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-7 posts tagged "Soccer"
Daniel O'Boyle | Tuesday, October 24, 2017
“This is not heartbreak. This is frustration, disgust and incompetence. This is failure and collapse. This is unacceptable.” Ryan Kolakowski’s words in his column earlier this month are an excellent encapsulation of American soccer fans’ feelings after the men’s national team missed out on the World Cup for the first time since 1986. But his argument
Daniel O'Boyle | Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Remember “the Decision”? Who can forget. How about Kevin Durant’s “next chapter”? That was pretty wild too. What if we could see something like that in the world’s biggest sport? What if it happened to a player playing for a team that expects nobody to ever want to leave? What if it happened to the
Alex Carson | Friday, January 15, 2016
Let’s start with a history lesson. It also happens to be one of England’s greatest sporting tales. It’s a story of a soccer club founded in a London district known much more for its tennis than its association football. In 1889, Wimbledon FC was founded, then known as Wimbledon Old Centrals, starting a history as an amateur
Daniel O'Boyle | Tuesday, September 15, 2015
There’s nothing — not just in sport, but in any aspect of culture — that can unite people quite like soccer. The sport requires no more than something vaguely round to act as a ball and two markers to act as goalposts, players don’t need to worry about speaking the same language as teammates and anyone
Alex Carson | Tuesday, August 25, 2015
It’s August, and that means it’s the most wonderful time of the year. If you know me, even in the slightest, you’ll know I’m a soccer nerd — one step into my room with a wall adorned by scarves should tell you that pretty well. And on the whole, becoming a diehard fan has been an interesting transition
Alex Carson | Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Schadenfreude. Could I have the language of origin? German. Definition? A feeling of enjoyment that comes from seeing or hearing about the troubles of other people. Could you use it in a sentence? Alex Carson had a feeling of schadenfreude upon hearing that his favorite soccer team’s manager had been fired. In a general sense, schadenfreude
Kitty Baker | Tuesday, September 9, 2014
On a Saturday morning in June, I sat watching football (or as Americans call it, soccer) with my father. He sat on the edge of our sofa while I perched concernedly next to him, avidly observing the flash of white jersey as players crossed back and forth, passing the comet-like ball between them in a