So I got this idea. Instead of writing brilliant and clever posts concerning the sport of soccer, I will read other brilliant and clever posts on said sport. Then, using a device I call a “lynk”, I will post a “lynk” to these posts which you can follow for your own reading enjoyment. I [...]

People always stop me on the street and ask – why haven’t you written anything clever about Diego Maradona in so long? Before I can respond, one of my guardaespaldas, normally Brunito, a 6′5 robust man of Senegalese descent, throws them into a dumpster.
But the other day, while laughing at this poor man in [...]

Hello, fellow Americans. Have you ever heard of “Teletext”? Me neither. Think Atari graphics meets the ESPN gamecast, but twice as slow and cool.
Sadly, this technology is going the way of the dodo due to your love of Apple. No, not the guy sitting next to you. YOU. This is YOUR fault. And what [...]

So, my tongue & cheek series on the African World Cup has taken a grisly turn – the horrific incident in Togo. I am still in a state of shock, sadness, and solidarity: my prayers are with the Togo players, their families, friends, and loved ones.
However, while some have asked my thoughts, I defer to [...]

For those of you aficionados of cinema, Eusebio at Uno o Dos Toques has attempted valiantly to answer a very basic question: why do football movies inevitably suck? Eusebio looks at films from all walks of sport, and also has a few fantastic Spanish language films listed from the Di Stefano era. My favorite, Las [...]

So, you brushed off your espanol with last week’s thievery post, but now I have a bit of hazy-maze-puzzle for you. A feminist friend sent me a link lamenting that a women footy club in Naquera, Spain, faced with severe financial difficulties, did the unthinkable – they pulled off a Brandi Chastain…in calendar form.
Allegedly, the [...]

Johny Terry, the face of Chelsea, has grown one humongous zit. The News of the World allegedly paid him and a known ticket scalper 10,000 pound for a private tour of the club’s training ground without the club’s permission. Still, as someone who routinely used the JCCC gym without paying, along with 50% of the [...]

So, a quick glance at ESPN Soccernet showed an interesting headline. Interesting, that is to say, for all the wrong reasons. Or perhaps the right reasons? Take a quick glance…

Did you catch the ugly duckling? Or rather, did you see the scintillating swan? Fourth from the top. Allow me to elucidate on this incredibly complex [...]

You speak a little Spanish and wanna hang with the big boys of South America? I suggest reading Futbol y Asociados, who focus on Ecuador but pretty much cover the whole continent. Alejo dug up a pretty delicious tale of government corruption, futbol, and fan hassling, all revolving around one national id card…

Jack Bell of the NYTimes found a pretty cool fact about the 1950 World Cup…
“India was invited by FIFA — what a quaint notion — to participate but declined because its team was forbidden to play in bare feet.”
I wonder if that would happen 50 years later. Of course, now that the winner of the [...]