Who can host the World Cup?

Question came up today on Twitter: We know Russia and Qatar were controversial choices. Who would be a good World Cup host? … More

Why I prefer the Olympics to the World Cup

“So, you getting ready to go to Rio?” asked my dentist. He loves soccer. We often have conversations like this: … More

Can anyone make sense of the new diamond midfield that’s really more of a parallelogram? Today, Zonal Marking and MLSSoccer.com’s … More

For the USA and England, today’s World Cup qualifiers mean games against two of the smallest countries in the world. … More

Time for another Midweek Myriad, also known as “stuff that happened while I was at Disney World.” I’ve saved the … More

Having failed in my effort to explain the World Cup vote using When Harry Met Sally, I’ll now explain it … More

The FIFA World Cup bid process long ago descended into farce long ago. BBC’s long-threatened Panorama investigation, released a couple … More

Journalists are supposed to be skeptical. Actually, all of us should be skeptical but not cynical. Big difference. A cynic … More

Can’t be at your favorite watering hole for a game? Just so enamored of a couple of soccer bloggers that … More

I’m thrilled to see two books on American soccer history being released in the same month. I’m absolutely biased in … More