One way to evaluate how far the U.S. has come in reaching gender equality is to take a good look at how they treat their Men’s and Women’s national soccer teams. Sure, Women’s soccer doesn’t consistently have equivalent viewership as Men’s soccer, but the Women’s national team has two World Cup championships and four Olympic… Read More »
On Monday, it was announced that Dutch football president Michael van Praag will challenge Sepp Blatter for the position of President of FIFA. Praag’s announcement comes after a years of drama and controversy within the international football body. Most controversial has been the decision to hold the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and the subsequent vehement devotion… Read More »
Dans ces derniers mois, un polémique a eu lieu dans le monde de football. FIFA, et l’Association Canadienne du Foot, l’association qui organise La Coupe du Monde de football féminin, ont décidé que tous les terrains pour le tournoi seront gazon synthétique [1] . “La FIFA et l’Association canadienne de soccer, dans son rôle de comité organisateur… Read More »
Quand j’étais petit, le football était le premier sport que j’ai commencé à jouer. Mon père ne m’a pas permis de jouer au football américain, donc le foot était le seul sport pour moi dans l’automne. Mon ami Grayson m’a convaincu de jouer au foot avec lui et nous nous sommes joints l’équipe les rats… Read More »
(image courtesy of the BBC) This past summer during the World Cup viewers learned a lot about the political troubles of Brazil and how the World Cup helped unite the nation to some extent during the games. A conflict we do not hear much about in America is that of Belgium: specifically the French and… Read More »
Flash back to the England versus Germany match in the 2010 World Cup Knockout Stage, where Frank Lampard picks up the ball trickled off from Jermaine Defoe, and chips it over Manuel Neuer, the goalkeeper of Germany; the ball hits the crossbar, bounces off the line, and Neuer quickly recovers it; Lampard raises his hands… Read More »
(Detalle de camiseta de la selección peruana. Jesús Hidalgo, 2015) La próxima semana cumpliré 30 años -sí, lo sé, estoy viejo. Pese a que he visto 7 Copas del Mundo en estas 3 décadas -uno de mis primeros recuerdos relacionados al fútbol es el penal que el arquero argentino Sergio Goycochea tapó a Italia en… Read More »
This was my concluding piece, part of a series I wrote for the New Republic “Goal Posts” blog, on the World Cup: “… This World Cup—however we have lived it—has just taught us once again what it always does. Though we watch from many locations, separated from one another by distance, we are brought together… Read More »
I wrote this analysis of the U.S. vs. Belgium match for The New Republic. An earlier analysis of the Belgian team, in comparison with the French team, is here.
For the first time, Algeria moved on to the Round of 16 in the World Cup yesterday. As the game ended, a crowd hoisted a man in a wheelchair up above them to celebrate. Here is what the scene looked like from above in another plaza where a crowd waited out the final seconds of… Read More »
