Um, you should probably read this, especially if you have any interest in US Soccer or Major League Soccer. Basically, former USMNT player and Fox Soccer analyst Eric Wynalda gets all out of character and speaks his mind and pulls his punches at the recent NSCAA Convention in a lecture cleverly titled “Why Not US.” Go ahead. Don’t be embarrassed. As you’ll soon see, he isn’t.
If you love perms or Didier Drogba, you’ll love the Les Éléphants shirt …
Spain is trying to conquer the world again. This time, they might succeed.
FIFA has banned the Iranian Women’s Football Team from competing in the Youth Olympics Games due to be held in August in Singapore for wearing headscarves. According to the laws of the game, players are not permitted to wear anything other than basic compulsory equipment: a jersey or shirt with sleeves, shorts, stockings, shin guards and footwear. In response, Iran’s National Olympic Committee Secretary General Bahram Afsharzadeh sent a letter appealing the decision to various governing bodies, including FIFA and the IOC. Continue Reading »
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Do you ever wonder how far we’ve actually come over the last four years? How much more advanced are we now? We decided to take a look back to the last World Cup to see which cool (or very uncool) gadgets were available to the soccer obsessed. The one measure to keep in mind is that Apple just released the iPad, which will surely have some interesting World Cup-related applications. Continue Reading »
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According to the Annual Review of Global Sports Salaries 2010 by the Sporting Intelligence, the New York Yankees are the highest paid team in all of sport. That’s surprising considering the global appeal of football around the globe. Only four football teams (Real Madrid, Barcelona, Chelsea and Manchester United) were included in the top 30, with the first three clubs cracking the top ten. Continue Reading »
More: The Game | Weekly Review
Since the 1996 season, D.C. United fans have been trekking to RFK, experiencing the highest of highs, periods of consistent mediocrity, and some pretty underwhelming lows. United’s home opener last night ranked somewhere between mediocre and underwhelming. But for this piece, I’m going to ignore United’s performance because it was a performance worth ignoring. The one thing, however, I can no longer continue to ignore is RFK. It just has to go. Continue Reading »
More: Culture | Supporters
It just seems that the collaboration between football and fashion have no bounds. We’ve written about how football impacts fashion design on and off the pitch with articles featuring the works of fashion designers Dirk Bikkembergs and Stephen Wong. In another illustration of how football serves as creative inspiration for fashion designers, we bring you the work of famed fashion house Louis Vuitton. Continue Reading »
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