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Why Can’t the USMNT Win Over More Hispanic-American Fans?
And why does it have to keep playing key qualifiers in places like Ohio?
Nov 9, 2021
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Leander Schaerlaeckens
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How a Tifo Gets Made
A picture-by-picture account of how Cloud 9, the supporters group for NJ/NY Gotham FC of the NWSL, made its amazing Headless Horsewoman tifo on Sunday.
Nov 2, 2021
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Leander Schaerlaeckens
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October 2021
How Not to Go Broke in Professional Sports
Amobi Okugo didn’t know how to manage his wealth. Now he’s teaching other athletes what he's learned.
Oct 26, 2021
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Leander Schaerlaeckens
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And Then a 13-Year-Old Entered the Game…
Real Salt Lake prodigy Axel Kei made his professional debut at an even younger age than Freddy Adu. Now what?
Oct 19, 2021
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Leander Schaerlaeckens
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Soccer Viewers Are Exactly as Biased as You Thought They Were
Some remarkable new research shows just how much our preconceived notions on race and gender skew our perception of the game.
Oct 12, 2021
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Leander Schaerlaeckens
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How an International Soccer Match Gets Made
It's wildly complicated. So here's an 8-step guide to scheduling your very own international friendly.
Oct 5, 2021
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Leander Schaerlaeckens
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September 2021
Dutch Soccer Weirdos: Wesley Sneijder
Truly a weirdo.
Sep 28, 2021
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Leander Schaerlaeckens
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Did Foursquare’s Co-Founder Disrupt Lower-League Soccer?
When Dennis Crowley started the Kingston Stockade, he hoped to help fix soccer’s landscape. After five seasons, I caught up with him to find out how…
Sep 21, 2021
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Leander Schaerlaeckens
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Dutch Soccer Weirdos: Louis van Gaal
Part 1 of a new series on weirdos in soccer who are Dutch.
Sep 14, 2021
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Leander Schaerlaeckens
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Meheret FC wants to help Ethiopians live out their soccer dreams
The non-profit, semi-pro club in Addis Ababa is run by an American. But he'd rather not talk about that bit.
Sep 7, 2021
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Leander Schaerlaeckens
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August 2021
Meet the American Running a Soccer Analytics Research Group in Belgium
And let’s learn something about Bayesian approaches to in-game win probabilities while we’re at it.
Aug 31, 2021
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Leander Schaerlaeckens
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The College Team Reinventing College Soccer
For years, USC had no men's soccer team. Now, Trojans FC, a club team more worried about serving the community than the campus, has different ambitions.
Aug 24, 2021
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Leander Schaerlaeckens
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