2018 World Cup

Should U.S. Join the English and Scottish FA in FIFA Protest?

by Robert Hay on May 31, 2011 · 35 comments

Soccer fans this weekend saw the best of the beautiful game pushed aside by the worst.  As Barcelona were dismantling Manchester United with passing and play that was textbook in perfection, the drip-drip-drip of allegations coming out of FIFA’s headquarters in Switzerland was deafening.  Mohamed bin Hamman withdrew from the FIFA president’s race under the […]

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Report: UEFA Planning to Adopt MLS Scheduling

by Robert Hay on January 21, 2011 · 29 comments

Recently we’ve shared that various soccer luminaries such as Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson has advocated a spring-to-fall schedule change in advance of the 2022 World Cup.  Now we find out that UEFA itself is advancing well past the thinking stage. The British press is reporting that the English Premier League and Bundesliga are […]

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