Well Struck: Previously Well Struck
Tim Vickery: The wonder of Chivas making the Copa Libertadores final
Is Wayne Rooney already too old?
Left Back in the Changing Room’s 11 most pivotal English soccer moments
Futfanatico: EPL preview if the teams were rap artists
Zonal Marking: When three-man back lines go bad
What’s the greenest soccer stadium in the world?
The strangest, possibly most wonderful soccer film ever
James Hamilton’s 11 most pivotal English football moments
Tim Vickery on the importance of derbies in South America
World Cup College: England’s tension between neo-realism and Hobbes’ mechanism
Zonal Marking’s 23-man all-World Cup-side
Soccer Spieler dares look back to name the real Group of Death
Tim Vickery’s advice to Brazil: Hire Leonardo and start attacking
Isn’t it time to take down the World Cup flags?
Said & Done wraps the World Cup: Jack Warner’s noose, how many teachers executive hospitality costs in South Africa would have employed, and the best FIFA expenses ever claimed
Watford Academy: Jockeys + ballet + school = the envy of Europe
Sleep well, Minus the Shooting and World Cup College — you will be missed
Neil W. Blackmon: Normalizing the Thierry Henry signing
Football Management: England’s early World Cup exit boosted English tourism, and other deceptive correlations
This just in: The decline, fall and remaining prostrate of World Cup TV punditry
WSC: In defense of card-waving (sort of)
Zonal Marking’s final World Cup final analysis begins: basic shapes and pressing
Tom Dunmore on the example rugby is setting for soccer on dealing with homophobia
The history of the U-20 Women’s World Cup…now on in Germany
The sOccket ball: Play and plug
James Hamilton asks: What is the connection between poverty and skill on the ball?
Jennifer Doyle and Jason Davis: Is the new Nike ad thanking the USMNT sexist?
Andrew Guest: Stumbling on African voices and views at the World Cup
Jennifer Doyle: Germany still remembers Enke
Why China lags in soccer: A roundtable
Daniel Alarcón on Hand of God II and the tragic luster of Gyan’s second penalty kick
Tim Vickery: The emotional immaturity of Maradona and Dunga
Stefan Fatsis scans the endless horizon of FIFA corruption
Roddy Doyle: England in 2014 Ha Ha Ha
The Run of Play says: Throw away all skeleton keys
Is Argentina’s style Borgesian?
Jennifer Doyle: Reading the World Cup through Moby Dick
FIFA: Reasons to be thankful
Is everyone who appeared in “Write the Future” now cursed?
Jason Davis: Bad referees and the casual fan — on a collision course
Said & Done, Week Two, World Cup: What Sepp Blatter refuses to RT; how JP Morgan predicted England to take it all
The Global Game defends Koman Coulibaly and the impossibility of refereeing
Simon Kuper: Brazil football is like a tribute act
Geoff Shandler/The Goal Post: How John Harkes is killing US soccer
Jennifer Doyle: FIFA’s missed chance to intervene against homophobia
Andrew Guest: Power, vuvuzelas and the invention of tradition
James Lawton: FIFA’s Big Brother act is crumbling
Ben Wallace-Wells/The Goal Post: Why the World Cup beats the Champions League
Pitch Invasion: Why you can’t measure U.S. interest in soccer on the USMNT World Cup ratings
Treasons, Strategems and Spoils: Does schoolmaster Capello just need more time to teach his lessons?
Futfanatico player-rates the US-Slovenia match as if players were microorganisms
Fair Play: Why Vincent Enyeama’s going places
Jonathan Wilson: Mexico, New Zealand and North Korea break the mold
Pitch Invasion: USA uses World Cup 2018 big as a bargaining chip to get 2022
Move over, vuvuzela: Here’s the inflatable Korean clapper
Where the vuvuzela doesn’t reach
Have Britain’s anti-hooliganism laws gone too far?
Tim Vickery: Is Argentina for real?
Sid Lowe’s lit review of Spain’s “lesson in humility”
Organizational culture and national identity in soccer
FIFA now banning anti-Hicks/Gillett banners
Tim Vickery: Is Brazil already in trouble?
