Bye Bye Brazil
Without Thiago Silva, this is what Brazil’s defense looked like: Scolari’s team is finished. The question for Brazil is...
Category: Soccer Culture
The Future of Ball Design
The future of ball design according to Pratt Institute Architecture Professor and designer Haresh Lalvani:
Can Croatia Shock Brazil?
The Croatian team manager Niko Kovac thinks so. With two Brazilians on the Croatian team along with the soccer...
Scolari’s Spy? “Ronaldinho” crashes Messi’s party in Belo Horizonte
A Ronaldinho look-alike pays Messi a surprise visit as the Argentinian team practice in Belo Horizonte: Read all about...
Can the Best Players Save the World from FIFA?
This is the best example of satirical advertising ever. Just in time for the World Cup, Samsung unintentionally unleashes...
Blatter faces the music at last…
Video footage of Blatter facing the music at last…. After having FIFA dance to his tune for 4 consecutive...
John Oliver on FIFA
John Oliver’s brilliant tragi-comic take on FIFA’s preparations for World Cup 2014, bribery allegations, corruption etc.
The Tragedy of Garrincha
This first genius of Brazilian soccer…
Clint Dempsey: Can the US get past the Group of Death?
The scary thing is that he’s going to have to play like this every time he gets the ball....
Why Soccer is The World’s Religion
This advertisement taps into the mythic and religious significance of soccer that we don’t see everyday. It’s something that...
Jorge Ramos: “Yes, Brazil Is Ill-Prepared. No, It Will Not Matter.”
Jorge Ramos is, in our opinion, the best news anchor on US television today. He’s asking the tough questions...
The SoccerBlog.com Nominee for Official World Cup Song 2014
Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) by Bob Marley & The Wailers Them belly full, but we hungry A...
Paper Planes: The highlight of England vs. Peru?
Blair Valentine could get in trouble for this, but he’s got better aim than Rooney!
Rolling Stone: The Great Divide in Brazilian Soccer
Rolling Stone magazine goes in deep to investigate the roots of violence in Brazilian soccer. So here’s the picture...
Eric Cantona: FIFA, Corruption & Brasil
Eric Cantona exposes the farce that is FIFA:
FIFA International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
FIFA commemorates the 6th of April as the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace and puts its...
Blatter talks tough to dirty divers
Blatter has cracked the whip and let it be in known in no uncertain terms that he will not...
Blatter is busy as a bee
Sepp has been keeping himself very busy.His latest is an appeal to authorities in Iran to allow women to...
Everton’s moving tribute to the Hillsborough 96
A moving tribute by the Toffees to remember the 96 fallen before the Newcastle game. To the Everton fans...
Messi off the bench scores a brace as Barca beat Getafe, 4-1
Adriano gets the Blaugranas started after Cesc Fabregas does all the brilliant spadework. Well into the second half, Pedro...
Real Madrid lose again this time to Sevilla, 0-1
Piotr Trochowski’s majestically swept in half volley following a corner in the 2nd minute was the game winner. “Sad”...
Manchester City held to a standstill by Stoke, 1-1
Peter Crouch must have committed about five handballs before scoring but the referee failed to spot even a single...
Queens Park Rangers hold off Chelsea, 0-0
Not exactly Chelsea’s best match. There was no Juan Mata but there was plenty of Frank Lampard which does...
Anton Ferdinand vs John Terry (and Ashley Cole): No handshake
He won in court and now he wants his handshake too? Anton Ferdinand snubbed John Terry and a bit...
Utd’s old and new post an impressive victory over Wigan, 4-0
Danny Welbeck is a diver. His acting abilities earned Utd an penalty. So it was justice served when Chicharito...
Six gun salute for the Gunners as they sweep Saints, 6-1
szólj hozzá: Arsenal vs Southampton 6:1 MOTD The only imperfection in an otherwise perfect outing for the Gunners was...
Four Arsenal legends found Southampton a lucky charm: Will Oliver Giroud?
It took Thierry Henry eight matches to open his scoring account for Arsenal, a period so fraught with self...
An oldie but a goodie: David Brent on football management
Being: Liverpool is a FSC documentary with the first episode to be aired this Sunday, the 16th. There are...
Abou Diaby will not play Saints, Sagna and Wenger patch up
Arsene Wenger has opted for caution following Abou Diaby’s niggling hip injury sustained against Finland last Friday. He most...
