Stories By Simon Evans
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Women's World Cup
/ 9 years agoWomen’s soccer doesn’t need male approval or political correctness
There was a predictable uproar on Twitter this week when Andy Benoit, an NFL writer for Sports Illustrated, stated that “Women’s...
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CONCACAF
/ 9 years agoYears of Blazer corruption raises questions for American soccer
Imagine for a moment that an Englishman had been General Secretary of UEFA for two decades and a member of the...
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FIFA
/ 9 years agoIs it time for UEFA to take the Nuclear Option and split from FIFA?
Let’s cut to the chase with this FIFA nonsense. Department of Justice indictments here, Swiss federal investigations there, the corrupted or...
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David Beckham
/ 9 years agoMaldini tackles Beckham in Miami; Should MLS be worried?
The North American Soccer League hates being called a ‘second division’ and so the turn of phrase used by Italy’s venerable...
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FIFA
/ 9 years agoFIFA is all about ‘cash for votes’; Here’s how it could be ended
In two weeks time, Sepp Blatter will almost certainly win a fifth term as president of FIFA and we can expect...
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Barcelona
/ 9 years agoMessi the Greatest of All Time? The debate is pointless
Jerome Boateng had barely got back on his feet after Lionel Messi’s sublime second goal before the instant-pundits of the social...
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Brek Shea
/ 9 years agoMLS still targeting USA players in Europe? There are hardly any left
MLS Commissioner Don Garber re-opened his dispute with Jurgen Klinsmann last week when he said that the league would continue to...
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Jurgen Klinsmann
/ 9 years agoKlinsmann’s ‘tinkering’ finally delivers benefits to silence critics; By Simon Evans
It is far too soon to be declaring Jordan Morris the future of the United States national team attack, but his...
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Leagues: EPL
/ 9 years agoWill US’s soccer ideologies survive the move to the mainstream?
When I moved to the United States from Italy a little over eight years ago, one of the several motivating factors...
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Leagues: MLS
/ 9 years agoMLS can’t be the only home for soccer’s American boom
On Saturday, largely ignored by the national media, another new American soccer club will be born. And once again, it looks...