This World Cup was a lot of things. Boring was not one of them.
July 12, 2010
A tiny post about New Zealand, and a final World Cup link.
July 12, 2010
A defense of Spanish style.
July 10, 2010
Pure white sparks sprayed from the smithy of the World Cup.
July 9, 2010
Alan Jacobs on Spain’s style, Sneijder’s luck, and the irrelevance of total football.
July 9, 2010
Gareth Simpson on the strange feeling of rooting for the favorites.
July 6, 2010
The World Cup quarterfinals, the most delirious two days in soccer.
July 4, 2010
A thought experiment featuring Luis Suárez.
July 3, 2010
The answer is not “be ruled by a dictator.”
July 1, 2010
Is it impossible to be a great soccer player?
June 29, 2010
Alan Jacobs on chance and the identity of the England team.
June 27, 2010
USA-Algeria and the simple, amazing elation of the fan.
June 24, 2010
The futures that raced past during USA-Algeria, and what the late goal meant.
June 24, 2010
A World Cup keepsake book.
June 23, 2010
The failure of Africa and the fall of Europe: two burgeoning World Cup mysteries.
June 22, 2010
What do we mean when we say a referee’s decision is “harsh”?
June 21, 2010
The destruction of France clears the way for the future of football.
June 20, 2010
Alan Jacobs on Koman Coulibaly, Alex Massie, and the Bigger Picture.
June 19, 2010
What does it mean to watch a game that’s already happened? By Ryan O’Hanlon.
June 18, 2010
On the first round of World Cup games, and the salvation of Spain-Switzerland.
June 17, 2010
Watching people watching the World Cup.
June 14, 2010
A World Cup golden treasury.
June 13, 2010
England-USA was a draw for America, not a win. And that’s better.
June 12, 2010
A letter to England from a Canadian hockey fan.
June 11, 2010
The World Cup and the end of the world.
June 10, 2010
World Cup links, news, notes, updates, apocrypha, miscellany, and scrapbooks.
June 7, 2010
Will Levinger on Didier Drogba’s World Cup.
June 7, 2010
Casey Wiley on dreams, anger, and why he supports the USMNT.
June 5, 2010
Astonishingly, North Korea are not the most insular team in the World Cup.
December 5, 2009
USA-England!
December 4, 2009
Time to face facts about the U.S. Men’s National Team’s probable draw.
December 3, 2009
The gods won’t save you.
November 19, 2009
Bringing the terseness of the Lost Generation to bear on the World Cup qualifiers.
September 10, 2009
We’re doing this. Sort of.
August 12, 2009
We’re 500 days from the start of the 2010 World …
January 26, 2009
Remember Lefika Emerging Equity, the company allegedly behind the corruption …
January 24, 2009
Is a major international tournament like the World Cup simply …
January 14, 2009
After two days spent reading about murder and political retribution, …
January 8, 2009
Soccerlens has it, apparently, since they decided that the week …
January 8, 2009
The police are expecting to make arrests soon. They’re also …
January 6, 2009
Jimmy Mohlala, the speaker of the Mbombela municipality in South …
January 5, 2009
Sepp Blatter in Tokyo today on the possibility of moving …
December 15, 2008
Bad news from South Africa yesterday: the country’s sports minister …
December 3, 2008
Two numbers in the news today: (1) South Africa has …
November 26, 2008
By mid-21st century, a team of fully autonomous humanoid robot …
November 7, 2008
Mozambique is hoping to turn its gorgeous beaches and relatively …
November 12, 2007
Tim Modise, the communications director for the 2010 World Cup, …
November 12, 2007
On a slow news day in football (and they’re almost …
October 31, 2007