Is the vuvuzela just another FIFA import to South Africa?
Tim Vickery: Why euphoria about early results in the World Cup leads to crashing and burning
Even award-winning literary quarterlies are blogging from South Africa now
Pitch Invasion: Where are the goals?
The Jabulani: Consistent ball, inconsistent players
There are two kinds of people I can’t stand: Those who are intolerant of other cultures, and the (arrogant) Dutch
Jason Gay: Let the vuvuzela blow!
Why all right-minded folk should be rooting for Ghana even more (HT: When Saturday Comes)
Said and Done on the World Cup: Coca-Cola and Yahoo shortchange South Africa; if Argentina wins, the winning goal-scorer gets anal sex; FIFA is a charity?
How African is the “African choir” in the ESPN World Cup anthem?
What if it were women’s teams playing in this World Cup draw?
Futfanatico: Rating USMNT players as astronomical bodies
England-USA: The Starks told you they were the most overrated squads in the Cup
What certain USMNT players are playing for
The USMNT: Too much humility?
England: The stages of grief
Zonal Marking’s six fringe players to watch this Cup
A writer’s dilemma: Cool to soccer, hot for the World Cup
Zakumi versus old school World Cup mascots: A soccermetrical analysis
Top bloggers pick the World Cup winner
How the Gaetjans family feels about Mr. Altidore (HT: Soccer Politics)
Eerie parallels between Mexico 1986 and South Africa 2010
When Toronto was a soccer superpower
Spain=Apple: If World Cup teams were corporations
32 World Cup players to watch: Tom Williams’ full, excellent scouting reports.
The Jabulani conforms: So please shut up about it
Everything you’ve heard about Johannesburg is wrong
Match Fit USA’s Formula XI: USA loses in the quarters, in the top 5 by 2022
Mario Balotelli: On ghosts, religion, and how long can he be alone before freaking out
Don’t bother telling people that soccer is better than other sports
German MNT starts to sing the national anthem
Pythagoras says: Red Bulls overrated, all other MLS teams about where they are
Analytics for the World Cup: There’s an app for that
If Fuck You, Penguin covered the World Cup
Not available online: The Portage zine
FC St. Pauli: Like that “Mad Men” episode where Don Draper smokes pot with the hippies
Why the Glazer’s talk of “fully committed” and “not for sale” is just foreplay
Martin Samuel: Will Platini’s plan actually reinforce European club inequality?
Why England’s World Cup songs had to end
Andrew Guest’s resources for an African World Cup
Whom to root for when your second favorite country no longer exists
mlssoccer.com, two months in: “painfully exasperating,” “subpar,” “far to go”
Can the Five Pound Football Club succeed where MyFC failed?
World Cup. Milwaukee. Games on.
Why Ban Ki-Moon, the International Criminal Court, and victims of conflict in Africa will be playing a little match
Sex for World Cuppers: Myth, science and George Best
Why even Togo versus South Korea stops the world’s spinning
Belgium: It’s just easier to hate France
Greece: Why tactical nous won’t be enough
Spain: Everything is too perfect
Mourinho is good-looking…and that’s important
Lucio: From hothead to force of nature
The secret to Steve McClaren’s success
A short history of contemporary violence at PSG
Total Football, Dutch architecture, “space” in The Netherlands, Barthes, Levi-Strauss, Lacan
Manchester United: Suddenly one-dimensional
How the Bradford Fire marked the beginning of the end for English football’s decline
The latest bad investment fad among sportsmen: Hair replacement
Wallace & Gromit: The Hand of Dog
Said & Done: The 2009-10 Awards
Podcasts of Eduardo Galeano reading from Soccer in Sun and Shadow
Dashiell Hammettt on Chelsea-Wigan
2011: Will the Benitez Era seem like a golden age?
Final Pythagorean for EPL: Chelsea still wins! (But how did Wigan stay up?)
