Christian Pulisic wrote a Players Tribune article just weeks after the United States Men’s National Time found out they would not be making the World Cup. Pulisic has been described as the future of United States soccer and as a wonderboy, a prodigy. While in this article he denies that he is a special talent… 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 »
A menos de 3 meses del inicio de la Copa Mundial de Fútbol Femenino (WWC por sus siglas en inglés) Canadá 2015, los equipos se siguen preparando. Estados Unidos, No. 2 a nivel mundial, se vengó de la derrota que sufrió ante Francia, No. 3, en el amistoso que disputaron en Lorient el pasado 8 de… Read More »
“After the USA-Slovenia rollercoaster ended Friday afternoon, our entire nation seethed at one man alone. Koman Coulibaly’s phantom call was inexplicable at the time, and it still remains mystifying no matter how many times you replay the free-kick itself: no offsides, no fouls (aside from the slew of Slovenian ones), nothing at all. It was,… Read More »
For anyone who’s interested in the U.S. National Team’s fortunes at the World Cup, I recently published an article on my personal blog, featuring a full analysis of the 23-man squad and its starting XI. The piece seeks answers to some of the most pressing questions surrounding the 2010 squad, including how to solve the… Read More »
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