Leander Schaerlaeckens
The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team Has Brought Moneyball To The Women's World Cup
As the rest of the world catches up to America in women's soccer, the U.S. national team hopes analytics will help it stay a step ahead.
Why Mitt Romney (And Every Other American) Will Never Be FIFA President
The American justice system is not sufficiently flexible when it comes to bribery and corruption.
Don't Worry, Score Happy: How Christen Press Became A Budding U.S. Soccer Star
Creative, unorthodox and uncommonly open, gifted goal scorer Christen Press could play a key role for the U.S. national team in the Women's World Cup.
The Girl Who Escaped From The Taliban And Became a Soccer Star
Soccer player Nadia Nadim spent part of her childhood in Afghanistan during the years of the oppressive Taliban regime. Now a citizen of Denmark, she is living a life she could have never led in her home country.
United Passions, FIFA's $30 Million Movie About Itself, Is Even Worse Than You Think
Even before its leadership was toppled in a bribery scandal, it was a bad idea for FIFA to make a movie about itself. Shockingly, the movie is somehow worse.
Against Modern Football, the Controversial Movement to Reclaim a Sport from Capitalism Gone Mad
Banishing the worst of soccer's fans from stadiums has been a double-edged sword that Against Modern Football wishes to turn against those ruling the sport.