Morocco – Spain, Round of 16: 0 [3] – 0 [0]
Morocco’s victory over Spain was the most engaging match of the Round of 16, and one of the best of the tournament. After a group stage that saw numerous upsets, […]
Category Archives: Tournaments
Nations League June Top 10 (3 of 3)
I missed a couple days, so the results are in for the teams in the last two entries of my best games of the June Nations League window. Even so, […]
Nations League June Top 10 (2 of 3)
By matchday 4 of the June Nations League window, things were starting to shake out in most groups. Not surprisingly, then, many of the best games of that window came […]
Nations League June Top 10 (1 of 2)
The final two rounds of the Nations League kicks off today with a match between Scotland and Ukraine that was rescheduled from June to make way for their World Cup […]
Women’s World Cup Book Club Must Read
Under the Lights and in the Dark: Untold Stories of Women’s Soccer, by Gwendolyn Oxenham. With the United States kicking off their World Cup campaign today, it seems like a […]
Summer Kicks Off
With the Women’s World Cup kicking off in France and the U-20 World Cup beginning its quarterfinal round yesterday, the summer soccer season felt like it was kicking off in […]
Summer Tournament Schedule
Though it is difficult to follow up last summer’s riveting World Cup, multiple tournaments this summer offer a glorious density that will be challenging to keep up with. The Women’s […]
Germany 0 – Mexico 1
Mexico upset tournament favorites Germany in a game that was as tactically interesting as it was viscerally exciting. Joachim Löw’s Germany set up in their anticipated 4-2-3-1, though with Marvin […]
World Cup, Day 2 Round-Up
In addition to ending with one of the likely games of the tournament in Portugal – Spain, Friday offered an excellent start to the real World Cup following Thursday’s low […]
Portugal 3 – Spain 3
The first major game of the 2018 World Cup more than lived up to expectations, as the 36th Iberian derby produced a thrilling and high-quality match of that will be […]
Stoopid American 