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NEC subs strike late to win at Feyenoord
As temperatures have plummeted, so have Feyenoord’s title chances. Two weeks after losing to Go Ahead Eagles, they were beaten 4-2 by another member of the Eredivisie’s upwardly-mobile middle class in NEC Nijmegen, a late brace from substitute Kento Shiogai making the difference on a frigid afternoon in Rotterdam. The result leaves Feyenoord six points…
Does Dutch Football Have a Far-Right Problem?
The Netherlands’ rightwards lurch has spread into stadiums For a few hours, the heart of Dutch democracy was transformed into a battlefield. On September 20th, an anti-refugee protest in the centre of The Hague turned violent; police vans were set alight, and the headquarters of the progressive D66 party had its windows smashed in, with…
Dutch secure place at 2026 World Cup with easy win over Lithuania
When the United States celebrates its 250th birthday next summer, there will be plenty of red, white and blue– and a splash of orange. The Netherlands confirmed their place at the World Cup in North America with a 4-0 win over Lithuania on Monday night, a flurry of three goals in five second-half minutes providing…
Netherlands vs Finland Match Report
Dutch showcase their quality to romp past the Finns and close in on World Cup qualification A glance at the scorelines will tell you that the Netherlands won both their World Cup qualifying fixtures this international break by a 4-0 margin. That’s where the similarities end. Where Thursday’s visit to Malta was a torpid affair,…
Rooted in Oakland: The Coliseum’s new tenant is a community-owned soccer team
The Oakland Coliseum towers over the flatlands of East Oakland as a monument to American sports’ expansionist age. The stadium was built in the late 1960s to host Major League Baseball’s A’s and the NFL’s Raiders, a symbol of multi-functional efficiency easily reachable from the freeway and ringed by parking lots. For decades, the Coliseum…
Eredivisie season preview 25/26
PSV Eindhoven seek a three-peat while Ajax and Feyenoord enter the season with legendary former players in charge This has been a strange summer for watchers of the Dutch transfer market. While previous off-seasons have been marked by Dutch clubs– especially the Big Three of PSV Eindhoven, Ajax and Feyenoord– selling their prized assets to…
Is This What the End of a Club Looks Like?
Just four years after finishing fourth in the Eredivisie, Vitesse Arnhem are on the verge of bankruptcy after years of wrangling over the club’s ownership It seemed as though the first shafts of light were finally visible. On 29 January, a group of five shareholders agreed to purchase Vitesse, saving the club from the financial…
Feyenoord 3-0 Sparta Rotterdam- Match Report
Feyenoord snapped their winless run in the Eredivisie but failed to convince against relegation-threatened city rivals Rarely will a three-goal derby win have felt less satisfactory. Feyenoord’s meeting with crosstown visitors Sparta Rotterdam was a sloppy, nervous affair, its only sparkle provided by late goals from Anis Hadj Moussa and Igor Paixao which gave the…
Manchester United 2-0 PAOK Thessaloniki- Match Report
Walk around Old Trafford ahead of a European night, and your eyes will be drawn to two floodlit statues of managers whose success in UEFA competition turned Manchester United into one of world football’s premier clubs. There’s Sir Alex Ferguson, winner of three European trophies, depicted huddled in a trench coat in front of the…
Is the Bay Area’s Soccer Infrastructure About to Enter the Modern Age?
The Bay Area is set to help host the 2026 World Cup, but Oakland and San Francisco’s professional soccer infrastructure lags far behind the San Jose area’s. Now both cities are trying to catch up while putting community first Enter the official FIFA World Cup 2026 website, and the tropes are familiar. FIFA’s description of the…
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