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3 Players From The U.S. NASL Who Played In The 1982 World Cup
The U.S. men’s national soccer team, with the exception of 2018, have been a regular feature at the FIFA World Cup in recent tournaments. However, the failed to Qualify between 1950 and 1990. Despite this absence, three players from other nations appeared at the finals whilst playing for club’s in the United States, at the…
Read MoreJamaica National Football Team: CONCACAF Gold Cup Preview
Every two years nations from across CONCACAF (the Fifa region including the US, Mexico, and Canada) meet in the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The current iteration of the tournament dates to 1991 when CONCACAF officials canceled the CONCACAF championship. That first Gold Cup was hosted by the United States as they went on to win the…
Read MoreThai League 1 & 2: Introduction To Thailand’s T1 & T2 Football Divisions
Buriram United’s Chang Stadium is the largest in the league, with a capacity of over 32,000. By ::::=UT=:::: – panoramio.com 2, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia There are a total of 16 teams that compete in the Thai League 1, T1 for short, or Toyota Thai League officially, for sponsorship purposes. The total of teams…
Read MoreMinnesota United FC: June 2019 Team Of The Month Profile
Photo of soccer player and coach, Adrian Heath. By Wilson Wong (user: Longbomb) – Own work, CC BY 3.0, Wikipedia While Minnesota United FC is in the just their third season in Major League Soccer, the history of professional soccer in the Twin Cities dates all the way back to 1976. Back in the old…
Read MoreUEFA Europa League Preliminary Round: 2019-2020 Tournament Preview
By Source, Fair use, Wikipedia The 2018-2019 UEFA Europa League came to an end when Chelsea F.C. defeated Arsenal F.C. in the final on the 29th May 2019. Remarkably, just two weeks later preparation was underway for the 2019/20 competition. Many may not know that in addition to the 48 teams that qualify for the…
Read MoreThe Loughborough Dynamo Dream: Non League Team Spotlight
By Loughborough Dynamo F.C. – Loughborough Logo Loughborough is a city of about 60,000 that is tucked away in Leicestershire County, England, and is best known for its University. However, within this small college town lies an emerging powerhouse within non-league football, Loughborough Dynamo. The team was first established in 1955 by grammar school students…
Read MoreWhat Are The Top 5 MLS Debuts In League History: Players Ranked
In 1988, the United States was awarded the privilege of hosting the 1994 World Cup. Part of the conditions for getting to host the revered tournament was that the United States Soccer Federation would create a division one professional soccer league. In 1995 Major League Soccer was unveiled to the American public and officially began…
Read MoreThe Sounds of the Phoenix Rising Home Opener
The first thing you hears as you walk towards the ground, across the gravel concourse with several thousand other football fans in this starved soccer town – is the distant beating drums. That constant rhythm is provided by the competing drums of the two Phoenix Rising supporters’ groups down the far end of the newly…
Read MoreThe Four Horsemen of the 2019 Phoenix Rising Season Preview
March is quickly approaching and for fans of US soccer that means that regular season kick-off for both the USL and the MLS. While Phoenix still waits for Don Garber and the MLS hierarchy to make up their mind about the final expansion spot, we are gearing up for another exciting run in the Western…
Read MoreCallum: Investigative Report On The Name’s Prevalance With Footballers
If you live in the United Kingdom or Australia you probably know lots of Callums. You probably have friends named Callum, and consider it to be as commonplace of a name as George or Steve. Strangely enough, for a name that is so popular overseas, in the United States most folks have nary a Callum…
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