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Sporting Kansas City finally look like a team being rebuilt (opens the original)
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After watching Sporting Kansas City’s brilliant 2-0 win against the Houston Dynamo over the weekend, I was reminded of one of my favourite films from the 1990s. Dumb and Dumber starred Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels as Lloyd and Harry. In one scene, the two are in a diner. Harry, played by Daniels, spills salt on the table. Lloyd, played by Carrey, tells Harry to throw the salt over his shoulder or he will have bad luck due to spilling the salt. Harry foolishly throws the entire salt shaker over hi
American soccer’s pay-to-play problem doesn’t end when players reach college (opens the original)
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I recently came across a social media post aimed at riling up misinformed people. Imagine that! This specific post was aimed at getting under the skin of American soccer parents. It brought out plenty of xenophobic, ignorant comments and cluelessness about college soccer and college sports in general.The post detailed the average number of minutes played by players in NCAA soccer at various levels and NAIA soccer. According to the social media post, the average number of minutes per NCAA and NAI
Could more penalty shootouts actually make football matches less exciting? (opens the original)
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The penalty shootout is claimed to be the most exciting part of football. Watching a player take a spot kick from 12 yards against a goalkeeper trying to predict the way their adversary will go provides heart-pounding moments.I’m currently reading the renowned book Pressure: Lessons from the psychology of the penalty shoot out. You can tell by its title, the book is all about taking penalties. It was written by the foremost expert on penalties, Geir Jordet. Pressure is insightful in its detailin
Tottenham Hotspur spent big, and it’s going really badly (opens the original)
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Tottenham Hotspur were the Premier League’s third-highest spending team this summer. The club have often been labelled as one that doesn’t spend. This summer changed that label. The problem is, just like when Spurs sold Gareth Bale to Real Madrid and went on a spending spree, they have spent poorly.Spurs paid up to £334 million in transfers this summer. Only Manchester City and Chelsea spent more. After a fifth-place finish in 2023-24 under Ange Postecoglou, Spurs finished 17th in two consecutiv
Sporting KC’s performance against LAFC raises the question of why we haven’t seen more of this all season (opens the original)
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Watching Sporting KC defeat LAFC 3-1 brought one question to mind: why couldn’t they put in a performance like this more often in 2026?Sporting were excellent in attack, goal creation, and, dare I say, defence. Stefan Cleveland showed he can be a No. 1 at this level. Lasse Berg Johnsen ran the game. Andre Luiz looked every bit the price Sporting KC paid for him. Like I’ve said since the start of the season, I’ll call it like it is. When it’s chicken shit, I’ll let you know. When it’s chicken sal
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