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March 2026

Nothing Can Stay Buried

Wright Thompson·ESPN
May 2014·35 min read
Bosnia and HerzegovinaVedad Ibisevic

Soccer’s Greatest, Most Improbable Triumph

Daniel Harris·The Ringer
Jan 2019·35 min read
USMNTWorld CupWorld Cup 1950

A League of His Own

Multiple Authors·Bloomberg
Apr 2015·25 min read
FIFASepp Blatter

Manchester United’s mad 1999 trip to Australia: all-nighters and dirty Dwight Down Under

Andy Mitten·FourFourTwo
Jul 2019·11 min read
Manchester United

February 2026

The Best Women’s Soccer Team in the World Fights for Equal Pay Paywalled

Lizzy Goodman·The New York Times
Jun 2019·20 min read
USWNT

A Wild Horse Never Forgets: The Great Contradiction of Diego Costa

Ewan MacKenna·Bleacher Report
May 2017·18 min read
Diego Costa

‘God was in town’: The night Diego Maradona played in Canada Paywalled

Pablo Maurer·The Athletic
Sep 2020
Diego Maradona

Generation June

Wright Thompson·ESPN
Dec 2013·35 min read
Brazil

Far From the World Cup, the Essence of Argentine Soccer Expands Its Reach Paywalled

Juan José Relmucao·The New York Times
Dec 2022·5 min read
Argentina

The Dream – Time of the World Cup

Supriya Nair·Roads & Kingdoms
May 2018·18 min read
World Cup

January 2026

Here’s a thought: how do footballers do what they do?

Gregg Bakowski·The Guardian
Nov 2016·7 min read

A Brief History of French Soccer

Shaker Samman·The Ringer
Jul 2018·14 min read
FranceWorld Cup

A year with Marcelo Bielsa: the inside story of Leeds United’s revival

Phil Hay·FourFourTwo
Jul 2020·14 min read
Leeds UnitedMarcelo Bielsa

The Erasure of Mesut Özil Paywalled

Multiple Authors·The New York Times
Oct 2020·8 min read
ArsenalMesut Özil

December 2025

The heartbreaking Death of Diogo Jota Paywalled

Multiple Authors·The Athletic
Jul 2025·9 min read
Diogo JotaLiverpool

Narcos: When Pablo Escobar Did Football – and Changed the Game in Colombia Forever

Nick Moore·FourFourTwo
Nov 2016·13 min read
ColombiaPablo Escobar

The team from Africa playing in Spain: ‘We have Christians, Muslims and Jews sitting together in the stands’ Paywalled

Dermot Corrigan·The Athletic
Nov 2025·10 min read
AD Ceuta

What Not to Do in the Champions League, Starring Blackburn Rovers

Rob Doolan·These Football Times
Aug 2016·10 min read
Blackburn RoversChampions League

Cup of Nations

Massaër Ndiaye·Victory Journal
Dec 2025·8 min read
AFCON

Mr. Ten Percent: The Man Who Built — And Bilked — American Soccer

Ken Bensinger·BuzzFeed
Jun 2014·35 min read
Chuck BlazerCONCACAFFIFA
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