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 [...]
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 [...]
The Gold Cup has entered the knock-out stages, meaning the United States’s Mens National Team is still center stage. This fifth edition of World Soccer Reader Radio welcomes MatchFitUSA’s Jason Davis to discuss the team as well as the movement to move August 12th’s World Cup Qualifier against Mexico from MUN2 to a more accessible [...]
Tonight, Estudiantes and Cruzeiro enter the second leg of the Copa Libertadores final coming off an uninspiring opener in La Plata. Cruzeiro was notably less ambitious than they had been in the knock-out stage’s preceding matches, a sign of respect for an opponent that posted a 4-0 victory the last time Cruzeiro went to [...]
There are only a few hours left before the Copa Libertadores final kicks off in La Plata, Argentina. If you are unsure whether to devote time to the match, let me eliminate one excuse. You may ultimately decide you don’t care about South America’s club soccer championship, but after you read my plea, [...]
