Los Angeles is El Tri's second home. We get amongst it with the Mexican fans before they play the USA.

The beautiful game binds us.Ottawa.Huddled in the stands with a hardy group of supporters, we collectively buzz as Ottawa Fury FC winger Paulo Júnior speeds down the left flank. The Brazilian prances past a slide tackle, hurdling Paris-born FC Edmonton defender Allan Zebie’s c...

Some of the strongest traditions are the ones with beginnings that have been blurred.Christmas is for reflection, for prayers, and for time with family. (It used to be for football, too.)But on the 26th of December, make no mistake, Boxing Day is for the beautiful game.

"One Nation, One Team."It's a refrain that has become the abiding maxim of American soccer, from within and without—a rallying cry that speaks to a certain star-spangled togetherness and a camaraderie that no country touts as its own with such gusto. This is America's best ima...

Editor's Note: The Eternal Derby, waged between Croatian rivals Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split, can be traced back almost a century, but the rivalry is as heated and passionate nowadays as it has ever been.That, however, may not be apparent to those who have only just tuned in...

New York City FC is the newborn MLS love child of Manchester City and the New York Yankees. They are the offspring of co-owners who are perhaps the two sporting entities on this planet most synonymous with unabashed wealth and plutocratic might. While Man City and the Yanks ha...

Cascading out of the Angolan highlands, the Okavango Delta is affectionately known as ‘the river that never meets the sea.’ And for the Tswana people of Northwest Botswana, its flow defines the routine.Young Botswanan males only ripen to manhood following the carving of a moko...

An exploration of futebol in Rio de Janiero and what 'whereisfootball' means.

The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup is drawing nearer, with only a few short weeks until the planet's best two dozen national teams do battle in Canada.It's a rare spotlight on many of the squads, who hail from countries that haven't yet registered any serious cultural enthusiasm ...