international football
Andrea Pirlo's Beautiful Game
Andrea Pirlo is not just one of soccer's most incisive playmakers—he's a proponent for a specific soccer worldview. Is Major League Soccer ready to hear his gospel?
Xavi and the End
The end appears to have come for Xavi, the avatar of and prime mover in Spain's tiki-taka attack. These moments are always sad, but nothing ever really ends.
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