The World's Game (According to Us)
Austin KelleyMore than fans of most other sports, soccer fans tend to distinguish between the final score of a match (the result) and the story of the match (the p...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 6, 2009 12:00:00 AM PDTThe World's Game (According to Us)
Austin KelleyThere was a time when the only distinction between us and a world-class soccer player was a brilliant first touch and a garage full of Bentleys. But t...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 29, 2009 12:00:00 AM PDTThe World's Game (According to Us)
Austin KelleySequels, any Hollywood exec will tell you, are money in the bank. Fast & Furious, not to be confused The Fast and the Furious, 2 Fast 2 Furious, or Th...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 22, 2009 12:00:00 AM PDTThe World's Game (According to Us)
Austin KelleyPresident Obama threw his weight behind the U.S. World Cup bid this week with some lovely words about the world's game. "As a child, I played soccer o...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 15, 2009 12:00:00 AM PDTThe World's Game (According to Us)
Austin KelleyOn Monday, U.S. Soccer announced that former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger had joined the U.S. World Cup bid committee. Kissinger, a lifelong soc...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 1, 2009 12:00:00 AM PDTThe World's Game (According to Us)
Austin KelleyAround the globe, club soccer takes a break this week to allow players to switch teammates, tactics and allegiances, and line up for their national te...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 25, 2009 12:00:00 AM PDTThe World's Game (According to Us)
Austin KelleyFive years ago when Jose Mourinho first faced Sir Alex Ferguson in the Champions League, there was a lot of drama off the field of play. The young Por...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 11, 2009 12:00:00 AM PDTThe World's Game (According to Us)
Austin KelleySoccer is arguably the most fashionable of team sports. Just the other day in London, Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink decided to instill team discipline ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 4, 2009The World's Game (According to Us)
Austin KelleyIn 2002, when the United States knocked Mexico out of the World Cup, Mexican President Vicente Fox tried to be reassuring but instead captured the nat...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 11, 2009The World's Game (According to Us)
Austin KelleyRecently, European newspapers and soccer magazines have been, like a group of self-satisfied Chicken Littles, proclaiming the end of an era. The globa...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 4, 2009The World's Game (According to Us)
Austin KelleyAspiring soccer coaches can stop studying motivational techniques and polishing up their team talks. They don't need to send the squad to boot camp wi...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 28, 2009The World's Game According To Us
Austin KelleyOn April 1, 1985, a now-iconic article by George Plimpton appeared in Sports Illustrated, profiling a Mets pitching prospect named Hayden "Sidd" Finch...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 21, 2009The World's Game According To Us: The Seattle Sounders
Austin KelleyThe Seattle Seahawks may have had a miserable 4-12 season this year, but football fans in the Emerald City still have something to look forward to on ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 14, 2009The World's Game (According to Us)
Austin KelleyIn the international soccer calendar, this month is not called "January" but the "European transfer window," a period during the season when European ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 7, 2009The World's Game (According to Us)
Austin KelleyWhen soccer fans reflect on 2008, we're sure the first thing they'll remember fondly is the birth of The World's Game (According to Us), where each we...
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