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Scouting World Cup Stars: Daniel Arzani
Yet another graduate of the ever-so-popular FFA COE, Iranian-born winger Daniel Arzani is the youngest player in the Australian World Cup squad. He’s not even 20 years old, and the fact he is going to Russia is a rare feat for an Australian. However, the national media has been raving about him and they would…
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Scouting World Cup Stars: Benjamin Pavard
In recent years, France has produced a striking amount of young defensive talent. Whether we’re talking about Raphaël Varane from Lens, Samuel Umtiti from Lyon, or Clement Lenglet from Nancy, we are now seeing many of France’s defensive exports lead defenses from all over Europe to success. This is no different for Stuttgart’s new defensive…
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What Sampdoria Needs To Address In The Summer 2018 Transfer Market
After witnessing the performances decline the second half of the Serie A season, Italian club Sampdoria should be active when the 2018 summer transfer window opens. The Genoese club was in contention for Europa League spot in the early stages of the 2017/18 campaign and the Doriani played some splendid football but the lack of…
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Paraguay at the 2010 FIFA World Cup: How adversity and inspiration gave La Albirroja a magical ride in South Africa
THE BEGINNING Qualifying for four consecutive FIFA World Cups is something to be proud of, no matter what continent you come from. Taking out of consideration the powerhouses around the world, there are very few countries with a history deemed inferior to those previously mentioned that would maintain the same level of consistency during the…
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Revisiting Peru’s Shock Win over Scotland in the 1978 World Cup
“We’re on the march with ally’s army, we’re going to the Argentine, and we’ll really shake them up, when we win the World Cup because Scotland are the greatest football team.” Those were the lyrics from the chorus of Scotland’s 1978 World Cup song which was titled “Ally’s Tartan Army.” These days, viewed as a…
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How Key Stakeholders Can Mitigate Damage from the United States’s Failure to Qualify for the 2018 World Cup and Enhance the Development of Soccer in the United States
Introduction For the first time since 1986, the United States will not be playing in the World Cup. After an embarrassing qualifying campaign — which culminated in the U.S. Men’s National Team finishing below Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, and Honduras in the CONCACAF table — the Stars and Stripes faithful will be watching other…
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Who is Daniel Arzani?
Yet another graduate of the ever-so-popular FFA COE, Iranian-born winger Daniel Arzani is the youngest player in the Australian World Cup squad. He’s not even 20 years old, and the fact he is going to Russia is a rare feat for an Australian. However, the national media has been raving about him and they would…
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Top 10 summer 2017 transfer windows
Every summer, transfer windows afford clubs the opportunity to shake things up and change directions completely. While more signings equals more expectations – naturally – rarely does a team successfully alter their fortunes in one window. With so many factors at play, transfers have become increasingly difficult – especially in an era of overpriced and…
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Rohr must continue to trust in his young guns if Nigeria are to go far in Russia
Yesterday, Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr announced the Super Eagles’ final 23-man squad for the World Cup. The likes of Leon Balogun and John Obki Mikel will be hoping to lead Nigeria in what may very well be their final international tournament, but it is the youngsters, not the veterans, who Rohr will have to rely…
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Unrequited Love (For Who?)
“La deuda la tenemos con nosotros mismos, a la gente no le debemos nada.” Those words by Lionel Messi still stand out like an ice sculpture in the Sahara. “The debt we owe is to ourselves, we don’t owe anybody else anything.” It was, perhaps, the boiling point of a decade-long battle between the…
