The Ten Shirt
An excerpt from the new novel by Michael Maddox
How the USMNT (might have) won the 1982 World Cup
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“Too small,” Coach Messina answered, knowing full well that he would be questioned again. “Five-foot-nothin’, and what, about a hundred pounds – soaking wet?”
“But Tom, you can see this kid’s a player, can’t you?” Gary Rickman was...
forced from home
so you want to be a soccer writer?
Stay in the game long enough, doing whatever it is that keeps you afloat, and you’re bound to get the email – how do I become a soccer writer? How do I make money off my website? They come from kids and adults, from established bloggers and newly...
dolphin days
Hating On Kickers: One Fan - Two Sports
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The TIAS Diary Project returns with an essay that hits close to home for me. Home–I should say head, as it was my head and long hair the American football coaches at my high school would grab during gym class when they called me a pussy, called me...
we’ll see about sacha pt2
This is Part 2 - Here is Part 1.
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He is Sacha’s father. He was his first coach. He taught his boys to play soccer a certain way. He battled to become an American citizen, lost his mother in war, and damned if he isn’t going to have his say. With carpenter hands, a bartender’s mouth,...
we’ll see about sacha pt.1
Sacha Kljestan throws up his hands. He did his best and doesn’t know what else to do. Maybe it’s time to quit. He’s thought about it before. One guy can only do so much. So many factors go into success or create failure. The opponent is only of them.
Sacha sizes up his pre-teen cousin Moselle,...
