All About The Beautiful Game
Charles Erb For the first time in decades, Turkish soccer is witnessing significant change. The Süper Lig—Turkey’s top tier of soccer—has long been dominated by three clubs. The winningest of them is Galatasaray, who have won 22 league titles. Next is Fenerbahçe, who have won the league 19 times, followed by Besiktas with 16. All these clubs … Read more
For decades, CONCACAF, (the Confederation of North, Central America, and Caribbean Association Football), has been dominated by two sides. Mexico is the winningest side, with three CONCACAF Championships and a further eight Gold Cups. The other is the United States, with seven Gold Cup trophies. Canada is the only other nation to have won the … Read more
In 2012, a young Italian footballer of Moroccan descent started to attract attention from all over the world. Hachim Mastour, a skilled midfielder with incredible footwork, was impressing in youth tournaments and his highlight reels were going viral. Social media and the internet spread clips like wildfire, and Mastour had the world at his feet. … Read more
The Chilean team has fallen on hard times lately. Despite having won the Copa America in 2015 and 2016, Chile has failed to qualify for the last two World Cups. Many of the nation’s stars are now past their prime, too: Alexis Sanchez, Claudio Bravo, and Arturo Vidal have a combined age of 107. To … Read more
When college athletes turn professional, most opt to enter drafts with hopes of playing for a professional team. In the United States, this is a huge deal. American football’s draft regularly has millions of viewers, while yesterday’s NBA Draft saw tons follow via social media. Even baseball and hockey drafts get a lot of interest, … Read more
When Benfica faced Famalicão towards the end of the Primeira Liga season, many expected an easy win for the Lisbon-based side. Benfica was on a roll—they had just defeated rivals Sporting Lisbon and tied Liverpool, and only had one league loss since February. Attackers Darwin Nunez and Goncalo Ramos were both taking the league by … Read more
On September 5th, 2020, Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers shattered their club record transfer with the signing of Portuguese talent Fábio Silva. Silva, a product of the famed FC Porto academy, was seen as a player with tremendous potential. Still, eyebrows were raised when Wolves paid £35 million to secure his services. Silva undoubtedly had … Read more
Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Henrik Larsson. Gunnar Nordahl. Sweden has a long history of producing talented attackers, and more Swedish attackers are tearing up leagues all over Europe. However, there’s one player that fans should be more excited to see than any other: 18-year old sensation Williot Swedberg. Swedberg isn’t like those other attackers. For a starter, … Read more
The Championship season is officially over following Nottingham Forest’s victory over Huddersfield Town. Nottingham are back in the Premier League for the first time since 1999, and will join Bournemouth and Fulham in promotion. The fact is, the Premier League is a very difficult league to stay in. Two of the three clubs relegated this … Read more
Real Madrid came out as 1-0 victors over Liverpool in the Champions League Final thanks to some heroics from goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois and winger Vinicius. Real have now won the Champions League a record 14 times. However, the events that unfolded before kickoff overshadows the final result. The match initially was delayed for fifteen minutes … Read more