The Run of Play is a blog about the wonder and terror of soccer.
We left the window open during a match in October 2007 and a strange wind blew into the room.
Now we walk the forgotten byways of football with a lonely tread, searching for the beautiful, the bewildering, the haunting, and the absurd.
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Brian Phillips
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The End 7
Watching the 1977 Soccer Bowl, Pelé’s last competitive game.
Seeing Pelé 8
Alan Jacobs on the invisible Grand Canyon.
Announcing Pelé Week 10
It’s time we took pity on this sadly neglected star.
Is Pelé Underrated? 31
When was the last time you looked up his highlight clips?
Liverpool As England 9
With the additions of Joe Cole and Roy Hodgson, Liverpool are getting English.
Inner Life of Fernando Torres 8
Swing low, sweet chariot.
Those Who Strive 13
The Run of Play goes on vacation. Plus: How to build an audience on the internet.
Compound Interest 36
This World Cup was a lot of things. Boring was not one of them.
There and Back Again 7
A tiny post about New Zealand, and a final World Cup link.
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Brooklyn Asylum F.C.
A serial novel about American soccer in the 1920s.
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Pro Vercelli
The year-long saga of history’s greatest Football Manager team.
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Portraits
Player is a player is a player is a player.
Latest: Inner Life of Fernando Torres
Adventures of Vandal-prone
An American soccer fan abroad, sometimes even in his own country.
Latest: Nitemare in Philadelphia
Magic. Murder. Insanity. Football. The flaming bones of time.
Latest: On Death and Youth
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