Portugal, France reach Euro 2016 final with star players sacrificing for team
Soccer, more than just about any other team sport, requires cohesion and conformity of thinking for a side...
Posts by Leander Schaerlaeckens
Referee Heber Lopes made himself far too visible in Copa America Centenario final
At kickoff, Lionel Messi and Gonzalo Higuain stood on one side of the field. Alexis Sanchez and Arturo...
Could the end of the Jurgen Klinsmann era be nigh?
It’s been a strange summer for the United States men’s national team. A flurry of solid performances in...
Jurgen Klinsmann experiment finally showing results in USMNT victory over Ecuador
Before Germany’s national soccer team finally kicked off the 2006 World Cup on its home soil, the country’s...
Euro 2016’s dilution has made being mediocre good enough
Once Portugal-Iceland was in the books and every team at Euro 2016 had played a game, ESPN’s post-game show...
In hiring Jose Mourinho, Manchester United finally gives in to the demands of modern football
In the Premier League, the future is now. Forever and always. Tomorrow is just some ethereal, far-off thing that...
Sevilla wins third straight Europa League title, building sports’ most unnoticed dynasty
Imagine for a moment that your favorite college basketball team had won the NIT tournament three years in...
Survive and Survive Again: Sunderland have mastered the art of the great escape
Here, now, is the record of Sunderland’s placement in its last 12 Premier League seasons, including this year’s,...
Claudio Ranieri’s long career reaches pinnacle in Leicester City’s improbable triumph
If Leicester City’s Premier League title was improbable, the appointment of its manager and champions-maker Claudio Ranieri was...
10 years after relegation, Juventus rules Italian soccer… but what about rest of Serie A?
In one of his last acts as a Roma player, 39-year-old club icon Francesco Totti made Juventus the...
