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Soccer
May 19, 2014
Danny Vinik
FIFA Needs to Take the 2022 World Cup Away from Qatar. Now.
May 12, 2014
Marc Tracy
How Major League Soccer Can Beat the English Premier League in America: Embrace Its Inner Brooklyn
With a new TV deal, the league is ready for almost-primetime
May 11, 2014
David Thomson
Ninety-Six People Were Crushed to Death at a Soccer Game in 1989
The sport was changed forever
October 3, 2013
Marc Tracy
How to Love Soccer: Hit the Bar at 7:45 A.M., Says U.S. Federation President
May 24, 2013
Marc Tracy
Gus Johnson Won't Ruin Soccer
Americans aren't yet sold on the sport. The Fox broadcaster is just the salesman it needs.
May 10, 2013
Aleksandar Hemon
The Alex Ferguson Era Won't End With His Retirement
His legacy is Manchester United itself
April 25, 2013
Marc Tracy
We Are Addicted to Football. It's Time for Rehab.
April 23, 2013
Aleksandar Hemon
The Biggest Ego in Professional Sports
The amazing and infuriating career of Real Madrid's Jose Mourinho
February 26, 2013
Noah Davis
Why Pelé's Cosmos Were the Best and Worst Thing to Happen to American Soccer
The Brazilian star's shadow still looms over the MLS
February 18, 2013
Geoffrey Wheatcroft
The Geopolitics of Cheating
Soccer's fixing epidemic is a symptom of a much bigger problem.
January 31, 2013
Anna Badkhen
Mali Burns, Malians Shrug
The fighting hits Timbuktu, but soccer's still on television.
April 19, 2010
Aleksandar Hemon
Barca Lounging
December 4, 2009
Eve Fairbanks
Kick Start
June 19, 2006
Franklin Foer
How Governments Nurture Soccer
Want to predict this year’s World Cup winner? Here’s the secret.

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