soccer

There’s a lot of Premier League soccer talk at out house, mainly because my two teenagers are really into soccer. One of them roots for Manchester United, or Man U, which I’ve come to learn is perhaps the most popular team in the world.

Of all the differences between American soccer and the sport played around the world, perhaps the most notable is the concept of promotion and relegation. That’s a system where the highest finishing teams from one league move up to a higher division next season, and the lowest teams move down.

Soccer isn’t known for its high scoring games. Indeed, of all the stupid reasons many Americans use to still hate on the beautiful game – ties are okay, the clock goes up instead of down, flopping – the low score of many matches tends to top the list.

Are you a fan of the band Velvet Revolver? Or perhaps Temple of the Dog? Maybe the Highwaymen? Don’t apologize if you aren’t, or if you’ve never heard of…

If you asked French soccer fans, the star of Monday’s women’s World Cup win over Nigeria was French defender Wendie Renard, who scored the game’s only…

One of the teams in my kids’ soccer club lost a game 18-0 last week. This team competes in a fairly competitive league, or flight I suppose, where every…

Ronaldo just cost me $50. I’m speaking of Cristiano Ronaldo, the global mega soccer star who’s amongst a handful of soccer idols here in the US. I know…

Ken Bensinger has been a journalist for more than twenty years. He has worked at The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and, since 2014, for…

For many soccer is fun to play or watch. For Stephen Schirra, the sport breaks down language barriers and allows him to have a positive impact on children…

There is perhaps no greater insult and hypocrisy than when FIFA, the institutionally corrupt federation that oversees global soccer, when they insinuate…