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Japan 1-1 Sweden: Can Japan Step Out Of Their Comfort Zone?

Football identity is often mistaken for repetition. It. Is. Not. Doing the same thing against every opponent is not identity. […]

Norway entered World Cup 2026 carrying a strange reputation. Everybody knew the names. Everybody knew the talent. Erling Haaland and

Hajime Moriyasu’s side had announced themselves to much of the football world with a 2-2 draw against the Netherlands. That

Before the tournament, Ivory Coast appeared in my World Cup Dark Horses article because they checked many of the historical

Americans often ask why soccer never fully conquered the United States, and this is a reasonable question, though perhaps not

One of the biggest lessons of the opening round of World Cup 2026 is that there is more than one

Football spends most of its life pretending to be an industry, which is adorable when viewed from a safe distance

Australia and Turkey share an unusual history. During the Gallipoli campaign of World War I, thousands of ANZAC soldiers and

Everybody loves a World Cup dark horse, which is why every four years football media fills with predictions about the