A Strange Summer
The summer soccer season starts tomorrow, but with the World Cup delayed until the winter, it’s likely to feel a bit different. It breaks fairly evenly into two halves: an […]
The summer soccer season starts tomorrow, but with the World Cup delayed until the winter, it’s likely to feel a bit different. It breaks fairly evenly into two halves: an […]
The last weekend of September 2020 was one a special one, containing a number of games in addition to the five here that almost made the Top 100 (including a […]
2021 European Apertura Top 25 (11 of 25) On a Sunday when Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, and Bayern Munich all lost, this was still unquestionably the match of the day—and […]
Match of Last Weekend Taking a brief break from my Top 25 of the first half of the season, here’s a game from last weekend that is likely to feature […]
The Africa Cup of Nations begins today at 10:00 AM CST, and I’m starting to get excited. Not too excited, mind you. This year’s expansion to 24 teams means that […]
2021 European Apertura Top 25 (10 of 25) In last year’s Champions League, Shakhtar Donetsk took 8 points from Real Madrid and Internazionale to put the latter out of European […]
2021 European Apertura Top 25 (9 of 25) Not unlike Leeds United the previous year, newly-promoted Brentford entered the top flight as hipsters’ darlings, inspired by their data-driven, analytical approach […]
2021 European Apertura Top 25 (8 of 25) Though his star has somewhat dimmed since his days at Chelsea, Internazionale, and Real Madrid, José Mourinho’s arrival at Roma was still […]
2021 European Apertura Top 25 (7 of 25) 2nd-place Leverkusen had scored 8 goals in their two previous games under new manager Gerardo Seoane, but Marco Rose’s 5th-place Borussia Dortmund […]
2021 European Apertura Top 25 (6 of 25) The most exciting game of the September international break was a rematch of Sweden and Spain’s goalless draw in the first round […]