Thoughts on the game
Jordan Eliminated as Algerian Comeback Breaks Debutant’s Hearts
Like so many before them, Jordan had come to California to chase a dream. And for nearly an hour on Monday evening, that fantasy of a maiden World Cup victory looked like becoming reality. A deft finish from Nizar Al-Rashwan had put Al-Nashama (the Chivalrous Ones) into a first-half lead against Algeria at the Bay…
Arnautović Seals Points for Austria Over Plucky Jordan in World Cup Opener
It might be an old cliche, but for Marko Arnautović, the third time really was the charm. Having first had a goal ruled out after VAR intervention and then failing to convert a chance when through on goal, Arnautović, Austria’s all-time leading scorer, struck from the penalty spot to secure his country a 3-1 win…
World Cup Buzz Hits Bay Area, But Some Fans Feel Left Out
After years of anticipation, the World Cup’s traveling circus has finally rolled into the Bay Area. As the tournament, being hosted in North America for the first time in 32 years, entered its first weekend, the region’s streets were awash with the hues of soccer jerseys. Red-shirted Swiss supporters, in town for their match against…
SF City Claim Derby Bragging Rights as Pair of Penalties Sink Glens
Might a lower-division soccer club be San Francisco’s best sports team right now? With the NBA’s Warriors having missed out on the postseason as their dynasty fades, and baseball’s Giants currently a study in ineptitude, the city is not exactly a hotbed for big-league sporting success. Yet the San Francisco Glens traveled to face their…
Amidst Summer Fog and a Stadium Battle, Supporter-Owned SF City Are Quietly Thriving
Author’s Note: This is the first entry in the series “The World Cup in Sun and Shadow,” my attempt to document soccer’s progress across the Bay Area– and the U.S. more broadly– as the sport’s greatest spectacle gets ready to kick off one week from today. Stay tuned for more articles over the next six…
At this Summer’s World Cup, the Majority of Dutch Players Won’t Be Wearing Orange
It was around eight in the evening when the car horns started blaring on the west side of Rotterdam. As the referee’s final whistle sounded and qualification for the World Cup was secured, crowds began to throng around the Heemraadsplein in the Netherlands’ second city, climbing into trees and setting off firecrackers in delight. But…
The Dutch Origins of San Francisco’s First Professional Soccer Team
1967 in San Francisco wasn’t just about free love and mind-expanding drugs. While the hippie movement was in its fullest flower around the intersection of Height and Ashbury streets, drawing young people from across America to the City by the Bay, a different group of young transients had made their way to San Francisco to…
Sterling debuts as Feyenoord manage narrow win over Telstar
The first half between Feyenoord and Telstar had all the necessary ingredients to keep a fan absorbed: three goals, a series of great saves, a penalty and red card revoked amidst VAR drama. Yet it all served as a kind of elaborate warm-up act for the evening’s main attraction. Sunday marked Raheem Sterling’s debut for…
Excelsior fight back from two down to leave Telstar rueing missed chances
If Telstar’s return to the Eredivisie remains limited to one season, they may well look at their pair of games against Excelsior and lament the leads they let slip. For the second time this season, Anthony Correia’s men surrendered a two-goal advantage against Excelsior, Irakli Yegoian and Noah Naujoks scoring late on to rescue a…
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…
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