Didier Drogba just can’t let Marseille go
Not the usual “Why Tottenham Have Failed Again” piece
Simply the worst portrait of a soccer player, ever
USA 1950: It was complicated
Why politicians should keep their dirty mitts away from the game
Tom Meagher calls for a new delivery model for soccer news
Further Football’s Premier League 2009-10 tactical review
Russia: Where English football hooliganism lives
When Northeast England lost its mojo
The World Cup Trophy now has a Louis Vuitton case
Tulevik Viljandi: Antidote for the boring team badge
A day in the life of Yael Averbuch, Sky Blue FC: living at home, driving 2001 Honda with 120,000 miles, happy as a clam
A P/E valuation for fantasy soccer
Is Blikkiesdorp the District 9 of World Cup 2010? Maybe.
An interactive rival to Bill’s Sports Maps
Reasons to keep Mourinho away from Man Utd
The most boring side in history?
Refunds: Nice idea…but where would it end?
Liverpool/Everton: The Siamese stadia plan
Recorded human history now has a new lightest boot ever
We always thought CR9 was a little stiff
A sexy soccer bar grows in Brooklyn
Why the 39th fixture must be stopped
Your new Oceania Champions League champions: Papua New Guinea’s Hekari United
An uncompromising new ad campaign for WPS
A complete list of pre-Cup friendlies
I have to admit, I needed this: US World Cup Soccer history, 1930-1950
On the 12th anniversary of the suicide of the only openly gay British professional player…not much has changed regarding football’s homophobia
It’s not your father’s favorite rap band’s Compton anymore…and it needs some soccer fields
Sepp Watch: Greatest denial ever; taste in bling
Nike stops short of body painting to sell the new USMNT jersey
Tim Vickery’s Brazil Serie A preview: Part 1 and Part 2
Was Mourinho that smart — or was Guardiola that dumb?
Guillem Balague’s Sophie’s Choice: Messi or Mourinho?
Why Inter’s run through the Champions League means nothing to Italy
Please understand the word catenaccio before using it
How will Qatar’s air-conditioned, open-air, carbon-neutral World Cup stadia work? (HT: du Nord)
Bill’s Sports Maps does the Copa Libertadores Round of 16
Will the island of Jersey leave FIFA limbo soon?
The awe-inspiringly thorough Chicago Fire Soccer Club Supporters’ Charter (including thorough explanation of the “Stand and Deliver” slogan)
Noel Bailie plays his 1,000th game for Linfield
The Bulgarian Cup, Uriah Heep, Black Sabbath
Now in the Cruyff doghouse: Ibrahimovic, Mourinho
North Korea: A known soccer quantity
Kofi Annan on the World Cup’s powers to heal and surprise
The accountants handling Portsmouth’s administration tout their relegation turnaround expertise
The UK has its first purpose-built stadium for women’s football
The “I am England” campaign debuts
Parachute payments for the relegated?
Evo Morales scores a hat trick…and then another
Disturbing sacrifices come easily to World Cup title-hungry fans
Mutiny among senior staffers at MUFC (HT: The Andresred Blog)
The World Cup ball: Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose (HT: Scissors Kick)
Imagine Fake Sigi’s reaction to the Sounders’ 3rd kit
Calciopoli returns…and Inter could be next
Why did Aaron Mokoena dress up like a girl?
Amputee football among Angolans injured in that country’s civil war
Protect yourself from malware when watching the World Cup online
Some “off-season” for the Milwaukee Wave
The Bayern win over MUFC — in stop-action Lego
MLS: The head-hunting epidemic
Claude Anelka, ruining yet another club
Trailer for The Two Escobars
Stoichkov: “Only a machine gun can stop Messi”
Why DC United is a steaming pile of poo
What the hell is Fla-Flu?
The best #Messi tweets during Arsenal Deux
An American owner Brits seem to love (HT: du Nord)
Mr. Moneyball admires Mr. Wenger (HT: du Nord)
Now live on your iPhone: The Chicago Red Stars
Developing an alternative McLeish report
Why 3+1=a better tomorrow for Asian football
Why a European Superleague is inevitable
Touting the Champions League: a report from the front lines
The Greek government stops funding the Super League
Are these photos of a World Cup concentration camp?
