In the continuing series of podcast focusing on the world’s great (if overlooked) leagues, Inside the Six spends a show devoted to Brazilian football. With only four match days left in the season, it was a perfect time to welcom Jon Cotterill. Many know Jon as one of the English-language voices on Globo [...]
David Beckham, the England international and LA Galaxy midfielder, is set to be forced into a decision to choose between his club and country. If the Los Angeles reach the quarterfinals of the MLS Playoffs, the Galaxy will face either the Houston Dynamo or Seattle Sounders FC on November 14th in Los Angeles, California.
The [...]
The Spanish takeover of European football is happening, if World Soccer Reader’s Club Top Ten is any indication.
The rumored shift of power from England and Italy to Spain deserves more discussion (and data points), but the early season returns from the league’s top three clubs provide plenty of evidence for those arguing Spanish primacy. [...]
Nine of last week’s ten ranked teams return to WSR’s weekly club listing, with only previously tenth ranked Manchester City failing to return. If the list were one place longer, the Citizens would be on it, still holding strong (if now subdued) support amongst our writers.
If the list came out before Inter Milan’s most [...]
Between the international break and our decision to start releasing this article at the end of the week (to better fit against the Champions League schedule), it’s been a long time since we last released a WSR World Club Top Ten. With a nod to that delay, I’ll skip the expansive exposition and get [...]
Diego Maradona campaigned to have the match moved from Buenos Aires. El Monumental had no atmosphere, he said. The track around the pitch kept the fans too far from the players, with the stands themselves laying on the slow incline you expect from a multi-purpose facility. For River Plate, the stadium is [...]
Except for the UEFA Champions League final in Rome, no match this calendar year will be bigger, yet you’ve probably only tangentially heard that Brazil is going to Argentina this weekend for World Cup qualifying.
“That’s cool,” you might say (you don’t mind if I quote you, do you). “Big match, but why’s this one [...]
What if I said this week’s list would have have three new teams, see the return of a team from beyond Europe, and see another serious threat to top three hegemony?
Would that be something you would be interesting in?
Football fans in London, La Plata, and Kazan might not care about antiquated Entourage references, but they [...]
You know him from his contributions Goal.com, Examiner.com, and his site Mad About Fútbol, and for Episode #10 of Inside the Six, Juan Arango is also “podcast guest” as he joins host Richard Farley to talk about all things Argentine football: domestic league and national team. Juan’s also asked about another passion of [...]
Each Tuesday, World Soccer Reader will bring you its list of the top ten clubs in the world: a collaberative effort from the entire World Soccer Reader writing staff. Each week we will synthesize the results from around the world of football, providing you a list of the ten clubs we feel are [...]
