Article Archive

Jun 2014 Zlatan’s Revenge! Zlatan Ibrahimovic · Grantland

Jun 2014 Mr. Ten Percent: The Man Who Built — And Bilked — American Soccer Ken Bensinger · BuzzFeed

Apr 2015 A League of His Own Andrew Martin, Tariq Panja, Vernon Silver · Bloomberg

Jun 2015 The Girl Who Escaped From The Taliban And Became a Soccer Star Leander Schaerlaeckens · VICE

Aug 2016 Greats of Gremetal: The All-Conquering Futsal Team Neymar Left Behind Ewan MacKenna · Bleacher Report

Aug 2016 What Not to Do in the Champions League, Starring Blackburn Rovers Rob Doolan · These Football Times

Nov 2016 Narcos: When Pablo Escobar Did Football – and Changed the Game in Colombia Forever Nick Moore · FourFourTwo

May 2017 The Dictator’s Team Steve Fainaru · ESPN

Jun 2017 The Machine of ’87: Messi’s Boyhood Teammates Recall Early Signs of Greatness Richard Fitzpatrick · Bleacher Report

Jan 2018 Gianluigi Buffon: The Making of Superman Mark Doyle · GOAL

Feb 2018 Quini: A Tale of Kidnap, Ransom and Forgiveness in Barcelona Sid Lowe · The Guardian

Dec 2018 The Legend of Ó Fenómeno Owen Blackhurst · MUNDIAL

Jan 2019 Soccer’s Greatest, Most Improbable Triumph Daniel Harris · The Ringer

May 2019 A Beautiful Mind: Dennis Bergkamp’s Perfect Moment Tom Adams · TNT Sports

May 2019 The Final Whistle Sam Knight · The New Yorker

Apr 2020 A League is Born: An Oral History of the Inaugural MLS Match Tim Froh · mlssoccer.com

Feb 2025 Football and Social Media: What Next for Players and Clubs in a Changing Landscape? Paywalled Steve Madeley · The Athletic

Jul 2025 The heartbreaking Death of Diogo Jota Paywalled Daniel Taylor, Guillermo Rai · The Athletic

Jul 2025 What Will the World Cup Stand For in an Isolationist America? Brian Phillips · The Ringer

Dec 2025 Cup of Nations Massaër Ndiaye · Victory Journal