Steven Gerrard – Soccer Politics / The Politics of Football

Steven Gerrard and Aging Veterans effect on the MLS

Many would agree soccer’s popularity in America has increased slowly but surely over the last decade mainly due to the influx of aging overseas players seeking to broaden the sports brand in the globe’s largest sports market. Many of these aging stars come to America for large transfer fees hoping to show the American fan… Read More »

Liverpool versus Lyon, tradition versus “soccernomics”

I’m something of a latecomer to following professional club soccer. Although I played the sport growing up in Western North Carolina and have watched every World Cup final since 1990, I’ve been oblivious to the comings and goings of the top European and South American leagues—mostly due to my typically spartan television habits. That’s all… Read More »