Jamie Carragher, un defensa central inglés y un jugador antiguo del Liverpool FC dijo “If you’re a fullback, you’re either a failed winger, or a failed center back”. Mientras que esta declaración puede haber sido cierta, los defensas laterales se están convirtiendo en uno de los jugadores más codiciados en el juego hoy en día. … Read More »
Zidane, Guardiola, Dalglish, Simeone, Conte, Ancelloti and Klopp. The list of former players that have become immensely successful managers is needless to say significantly larger than the seven individuals listed above. What these former players share, however, is an understanding of the beautiful game that has enabled them to lead their respective clubs to the… Read More »
As a Manchester United fan, I was truly excited for the second half of the season after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took over as caretaker manager back in December. My excitement grew in the months following his appointment—United were finally scoring goals and appeared to be playing more free flowing football that resulted in a long… Read More »
El verano pasado, Leicester City había ninguna garantía de permanecer en la Premier League. El presidente le dijo al gerente Claudio Ranieri, “Claudio, this is a very important year for the club. It is very important for us to stay in the Premier League. We have to stay safe.” Leicester City necesitaba 40 puntos para sobrevivir,… 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 »
This past October, Liverpool Football Club fired manager Brendan Rodgers after a roller coaster 4+ years in charge of the club, which saw the club come as close to winning a Premier League title as Liverpool has ever been in 2014, only to crash out of the Champions League in the group stage and endure… Read More »
He paces along the sidelines, arms crossed. Sometimes, he sits, hand on chin. Nevertheless, his expression remains stern, almost intimidating to the participants and referees alike. He closely observes the contest in its entirety, never once shifting his attention away from the action before his eyes. Such mannerisms may be aptly ascribed to Mike Krzyzewski,… Read More »
Creo que el fútbol es el mejor deporte del mundo. Creo que el fútbol es el mejor deporte del mundo. Aparte de su popularidad, el deporte tiene un gran impacto en el mundo y es tan divertido de ver. Una forma que yo quiero ver a transformar el deporte, sin embargo, es en el teatro.… 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 »
In Soccer in Sun and Shadow, Eduardo Galeano proclaims the United States to be “the home of baseball” and sarcastically describes efforts by the American media to herald soccer as “the sport of the future” during the 1994 World Cup. Americans, however, do not necessarily appreciate soccer to a lesser extent than others. As of… Read More »
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