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6/28/2024
14 : 14
How Good Is Lionel Messi? (Lol) And How Far is the USMNT from Argentina? (Also: Lol)
If you watched Fox last night from about 6 pm EST to 11:30 pm, then may God have mercy on your soul. Go for a walk across an entire tectonic plate, throw your phone into the nearest sewer, enroll in St
6/24/2024
6/21/2024
16 : 54
A Lot of Things You May or May Not Want to Know about the Copa America
I'm back. Well, I never left — just slacked off on sending these emails out. Over the past few weeks, I wrote about Kylian Mbappe's move to Real Madrid, why the ESPN FC 100 is bad, how much
6/20/2024
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6/3/2024
11 : 24
How to Beat Manchester City
I wrote about the FA Cup final: Another path to victory might be through Jack Grealish. In some cultures, there's this concept of continuous stew: where you start with a stew and just continuously
6/3/2024
9 : 24
Behold, the USMNT Depth Chart
Ahead of a an international-tournament-filled summer, I looked at the USMNT's depth across every position in the starting XI. Apologies/congratulations if your favorite fringe player didn't/did
6/3/2024
8 : 24
(Almost) Every Player in the Champions League Final, Ranked
Would you rather have Dani Carvajal or Niclas Fullkrug? Luka Modric or Nico Schlotterbeck? I answered all of these questions that everyone is asking, and more, by ranking the top 30 players in the
6/3/2024
5/21/2024
17 : 14
Can a Computer Rebuild Manchester United?
Humans have failed, over and over again, to create a competitive soccer team with all of Manchester United's money. What if we let a computer give it a whirl? I appointed AI as Manchester
5/19/2024
5/17/2024
16 : 44
The Best Teams That Didn't Win the Premier League, Ranked
With one game left in the 2023-24 season, the most likely outcome is the same outcome from five of the previous six seasons: Manchester City win the Premier League. The collateral damage: Arsenal will
5/14/2024
16 : 14
Meet the Pass That Explains the 2023-24 Premier League Season
What's the best way to score a goal? I wrote about pullbacks: It's just way harder to complete a through-ball than it used to be. But if that's true and teams aren't pushing their
5/10/2024
16 : 24
The 16 Worst Misses of the Premier League Season
Remember this? It didn't end up in the goal. Good times. I wrote about the biggest and most important misses of the Premier League season: If it seems like I'm only focusing on Liverpool,
5/7/2024
16 : 24
Why Bayer Leverkusen Are Better Than a Hypothetical Team With Messi and Ronaldo
Start here: We didn't expect anyone to be unbeaten at this point in the season. Then go here: If, in August, I told you that it was going to happen, then how many teams would you have guessed
5/3/2024
18 : 4
Every American Soccer Player, Ranked, Again
The second volume of the UNITED STATES MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM PLAYER PERFORMANCE INDEX is out. The point of this, as you all no doubt understand, was to come up with a simple way to assess the
5/1/2024
16 : 34
7 Questions About Liverpool and Arne Slot
Plus, a draft! ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
4/30/2024