Roy Keane decides to shut up
Jamaica’s National Stadium is labeled “a death trap” (HT: du Nord)
Your worldwide match-fixing update
The most dysfunctional club in Europe
For your cubicle: A World Cup 2010 wall chart
Why the USA needs Match of the Day
Red Bull Arena: Louder than an airplane
Barcelona ’08-’09: The second-best team of the decade?
Three ways to make the Europa League better/good/worth caring about/slightly more interesting than “Frontline”
How Sir Alex is winning his war against the BBC (and the secret weapon he’s used to do it)
The exceedingly odd Lincoln Ladies FC logo (HT: Pitch Invasion)
You wish someone could rein in football spending. Be careful what you wish for.
Don’t look now, but here comes Uruguay!
South African airline continues to mock FIFA’s World Cup licensing stranglehold
Four reasons why you don’t want the F.A. chief executive job
The 5 worst EPL stadiums for away fans
The Red Knights have been good for Man Utd’s bond price
Calm down — your 2010 World Cup stickers will be here shortly
Is indoor soccer dead?
Bolton’s cheerleading uniforms = Anti-Kickette
Break up Durham City! They win to go 1-0-27
Strike? The lowest-paid players in MLS players (they already undoubtedly have second jobs)
If “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” were a VISA World Cup ad
For once and for all, here are the 5 real reasons NASL went under
Plans for Gary Neville’s green Mini Me headquarters hit a snag
Canadian cultural history, through soccer
When England banned women from playing football (video circa 1921)
New study: Black and mixed-race players commit more fouls…but are booked less than whites
If you had Rio to get Becks’ shirt, your $1 is now $7
The music you should be listening to when you go to WC 2010
An American encounters the very post-modern Gillette Soccer Saturday
Here’s the only non-FIFA man in the world who thinks FIFA got the goal-line tech call right
CR9 remakes ‘The Lady from Shanghai’ ending — alas, without Rita Hayworth
The Voice of God does Tampa Bay Rowdies highlights
The 1973 England-Poland classic gets what it always lacked: a classical music soundtrack
How the new Melbourne Heart FC crowdsourced its name…but stumbled on its logo
Desperation for a glimpse at Fox Soccer Plus HD approaches iPad-like levels
5 questions to ask your club’s owners (when you see them next at the pub)
A rather dangerous corner kick (complete with riot police)
Why Brazil’s referees now carry thermometers
Forget pitch invasions — home invasions strike the EPL (and not always when you’re on the road!)
Joan LaPorta: Gràcies a tots pel vostre suport
Why the paradinha could be the scourge of the World Cup
The Man Utd grassrooters hire Obama’s online gurus to help their tea party
The World Cup: Bad for animal welfare
Does the bond market think Manchester United is for sale?
Decline of the Press, Exhibit 10,987: Did Ashley Cole say “F***ing hell, my life is ruined” or “Just **** off, my life has been ruined” or “F*** off – you’re scum, you’ve ruined my life”?
Let’s get our new car loan from Portsmouth FC
Is this new Pepsi/World Cup ad cute, or culturally condescending? (At least to short Argentine strikers?)
One play, three defenders down
Defending your Women’s Professional Soccer crown? Do 10 pull-ups, 50 head juggles, 100 volleys off the wall, bench press your weight — then watch Chuck
Norris. Repeat daily.
When Africanized bees attack a football match (starts at about 1:12; the exterminator arrives at 2:50)
Even sickly Chernobyl children root for Arsenal
Man Utd. as the Green Bay Packers (right down to the green and gold)?
Anybody up for a road trip to Tom Tomsk?
Craven Cottage has a neutrals’ section — and no, no one gets hurt
The soccer ball of the future: a chameleon with an onboard camera (watch out, Thierry Henry)
Jens Lehmann: teacher, mother, secret lover
Possibly the most beautiful (which is possibly a code word) boots ever