Barcelona’s 2013-14 away kit to sport colours of Catalonian flag
The Bars of Aragon, part of the Catalonian flag will feature in the 2013-14 kit Two days ago, a...
Boris Johnson apologizes for his 2004 Spectator hit piece
The Hillsborough Panel’s report exposing a systematic and pernicious police cover up has in its aftermath generated a growing...
Ivan Gazidis redefines Arsenal success
There are many ways one can define success, especially in this football era which clearly divides the haves from...
The Sun’s Dominic Mohan apologizes for “The Truth”
The editor of The Sun, Dominic Mohan says, “we’re deeply ashamed and profoundly sorry”. At the background you can...
David Cameron’s Hillsborough disaster statement and apology
The panel finds that a total of 41 people out of 96 “had the potential to be saved” beyond...
David Cameron apologizes for Hillsborough tragedy cover up
Kelvin Mackenzie, the editor of The Sun whose infamous “The Truth” laid blame on the fans Twenty three years...
World Cup qualifiers: Mexico qualify for the hex beating Costa Rica, 1-0
Mexico at the Azteca Stadium beat Costa Rica through a Javier Hernandez header in the 60th minute. With a...
World Cup qualifiers: Even Andy Murray can’t lift Scotland over Macedonia, 1-1
The giddy highs of Andy Murray winning yesterday at the US Open gave way to the more familiar struggle...
World Cup qualifiers: Spain start their campaign beating Georgia, 1-0
World Cup champions Spain had to eke out an 85th minute goal by Roberto Soldado to get past Georgia...
World Cup qualifiers: Gomez’s free kick secures USA’s must win over Jamaica, 1-0
The first half was a virtual lockdown of Jamaica in their own half as the USA created a blistering...
World Cup qualifiers: England leave it late against Ukraine, 1-1
Yevhen Konoplianka at 22 years of age is a marked man. Marked by bigger clubs who sat up and...
World Cup qualifiers: USA face a must win situation against Jamaica
Clint Dempsey once again will lead the attacking The USA sit behind Jamaica in Group A, tied for second...
Women’s U20 World Cup final: USA beats Germany, 1-0 to lift third title
Kealia Ohai scores the game winner in the 44th minute following great work down the right flank by full...
World Cup qualifiers: Messi and Argentina overcome Paraguay, 3-1
Leo Messi continues his incandescent national form which can only be good for Argentina’s World Cup chances. The little...
World Cup qualifiers: Belgium’s big men beat Wales, 2-0
Vincent Kompany’s inch perfect header and Jan Vertonghen’s sizzling free kick provided the scoring highlights. This might be the...
World Cup qualifiers: Mexico ease past Costa Rica, 2-0
Veteran Carlos Salcido and Jesus Zavala take advantage of some shoddy defending on set pieces to send the Ticos...
World Cup qualifiers: Jamaica beat USA for the first time, 2-1
The USA celebrated a historical win over Mexico beating them for the first time in Mexico about three weeks...
World Cup qualifiers: England crush hapless Moldova, 5-0
Frank Lampard collects a brace from a spot kick and a header. Jermain Defoe combines with Alex Oxlade –...
World Cup qualifiers: USA with key absences take on Jamaica
No Landon Donovan or Michael Bradley The USA return to World Cup qualifications today with their match against Jamaica...
More Viggo Mortensen: Simeone would give Mourinho a good kicking
Lets face it. The actor who played Aragorn is not a fan of the Real Madrid manager. He was...
Bacary Sagna prepares the ground for his final year
More proof that Alex Song’s departure was not because he was a disruptive locker room presence but governed by...
Pia Sundhage steps down from US Women’s national team
Pia Sundhage returns to Sweden Caught in the midst of angst and anxiety of Arsenal getting on board with...
Wayne Rooney slows down
He doesn’t have hair, he’s fat, he doesn’t score ” Then I remember – I drank a few bevvies...
Third party ownership casts a shadow over failed Moutinho deal
When is a deal between two clubs not a straight deal? When it involves a third party. Spurs found...
Cristiano Ronaldo: I, Narcissus
“You’ll never stop loving me, will you, oh beautiful reflection?” ‘Tis not about the money. Cristiano Ronaldo feels unloved...