Well, now that the World Cup 2022 was awarded to Qatar (disappointing the USA which looked like the favorite), we begin to think of what th...

Haven't written much for a while so a collection of thoughts: My first thought about Uruguay's Luis Suarez batting what would have...

“Football is like a religion to me. I worship the ball, and I treat it like a god. Too many players think of a football as something to k...

The lads do like to make it dramatic.  But you have to love the relentless attacking soccer they displayed for almost the entire game and th...

Well, after an odd day the fates of England and the US became clearer: Win and advance. Tying could result in advancement, but don't c...

Sick of soccer yet? I know I am pushing my luck but never fear, the Oregon jobs report comes out tomorrow. So today I give you another Wor...

And now for the best of them all: Brazil's Carlos Alberto in 1970 versus Italy. The beauty is in the movement, the fluidity, the gracef...

Okay so this is not actually the World Cup, but the 1988 European Championship, where the Netherlands played the final against the Soviet Un...

Josimar of Brasil - 1986.

The little prince: Roberto Baggio (1990):

Here is another from '98.  Teenaged sensation Michael Owen (remember him?) against arch rivals Argentina - a little payback for the ...

UPADTE: Drogba may not be out after all .  Stay tuned.  Alle z Les Éléphants!  Er...remember that prediction of mine that Les Éléphants o...

Why is Diego Maradona considered one of the best ever (no not the best - sorry all of my Argentinean classmates)? Here is perhaps his most ...

A little exhausted today after finishing teaching for the year yesterday and unable to focus as well as I would like.  So I went looking for...

Okay, here is a more modern one, from the 1998 World Cup in France. The Netherlands's (And Arsenal's) Dennis Bergkamp with the goal...

To get you all warmed up for the World Cup (and because I am very busy in the final throes of the academic year) I shall post a WC video of ...

Can hosting a World Cup - the world's most watched sporting event - be a good thing for a country's economy?  Most economists belie...