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Performing before a major match like the Euro 2024 final offers priceless visibility, and the nonzero chance that you’ll be booed. Even to some of the most glittering names in [...]

The European Championship starts in a week. So why are the headlines about Manchester City? In front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, the street has been blanketed in artificial […]

The United States and the Weight of the Big Picture The criteria were rigorous. The data analytics were advanced. The metrics were sophisticated, and the hiring methods cutting-edge. Most important, [...]

As documentaries and series about teams proliferate, it’s easy to pine for the ones that offered the clearest windows into the game. Being early, Marc Andreessen once ruefully said, is [...]

Byline: Rory Smith The system may be the center of the modern soccer universe, but stars like Kylian Mbappé exert a gravity of their own. Ultimately, a single wrong answer [...]

Inter made the Champions League final with Italy’s oldest squad and its highest debts. Whatever happens in Istanbul cannot stop the financial squeeze to come. Barely six weeks ago, Inter [...]

As system clubs start to falter, the future seems to belong to the teams and coaches who are willing to be a little more flexible. There is no such thing [...]

Byline: Rory Smith Proponents of a European superleague do not lack for opposition. Those on the other side rarely have to explain why the status quo is worth saving. The [...]

Can This Man Make Soccer Smarter? Ian Graham does not make for an especially likely revolutionary. He has a distinctly academic air: genial, whip-smart, just a touch crumpled. He is [...]

Soccer did not have to allow itself to be the field in which geopolitical rivalries played out, or the stage on which oligarchs sought power and prestige. The troops were [...]

Byline: Rory Smith Kingsley Coman's second-half goal gave the German champions a 1-0 victory over Paris St.-Germain, and their sixth title in European soccer's top club competition. In that moment [...]

Byline: Rory Smith Serie A's president, Paolo Dal Pino, walked into a crisis when he took the job in January. Six months later, he sees the pandemic as an opportunity [...]

On June 30, most contracts in European soccer expire, and that will put hundreds, if not thousands, of players out of work. For the vast majority, the future is anything [...]

21st century soccer is as much about the pursuit of style as success. But what defines what any of us find good to watch? And do we all have to [...]

As a billion-dollar industry enters a second month in lockdown, scouts and sporting directors are finding they all need the same thing: patience. As far as Rámon Rodriguez Verdejo -- [...]

Players who won't take pay cuts. Clubs seeking government handouts. Coronavirus is exposing the schisms that will trouble soccer, a world with plenty of money but little trust, long after [...]

Players who won't take pay cuts. Clubs seeking government handouts. Coronavirus is exposing the schisms that will trouble soccer, a world with plenty of money but little trust, long after [...]

German fans protest anything that they feel threatens soccer as they know it. But do the people who have fought the battles for years really speak for everyone? FRANKFURT -- [...]

Massimiliano Allegri is one of soccer's top free agents. But he says he will only coach again when he is ready, and only when the job is right. MILAN -- [...]

Byline: Rory Smith Massimiliano Allegri is one of soccer's top free agents. But he says he will only coach again when he is ready, and only when the job is [...]

Faced with a series of incidents in which black players were racially abused, Italian soccer officials unveiled initiatives to fight the problem. One was immediately labeled racist itself. Four months [...]

Chelsea midfielder N'Golo Kanté is soccer's ultimate artisan: a player who does the running and the fetching and the retrieving so others can score the goals. That diligence has its [...]

Sign up here to receive Rory Smith's weekly newsletter on world soccer , delivered to your email inbox every Friday. Paulo Dybala had no reason to think he would be [...]

At the end of it all is a game. In Madrid next Sunday, barring legal maneuvering or an indignation-driven boycott, Boca Juniors and River Plate will finally settle the second [...]

The game billed as the biggest match in South American soccer history -- the delayed second leg of the Copa Libertadores final between the Argentine archrivals Boca Juniors and River [...]

The article highlights Borussia Dortmund's unexpected journey to the Champions League final, emphasizing Emre Can's role as captain, and illustrates how the team of overlooked and discarded players defies the odds, proving that anything is possible in soccer.

Byline: RORY SMITH TUBIZE, Belgium -- There is something incongruous about the pregame razzmatazz at the Stade Leburton, about Michael Buffer's catchphrase -- 'Let's get ready to rumble!' -- crackling [...]

The article focuses on the fan-driven nature of soccer in Sweden, highlighting the unique elements such as ownership by fans, absence of corporate influence, investment in women's teams, and resistance to the introduction of video assistant referees.

Byline: RORY SMITH MUNICH -- It's not the summer that Xabi Alonso worries about. The next couple of months, he knows, will be easy. There is a family vacation to [...]

Byline: RORY SMITH PORTO, Portugal -- The streak started in late October. Canelas 2010, an unheralded amateur soccer team, suddenly could not stop winning. It went 10 straight matches without [...]

