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
The Proud Legacy of MLS Goes Down in a Swirl of Over-the-Counter Nutritional Supplements
Let’s get this out of the way. 1) The greatest …
Guest Post: A Night in Port-of-Spain
Today’s guest blogger, Andrew Sartorius, is a senior at The …
The Tuesday Portrait: Inner Life of Andrei Arshavin
The Seatbelts – “Tank!”
What Everyone Knows About Newcastle
Oh! H-hello. I didn’t see you there. I’ve been sitting …
What Everyone Knows About Tottenham
Taking a quick glance down the towering inferno of the …
The FIFA World Rankings: A Global Return to Reason
The new FIFA World Rankings are out, and I think …
Could Google Change the Very Name of Football?
If you search it for the word “football,” Google returns …
Links in Nine Dimensions
Read Dave on MLS’s isolationst foreign policy. Read Fredorrarci on …
The Tuesday Portrait: Kaká
Start with his motile, princessy, yielding and absolute face, which …
