As the modern game has developed, so too has the role of the striker. Forwards are now expected to do much more than just score goals, and teams have started to pay exorbitant sums of money for promising young attackers. As the most competitive league in the world, the Premier League plays host to many […]
The Champions League treated soccer fans with a host of captivating fixtures last week: Porto and Manchester United overcame 2–0 first leg deficits to advance to the quarterfinals, while Dutch side Ajax defeated Spanish giants Real Madrid 4–1 to overcome a first leg defeat and send the three-time defending champions crashing out of the competition. Despite an obvious gulf […]
In the MLS’s 23rd season kickoff this weekend, the Los Angeles Galaxy commemoratedits best-known No. 23 and star, David Beckham. The Galaxy unveiled a statue outside their home stadium of the international icon, who moved to the MLS in 2007 at the age of 32 in a benchmark moment for the budding league. Beckham was the first of many […]
In a fitting precursor to Sunday’s primetime event, Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga produced an Oscar-worthy performance during the final minutes of his team’s defeat to Manchester City in the Carabao Cup Final. The Spanish goalkeeper had gone down twice with leg injuries during extra time after a goalless 90 minutes of regulation time. His manager, Maurizio […]
With all of the money in the Premier League today, we are seeing fewer and fewer academy graduates make their debuts at the clubs they started at. But Crystal Palace’s prodigiously talented Aaron Wan-Bissaka is an obvious exception to this trend […] This article was first published in Fansided on February 28, 2019.
In recent years, professional sports have shifted towards favoring the more skillful, quicker players as opposed to the stronger, grittier stars of the past. In the NBA, seven-foot-tall gargantuan centers, who would spend the entirety of the game toiling in the paint within five feet of the basket, are now expected to shoot 3-pointers with ease[…] […]
Great teams can often have that aura of invincibility — it’s the feeling you get every time Manchester City kicks off at the Etihad Stadium. […] This article was first published in The Tufts Daily on Feb 14, 2019.
Well, that was a long time coming wasn’t it? After an unbeaten 11-game stretch to start his managerial career, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer suffered the first defeat of his tenure in a humbling 2-0 defeat to PSG on Tuesday night. […] This article was first published on Fansided on Feb 13, 2019.
The Best XI from EPL Matchday 26. […] This article was first published in Fansided on Feb 13, 2019.
First in a series of articles to take a deeper look at some of the overlooked players outside of the top six EPL teams. […] This articles was first published on Fansided on Feb 10, 2019.
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