by 5 points. In Serie A, Juventus has 61 points for the lead, but only a 3 point advantage on Napoli. The… Read More »
Irrespective of how the rest of the Premiership season turns out, it seems safe to say that the real story of the season has been the success of Leicester City. In a league dominated by a traditional power set of 6 or 7 teams (if that), it is remarkable, and close to unprecedented, that… Read More »
On the 1st of February, Manchester City confirmed the long rumored news that their current manager, Manuel Pellegrini, would be replaced at the end of the year by Pep Guardiola, the current Bayern Munich manager. Guardiola, long considered one of the best managers in the game, has had a great deal of success at both… Read More »
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