After just eight games, it’s fair to ask if the former Columbia University math major is having the best-ever season for a US coach in Europe
Pellegrino Matarazzo stood there, still and composed. Brow…
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Mauricio Pochettino’s odd jab at Tim Weah misread the player and the moment | Leander Schaerlaeckens ○
The USMNT manager said players should stay out of conversations that don’t deal with soccer
Last week, Mauricio Pochettino began a World Cup year with an unforced error.
At the tail-end of a virtual pr…
50 days ago
US actions in Venezuela put the 2026 World Cup in disgraceful company | Leander Schaerlaeckens ⊖
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In 1934 and 1978, Fifa’s big event was given over to authoritarian aims. There’s no more doubt that 2026 will be the same
By 1934, it was entirely evident what Benito Mussolini was up to. Italy’s dict…
83 days ago
The United States must create big moments at World Cup 2026. Anything less is not enough | Leander Schaerlaeckens ⊕⊕
Each nation’s World Cup is defined, for good or bad, by huge, indelible moments. With a favorable draw, the onus is now on the US to create them
Christian Pulisic vividly remembers watching it with hi…
3 months ago
A single match cost me thousands of dollars at 2026’s World Cup of the 1% | Leander Schaerlaeckens ⊕
With ticket sales phases under way and prices reaching eye-watering levels, my experience raised a crucial question: who is this World Cup for?
For months, people in my life had been asking me when an…
4 months ago
Uefa allowing domestic games abroad is a sad turning point, ending soccer as we’ve known it | Leander Schaerlaeckens ⊕
The change may seem small, but the profit-seeking games are clearly the first step in a mass reorientation of the club game
Looking back someday, it may be hard to identify the exact moment when socce…
10 months ago
Fifa has used US soccer as a cash cow – and gives very little back | Leander Schaerlaeckens ○
It is Fifa’s own policies and hunger for monetization that has helped prevent American soccer from growing organically
Colin Cowherd peered down from his studio desk perched high above the chairs assi…
11 months ago
Gianni Infantino and Donald Trump have taken the 2026 World Cup for themselves | Leander Schaerlaeckens ○
The tournament will be leveraged for the glorification of a leader to a degree not seen since Benito Mussolini dominated the 1934 World Cup in Italy
Two men held a press event in the Oval Office last …
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