Every team wants to win the World Cup. The team that can lift the trophy must be the best of the best. But in World Cup history, there are several teams equipped with the most excellent players that never felt the glory of the Cup. Hungary, 1954 The Magnificent Magyars were the hottest favorite of … Read more
The year 2010 might not seem that long in the 160-year history of football. Indeed 12 years isn’t a long time in the 92-year history of the FIFA World Cup. But it took 80 of those 92 years for football’s greatest tournament to make its way to the continent of Africa. And when we got … Read more
Footballers can come in all shapes and sizes. You can be a success in England’s top-flight regardless of your appearance. Below, we will reveal the shortest football player in English Premier League this season. Ryan Fraser – 163cm – 5ft 4in – Attacking Midfielder – (Newcastle United / Scotland) YOB: 1994 Ryan Fraser is the … Read more
There have been a number of professional soccer leagues for men established in the United States and Canada, but Major League Soccer is the most recent. MLS evolved from the North American Soccer League (NASL), which existed from 1968 to 1984. A successful United States bid for the 1994 FIFA World Cup led to the … Read more
It is always hard to tell if Hope Solo is crazy like a fox or just a fox that can’t stay out of trouble. She is doing something right because she has the unique skill of keeping herself in the news and soccer balls out of the net. The former United States goalkeeper was generally … Read more
Let’s admit it. It takes a special kind of mentality like Pierluigi Collina to referee football at the highest level. Enforcing the soccer laws of the game and managing players’ tempers while keeping up with play for 90 nonstop minutes … Pierluigi Collina And His Golden Whistle Read More »
Since 2016, FIFA has held the Best FIFA Football Awards at the end of each year. In addition, the best female player in the world receives the FIFA Women’s World Player Of The Year Award. Voting commences in November, and the award ceremony is held in December or January. The Committee for Women’s Football will … Read more
Soccer has a long history at Baseball Favorite Stadium. It all started in 1931. The Yankee Stadium soccer venue has a long, storied history at “The House That Ruth Built,” going back some 92 years to 1931. The old Yankee Stadium, across the street from the current one, had its soccer debut in 1931. Along … Read more
A football shirt sponsor is standard today, but it is a relatively new phenomenon. When Liverpool Football Club signed a shirt sponsorship deal with Hitachi in 1979, it was believed that it was the first English club to take football along this path. Forty-three years on, the twenty English Premier League clubs are enjoying brokered … Read more
Scott Parker is an English former player who played as a midfielder. He is now a football manager, and his recent job was managing Bournemouth. Some claim he’s overrated as a player; others maintain that he did not get enough credit. Stardom In The Early Years Scott Matthew Parker, to give him his full name, … Read more