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.
EDITOR
Brian Phillips
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Zach Dundas, Fredorrarci, Alan Jacobs, Supriya Nair, Richard Whittall
1-1
England-USA was a draw for America, not a win. And that’s better.
How to Lose to America
A letter to England from a Canadian hockey fan.
Cometh the Hour
The World Cup and the end of the world.
B.A.F.C.: 1.09
Conclusion of Beauclair’s speech. Jimmy makes his choice.
B.A.F.C. 1.08: Murder!
Shocking news from the New York Sentinel on the death of Dr. Edgar Eiffel.
American Breakfast
Reading USA Today with a pair of World Cup holdouts.
Omnibus of Allies
World Cup links, news, notes, updates, apocrypha, miscellany, and scrapbooks.
The Shepherd
Will Levinger on Didier Drogba’s World Cup.
On Hatred and American Soccer
Casey Wiley on dreams, anger, and why he supports the USMNT.
