What France and Belgium’s World Cup success says about European immigration
By: Afshin Molavi | Washington Post | When the French national team electrified the world two decades ago with a 3-0 drubbing of powerhouse Brazil in the World Cup final, Kylian Mbappé had not yet even been born. On Saturday, the 19-year-old French striker accomplished a feat that only one other player has ever achieved: scoring two goals […]
Should Major Changes be Coming to NCAA Soccer?
There appear to be some very good reasons for making college soccer a year-long endeavor, but is the establishment too resistant to change?
After horror injury Gedion Zelalem faces make-or-break summer at Arsenal
The USA youth talent has been out all season with a knee injury.
Behind The Scenes With Harlem FC’s Joseph Koroma
By: Veronica Leon, BESE.com
Soccer in America: why aren’t more black kids playing the world’s game?
By: Les Carpenter | The Guardian Soccer found Robert Russ when he was in the seventh grade – not that he was looking for it. Like most African American kids at his Washington middle school, he had no interest in the game. Soccer, everyone had told him, was either for white children in the suburbs […]
‘White soccer teams don’t pay upfront’: how race unlevelled US playing fields
By: Les Carpenter | The Guardian Wealthy, mostly white soccer clubs in the US have long snatched up the best pitches – but in liberal Seattle, one official is taking a stand. A few years ago, Exequiel Soltero wanted to rent two soccer fields in a well-to-do Seattle suburb. Finding places for his Latino immigrant soccer league to […]
More large youth clubs leave Girls DA
By Charles Boehm | Soccer Wire The turf war between U.S. Soccer’s Girls Development Academy and its incumbent competitor the Elite Clubs National League rumbles on. Multiple sources tell SoccerWire.com that three of the nation’s largest youth clubs are set to officially announce their departure from the Girls DA on Wednesday, in order to join […]
Young footballers dreams dashed by fraudsters in Cameroon
Generation football: In 2015 Ade Adepitan investigates the frauds and fake deals that are ruining the career chances of a whole generation of talented young footballers in Cameroon. They dream of a contract with an international club but many end up marooned and penniless in Europe.