A New World Guide to Sensible World Cup Expectations
I was rereading and search-engine optimizing some older essays last [...]
USMNT Final Roster Observations & Idle Gossip
It's getting real, folks. The World Cup is but two [...]
Women’s Soccer Sheds Entirely New Light on US vs. Mexico
[See here an excerpt from Chapter 10 of “Sibling Rivalry.” [...]
Two Bitter Rivalries Take Flight, Right Before Our Eyes
In the pages of Sibling Rivalry, I examine not just [...]
Excerpt: Mexican admiration for Argentinian Futbol Culture runs Deep
Walking through the tailgate scene outside Estadio Akron, I [...]
He’s Not Wrong: U.S. Tends to Hog Regional Branding
Neil Young first introduced me to appellative “American” chauvinism. Someone [...]
Bloomsbury issues Sibling Rivalry: The ESSENTIAL Soccer Book for 2026
NEW YORK, N.Y. (5 March 2026) — Bloomsbury has published [...]
Excerpt: The Continuing Education of Rafa Marquez
Rafa Marquez is a thoroughly modern figure. In the [...]
Politics of Blood & Soil Should Inform Club Allegiance, not Actual Politics
I was chatting with a business associate the other day [...]
FIFA Introduces New ‘Dynamism’ to World Cup Ticketing Grift
The bleak, hyper-lux reality of World Cup ticket pricing [...]
