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Dec 27, 2024 | 
socceramerica.com | Ian Plenderleith
I recently picked up a book of essays by the Chilean author Alejandro Zambra called "Childish Literature," which includes a beautiful piece called An Introduction To Football Sadness. It opens with the following paragraph: Already have an account? Sign In from the top menuSubscribe today for 50¢The $5.95/month fee will be waived until next month. Unlock immediate access to every story, as well as exclusive newsletters like Soccer America Daily and Soccer on TV.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
socceramerica.com | Ian Plenderleith
States of Play: How Sportswashing Took Over Football By Miguel Delaney (Seven Dials) Already have an account? Sign In from the top menuSubscribe today for 50¢The $5.95/month fee will be waived until next month. Read this members only storyUnlock immediate access to every story, as well as exclusive newsletters like Soccer America Daily and Soccer on TV.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
socceramerica.com | Ian Plenderleith
Skip to content Home » Soccer America Confidential » Soccer’s greats as seen through their sticker selves Panini Legends: A Celebration of the World's Greatest Football Stickers By Greg Lansdowne (Bloomsbury) Already have an account?
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
socceramerica.com | Ian Plenderleith
"Go To War: Football on the Brink in the 80s" By Jon Spurling (Biteback Publishing) Already have an account? Sign In from the top menuSubscribe today for 50¢The $5.95/month fee will be waived until next month. Read this members only storyUnlock immediate access to every story, as well as exclusive newsletters like Soccer America Daily and Soccer on TV.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
socceramerica.com | Ian Plenderleith
Floridian Santiago Castaneda's 2023-24 play with third-tier MSV Duisburg led to a move to 2.Bundesliga club SC Paderborn 07. Third-place Paderborn is one of five times within two points of league leader Fortuna Düsseldorf.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
socceramerica.com | Ian Plenderleith
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
socceramerica.com | Ian Plenderleith
“Great. Can I call myself a retroactive European champion now?” That was the sardonic response of former German national team captain Toni Kroos this week upon hearing that Europe’s soccer governing body, UEFA, had decided 11 weeks after the event that Germany should indeed have been awarded a penalty for handball in its European Championship quarterfinal game against Spain.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
socceramerica.com | Ian Plenderleith
When I first met my life partner over 30 years ago, it’s fair to say that she wasn’t a massive soccer fan. She liked watching the World Cup, certainly, and she knew enough about the Bundesliga to nurture a healthy dislike of Bayern Munich. Soon, though, she resigned herself to being with someone who liked to spend midweek evenings watching European club tournaments.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
socceramerica.com | Ian Plenderleith
A couple of months before this summer’s European Championships in Germany, a shame-faced friend confessed to me that she’d spent an entire work day in UEFA’s ticket portal scrambling for tickets to give her husband for his birthday. In the end, she succeeded, landing a pair of tickets for a quarterfinal game in Berlin. “Well done!” I said. “How much did you pay for them?” That was the real reason for her shame. She wouldn’t tell me, so I started guessing.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
socceramerica.com | Ian Plenderleith
Like a fidgety kid with a birthday bash booked at Chuck E. Cheese, FIFA President Gianni Infantino announced today that he “cannot wait” for next summer’s Club World Cup (CWC), which will be hosted by our very own United States. Even globe-striding persons of massive importance, however, must be patient and keep step with the passage of time like the rest of us mortals who are perhaps not as excited about the CWC as FIFA would like.
