A History of Super Cups
This Wednesday will see the 44th UEFA Super Cup, while the weekend before last hosted three national super cup competitions in France, Germany, and England. Kicking off the new European […]
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Video Killed the Football Star?
The Club World Cup this past week included the first official FIFA use of video replay, decisively so in the first semifinal between Colombia’s Atlético Nacional and Japan’s Kashima Antlers. In fact, […]
How to Talk About Leicester City
Even before games against Manchester City and Arsenal, everyone was doing it. But if you’re looking for pointers about how to talk about the most exciting team in the history of […]
2010 . . . Again
South Africa 2010 – Looking Back The Stoopid American has a bad case of World Cup fever. With only three months to Brazil 2014, it’s hard to concentrate on even the Champions […]
What’s Going On Here?
Stoopid American offers one view from the States on European football, particularly the English Premier League. Although football is the only genuinely global sport, many of the trends in the […]
