Sports - June 10, 2009
Soldier Field trip a revealing lesson in soccer mania
You think Cubs fans are tough? You should have been at Soldier Field for the World Cup qualifier between the U.S. and Honduras.
Tags: us soccer, honduras, world cup, concacaf, soldier field

Sports - April 7, 2008
The difficult struggle of the beautiful game
A host of soccer bars and free soccer broadcasts is helping feed Milwaukee's soccer fans, but with an MLS bid, is there any hope for the game in Brew City?
Tags: Peter Wilt, Mike Eitel, Mike Lafferty, Milwaukee Wave, Milwaukee Kickers, Nomad World Pub, Highbury, Carleton Grange, soccer, World Cup, MLS

Movies & TV - Sept. 27, 2007
Resourceful soccer fans win in "The Great Match"
"The Great Match" is a comedy by writers Gerardo Olivares and Chema Rodríguez -- directed by Olivares -- that follows three indigenous groups as they work hard to achieve the same goal: watching the 2002 World Cup final on television.
Tags: great match, olivares, soccer, world cup, ronaldo, miff

Sports - July 19, 2006
Put up or get down: the case for relegation
Since we soccer fans had to endure the tiresome flood of articles telling us what's wrong with our game during the World Cup, it seems only fair that fans of baseball, basketball and football take a moment to consider this key problem with basically all American professional sports: relegation. Or the lack of it.
Tags: relegation, soccer, brewers, mets, torino, toro, world cup

Sports - July 13, 2006
What will it take for soccer to become the All-American game?
Except for its final act, the 2006 World Cup lived up to the hype. But as for the United States, don’t expect any international success until mindsets change and an investment is made.
Tags: world cup, us, soccer, italy, france, azzurri, zidane, materazzi, buffon, vecsey