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Barcelona Is Struggling. Is Messi Part Of The Problem Or The Solution?

cwick (Chadwick Matlin, deputy editor): English soccer is … sorta boring right now? Liverpool has clinched a title and is sorta faffing about on the field. The race for the final Champions League spot (assuming Manchester City is barred from participating) is not that suspenseful. And we already exalted Chelsea’s youth movement last time we […]

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Liverpool Won It All This Year. Can The Reds Do It Again?

cwick (Chadwick Matlin, deputy editor): Grace! Tony! Ryan! We’re back! After months away from professional soccer and these chats, we’ve blown the klaxon and assembled again. Very excited to talk about soccer with all of you, especially on the occasion of a new champion! After decades in the wilderness and what seemed like centuries of […]

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Real Madrid Is Sorta Screwed

cwick: (Chadwick Matlin, deputy editor) After a scintillating two weeks of Champions League soccer, FiveThirtyEight’s soccer chat braintrust is back to discuss the new GOAT in international soccer, Liverpool’s 1-0 deficit and the over/under on the number of red cards Sergio Ramos will receive before he retires. Guys! What a wild set of matches. Where […]

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