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Category Archives: Soccer
Soccer Men: Profiles of the Rogues, Geniuses, and Neurotics Who Dominate the World’s Most Popular Sport
Stimulated by the World Cup, I’m reading books on soccer, including this 2014 one by Simon Kuper: * I’ve increasingly given up chasing interviews with players. It isn’t worth the humiliation. Sometimes a magazine will call and ask, “Can you … Continue reading
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Trump Fuentes Fallout (11-29-22)
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Soccernomics (2022 World Cup Edition): Why European Men and American Women Win and Billionaire Owners Are Destined to Lose
Here are some highlights from this 2022 book: * In the world’s most innovative soccer country, Germany, ex-players have now lost their monopoly on managerial jobs. In the German soccer federation’s annual training course to certify professional coaches, an average … Continue reading
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Messi vs. Ronaldo: One Rivalry, Two GOATs, and the Era That Remade the World’s Game
Here are some highlights from this 2022 book: * The irony is that as much as anyone, they were responsible for knocking the World Cup off the pinnacle of soccer. During their epoch of dominance, it became impossible to deny … Continue reading
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Why do England fans sing ‘Sweet Caroline’?
Report: Neil Diamond’s 1969 hit “Sweet Caroline” has become a favourite anthem of England fans at this summer’s Euro 2020 tournament. The song blared out over the Wembley speakers after last week’s 2-0 win over Germany, and fans around the … Continue reading
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Do You Like Watching Soccer?
Bud: Soccer is UnAmerican. Maybe the US can’t assimilate foreigners like Fordy who still cling to their native cultures. My loyalty oath would be a pledge to disavow soccer and all it stands for. Ties, flopping, crowd behavior, no scoring. … Continue reading
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How Do Journalists Get Their Ideas?
They read Steve Sailer! Steve Sailer writes: I presume Kang is reading forbidden stuff and just changing the valence. You see that more and more: it’s an easy source for mainstream guys for interesting new ideas. * Fortunately, Kang has … Continue reading
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The Dark Side of American Soccer Culture
New York Times: The spread of Europhilic American soccer culture excludes much of the population of American soccer fans, a healthy portion of whom are Latin American immigrants. When the Mexican national team toured the United States last year, it … Continue reading
The Huns
Looking at the German women’s soccer team, I know in my head that they are Huns, but in my heart they are Hons. Chaim Amalek: “Women’s soccer as played in the United States and in Germany is patently racist. Just … Continue reading
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ESPN: Why Is The U.S. So Good At Women’s Soccer?
ESPN take. Steve Sailer’s take: For instance, talking honestly about soccer reveals that much of what nice upper middle class people say out loud about diversity and immigration isn’t true. There isn’t a lot of talent coming from Mexico, even … Continue reading
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