In the second of our series on ultras in unusual places (see the first on a group of English ultras here), we look at the first ultras group in Egypt, founded just this year but already responsible for a series of remarkable choreographed displays. They support Al-Ahly, the side from Cairo, Egypt who are perhaps [...]
“One man’s defection is another’s stepping stone to heroism,” Rob Hughes says, as he explores those who cross borders and play football on the other side. Could Maykel Galindo, the Cuban defector plying his trade with success in MLS, end up representing the U.S.? Will Fifa bar the Iraqi defectors to Australia from playing in [...]
This is a first in a series on the hosting candidates for the 2018 World Cup.
Perhaps the least impressive of the three likely European bids (England and Russia being the others) at first glance, the Benelux bid should still be taken seriously.
After all, they have the delights of Total Football and Belgian beer going for [...]
And so it ended, with Steve McClaren standing inane and inert underneath what Simon Barnes aptly called an “enormous and comic umbrella”. It will symbolise his failure, just as a turnip did for Graham Taylor.
As Dave Warner satirically put it, “The Croatian victory, which effectively eliminated England from qualifying for the EURO 2008 Championship, [...]
Remarkably, Israel have just beaten Russia 2-1 in Tel Aviv. So it’s now quite possible England will sneak into next summer’s European Championships after all, and the last week of handwringing over the quality of England’s footballers will be forgotten and replaced by gibberish about the “golden generation”.
Then we’ll lose on penalty kicks in the [...]
Ian at 200percent has been one of the most vocal online critics of myfootballclub.co.uk. Today he’s been looking in detail at their legal documents, and raises some questions. I’m not sure any of them are “killer” but I think it’s very valuable there are people like Ian questioning this venture seriously, and we need [...]
Wow. A day into launching their website and not long after announcing they’d be MLS’ fifteenth (current) team, Seattle have already sold over 3,000 season ticket deposits at $50 each. Outstanding start: maybe having an FAQ in Afrikaans is the key to MLS marketing.
U.S. Soccer are currently running their 2007 “best of” awards. Go vote for your favourite goal, performance, bar, blog, etc.
Youth soccer is huge in America. Simply huge. MLS isn’t. TopDrawer soccer considers why St. Louis might be the best choice as MLS’ sixteenth franchise, by putting the two together for the good of the American game. Meantime, the other candidate, Philadelphia, has a hold-up.
