Referees and Psychology
The controversial penalty calls in France-Norway and Australia-Brazil over the past few days are as good an excuse as any to shamelessly promote an article I wrote about a year […]
Category Archives: Hall of Fame
Here are the posts of which I’m proudest. Enjoy.
Women’s World Cup Book Club Must Read
Under the Lights and in the Dark: Untold Stories of Women’s Soccer, by Gwendolyn Oxenham. UPDATE: This post was originally written at the beginning of the 2019 Women’s World Cup. […]
Captured: Neymar and FFP
Neymar’s transfer to Paris Saint-Germain has caused understandable upset. It was unexpected, involved a player who had been believed to be happy and part of a (mostly) winning side, and […]
Final Words (Germany 1, Argentina 0)
I’m always a little sad at the end of a major tournament, which is probably why it’s taken me some time to write up the final. Brazil 2014 was particularly […]
Under the Sun
Or, February World Cup Book Club This is the first installment of a recurring feature on books you might want to read in anticipation of Brazil 2014. Although it’s a […]
Tiki-Tatum
UPDATE (2 May 2017): Thanks to Bécquer Seguín for linking to this now somewhat dated article. I hope that it’s main argument still holds, and is of interest. It was […]
Stoopid American 