Analysis: Asian World Cup Qualifiers (Part 1 of 2)

iran soccer World Cup qualifier

Soccer is well and truly back, and World Cup qualifiers will soon be back as well. I’ve already written about the African World Cup qualifiers, which you can find here and here. The Asian World Cup qualifiers are the next to return, so I am going to review these groups over two parts. It’s currently … Read more

Championship Playoff Analysis

Swansea City

Well, Brentford have blown it. The team were on an eight-game winning streak, and needed only two points to pass West Brom and achieve automatic promotion. Both matches were against relegation candidates, Stoke City and Barnsley. Brentford lost both, ending its bid to advance without doing more. Now, Brentford are in the promotion playoffs and … Read more

The Soccer Goal Ballon d’Or Winner Is…

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In a previous post, I asked you all to vote for who should have won the Ballon d’Or since it will not be awarded this year. In the end it was a race between two people, which is probably what would have happened in the real awards. Here are the rankings: T-3: Ciro Immobile, 33 … Read more

Best Young Free Agents: Where Should They Go?

angel gomes Manchester United

I have previously written an article about the five best available free agents (here). That list contains the likes of Chelsea forward Willian and Manchester City forward David Silva, but for many teams, especially those fighting for promotion or those, like Leeds United, who have just earned promotion, younger players are key. In this article, … Read more

Who Should Have Won The Ballon d’Or?

ballon dor soccer award

The Ballon D’Or is perhaps the most prestigious individual award in the game of soccer. It’s the award for best player in the world in all competitions, and has been won six times by Lionel Messi, five times by Cristiano Ronaldo and other famous players have also won the award, which is given out yearly. … Read more

Analysis: African World Cup Qualifiers (Part 2 of 2)

Morocco soccer World Cup

Despite the fact that Africa is a huge continent, the national teams have yet to shine on a world stage. No African nation has ever reached the World Cup semifinals, with Ghana coming the closest in 2010 with a quarter-final penalty shootout loss. However, Africa has enough successful soccer teams to have ten groups of … Read more

Analysis: African World Cup Qualifiers (Part 1 of 2)

Nigeria soccer team 2018 World Cup

FIFA has officially announced the 2022 FIFA World Cup’s start date, which will be November 21, 2022. The tournament will take place in late fall to early winter, since the tournament will take place in the heat of Qatar. This means that World Cup Qualifiers need to get underway quickly, and qualifiers all around the … Read more

Assessing Premier League Relegation Candidates

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After a crazy three months, the Premier League has finally returned. The season returned on June 17th, and it took no time at all for controversy to strike. The ball appeared the cross the goal line in Villa goalkeeper Ørjan Nyland’s hands, but the goal line technology failed to detect a goal,  and the game … Read more

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