The article delves into the chaotic and contentious race for F.C. Porto's Presidency in 2024, marked by arrests, allegations of crime, and a fierce three-way battle among candidates, notably featuring Andre Villas-Boas challenging long-standing incumbent Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa.

The article focuses on Toni Kroos's decision to come out of international retirement and rejoin the German national soccer team under the coaching of Julian Nagelsmann for the European Championship, offering a glimpse into the challenges facing the German team's preparations.

The article focuses on a controversial decision in a Premier League game between Sheffield United and Brighton, where a yellow card was initially shown to a Sheffield United defender, Mason Holgate, for a tackle on Brighton's Kaoru Mitoma, but after a video review.

The article focuses on a group of amateur historians in Sheffield, England, led by John Wilson, aiming to restore the city's recognition as the birthplace of codified soccer, with ambitious plans for a "digital museum," a sculpture trail, and a clear identity for Sheffield.

The article focuses on Ajax's youth academy, known as De Toekomst, and its role in the club's business model, highlighting how it differs from other clubs in how it runs its talent development program and integrates it into the overall organizational structure.

The article reports on controversies surrounding the hosting of the 2022 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup by Qatar. Topics discussed include the 2010 lunch meeting between then FIFA vice president Michel Platini and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani of Qatar in Paris, France, bribery allegations made against several FIFA board members, and the takeover of French football team Paris Saint-Germain by Qatar.

The article focuses on the potential impact of football player Lionel Messi's arrival in Major League Soccer (MLS) in the U.S. including Inter Miami's efforts to sign Messi, the growth of soccer in the US, and how Messi's presence could change the perception of soccer in the country.

The article explores Ukraine's resilience amidst ongoing war, highlighting how soccer serves as a unifying force and a symbol of hope for the nation, as exemplified by the success of the national under-21 team and efforts to rebuild a stadium for children to play the sport.

The article focuses on the changing perception of English soccer and its sophistication compared to its continental counterparts. It highlights Manchester City's display against Real Madrid as evidence of the Premier League's tactical superiority and the adoption of innovative ideas. It also mentions the ongoing speculation surrounding Lionel Messi's future and Napoli's recent Serie A victory, raising questions about their future prospects.

The article focuses on the football match Champions League semifinal match between teams Manchester City and Real Madrid. Topics include the physical battle between players Erling Haaland and Antonio Rudiger, the awareness of both teams of each other's strengths, and the tactical approaches of the coaches in the game.

The article discusses the highlights of the 2019 Greenlandic soccer championship, held in Sisimiut, Greenland. Topics covered include the challenges of playing an entire season in a single week, the difficulty faced by soccer teams just to reach the host city, and the fog encountered by the reigning champion B-67 on their way to Sisimiut.

The article focuses on the need for change in soccer including the desire for shorter matches, different solutions proposed by various parties, and the reluctance to consider certain changes.

The article presents the discussion on feedback to the latest proposal for a European soccer superleague. Topics include domestic leagues being won by the same teams, again and again, until the triumphs becoming meaningless; and clubs and leagues claiming to be self·policing, rejecting any oversight, despite all the evidence to the contrary.

The article informs on pressing issue facing English soccer on the dawn of a new Premier League season. It mentions Rick Parry h as stopped using the term "parachute payments", a way to cushion the economic blow for teams descending from the Premier League and landing in the Championship, a safety net for the loss of the vast television income guaranteed by the former but it no longer captures their impact.

The article focuses on Pascal Ferre, fields the same call, over and over again, they come from around the world, it is a team executive or a club president, it is an agent, charming and inquisitive and it might even be one of the world's most famous players themselves.

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The article reports that Portuguese professional football manager Jose Mourinho was hired to coach English professional soccer team Tottenham Hotspur. Topics discussed include career background of Mourinho, accomplishments of Mourinho, and view of Daniel Levy, the Tottenham chairman, about Mourinho.

The article reports on the victory of the Liverpool soccer team over Barcelona in England on May 7, 2019. Topics discussed include background on Barcelona's season, Barcelona's failure to capture the Champions League trophy, comments from Barcelona's Lionel Messi and performance of Liverpool's players.

The article focuses on Chelsea football club's history in firing managers. Topics discussed include Roman Abramovich who has been through 13 permanent managers since he arrived in English soccer in 2003, losses of the team as of February 11, 2019, coach Maurizio Sarri's criticism of his players publicly and the evidence that there has been no visible uplift in performance since Sarri's public intervention.

The article profiles David Silva, a midfielder for the Manchester City soccer team. Topics discussed include growing up in Canary Islands, comments of his teammates and coach Pep Guardiola on his attitude and the lost of his team to Crystal Palace and Leicester City during his absence due to a leg injury. Also mentioned are his relationship with his teammates and the highlights of his career.