Welcome to the Homelands

There’s always a certain amount of skepticism that underlines discussions about the New York Cosmos, a reality that’s entirely understandable given the team’s current position in the landscape of the sport across the United States.Since the team’s revival in 2010 (brand reviva...

The Race

Como, about 50km north of Milan, lies at the foot of the lake that bears its name. The city is beautiful and feels small, but also extends into the surrounding hillsides with old Italian architecture pockmarking the wooded slopes. It's the kind of place where everybody seems t...

Editor's Note: Levante are 106 years old, and finally enjoying their golden years as a football club. After decades upon decades of wandering through the lower-league desert, the Valencian club is now competing in La Liga for the fifth consecutive season. They've finished as h...

Going back to your roots and finding the moment you fell in love with the game.

A match-day stroll through Melbourne’s laneways on this warm January afternoon would be a strong wake-up call for Football Federation Australia's big wigs.Melbourne has long been looked down upon as a ‘second-rate’ footballing city due to a perceived fixation on the metropolis...

A derby is a derby.It doesn't matter if it's the Champions League Final or a non-league tie, rivalry is the nectar of football — and it's something we all crave.All year, we look forward to when we get to play them.It's circled on our calendar: When we finally get our mitts on...

In a stadium that holds 52,000 people, you would expect to feel surrounded. Attending a football match - or any major sporting event - is often synonymous with a strange mix of being cornered, covered, but also cozy alongside fellow fanatics. However, in some places and certai...