Compared to football, baseball and basketball, the “big three” American sports, soccer is a uniquely fluid game: no set possession length, a continuously running clock, a tiny number of actual scoring attempts and constant transitions that blur the line between attack and defense. That’s made it much more difficult to quantify. Lionel Messi is better […]
The American sports world has largely been shut down since mid-March, when the NBA suspended its season and most other major leagues followed suit. But momentum has been building for the sports to make their comeback — in some form. MLB is set to propose its return plan to the players union this week, and […]
This week, we have the pleasure to be joined once again by The Athletic’s Meg Linehan, who walks us through the latest ruling in the U.S. women’s national team lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation. The judge threw out a large portion of the USWNT’s case, citing differences in the men’s and women’s collective bargaining […]
Professional soccer in England is on hold until at least April 3 because of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, though even that date is far from certain: It’s unclear at the moment if and when play will resume — and how leagues will handle matters of promotion and relegation if it does not. What […]
Editor’s note: This chat was held before news that the Champions League might be suspended, with two teams entering quarantine. cwick (Chadwick Matlin, deputy editor): All, we’ve gathered again to fete the first four teams to make it into the quarterfinals of the Champions League: Atalanta, RB Leipzig, Paris Saint-Germain and … [checks notes] Atlético […]