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The EPL puts on a show -- only the referees disappoint
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Monday, December 30, 2019
The level of English Premier League play and the entertainment value have ...
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An object lesson in how to ignore Latino soccer
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Monday, December 2, 2019
You will know, I think, the medical tale -- a surgical joke ...
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U.S. Soccer coaching courses in Spanish? Not a big deal.
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Monday, November 25, 2019
So U.S. Soccer has decided to run coaching instruction courses ... in ...
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Fiasco in Brazil: U.S. Soccer must take most of the blame for the U-17 failure
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Thursday, November 7, 2019
The sorry story of the USA's drubbing at the Under-17 World Cup ...
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High scoring adds sparkle to playoffs -- but MLS should look closely at faulty refereeing
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Wednesday, October 23, 2019
The single-game playoff format has much to recommend it. The game has ...
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The misuse of VAR, the sins of goalkeepers ... and a big thank you to Lee Dixon
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Thursday, September 26, 2019
From the English Premier League comes more evidence that VAR -- a ...
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Goalkeepers revisited
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Goalkeepers slamming into an opponent, often making violent contact with his head, ...
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To the U.S. Soccer Federation . . . In Anger
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Monday, September 9, 2019
My congratulations to the United States Soccer Federation. The ignorance, the arrogance, ...
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Another colossal VAR gaffe in England
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Referee Mike Dean never looked at the replays. In the EPL version ...
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The devious problem of tactical fouling
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Friday, August 23, 2019
Stand in his way, pull his shirt, trip him -- nothing too ...
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A weekend with the VARmints
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Monday, August 19, 2019
No apologies for returning, yet again, to this VAR business. It is ...
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The joys of picardia vs. the boredom of tactics
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Monday, August 12, 2019
Diego Maradona has always known about soccer's extra dimension. Even as a ...
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VARs -- a new elite group among referees, something soccer does not need
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Saturday, July 13, 2019
The responsibility for what happens on the field during a soccer game ...
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Memories of Chumpitaz and Cubillas: Welcome back Peru
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Saturday, July 6, 2019
That Brazil should have reached the final of the 2019 Copa America ...
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The VAR/goalkeeper mess -- an IFAB production
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Wednesday, June 26, 2019
The International Football Association Board -- the IFAB -- has presented us ...
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Ukraine vs. South Korea -- an unlikely final to an unusual U-20 World Cup
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Thursday, June 13, 2019
An under-20 world championship without Brazil, Germany, Ghana, Spain, Russia, England and ...
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What happened to Atlanta's sparkle?
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Monday, May 27, 2019
I developed, last MLS season, the habit of watching all of Atlanta ...
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The FA Cup: A Good Idea that became a Fairy Tale and then a Horror Story
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Monday, May 20, 2019
Manchester City has won the FA Cup. With a resounding 6-0 wipe-out ...
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Oh dear, defenders feel threatened ... again
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Sunday, April 28, 2019
Jan Vertonghen, Tottenham's Belgian defender, is worried. "I think we have to ...
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A good referee decision nixed by a woeful VAR verdict
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Sunday, March 17, 2019
The various shades and intricacies of VAR continue to intrigue -- and, ...
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Fan violence and the dangers of encouraging passion
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Tuesday, March 12, 2019
While MLS Commissioner Don Garber has been getting himself into trouble for ...
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The opening week -- and yet another appeal to MLS for a Best Assist award
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Friday, March 8, 2019
The disappointment -- flop, really -- of the first 2019 MLS weekend ...
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A diving call in England that invites open derision
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Tuesday, February 19, 2019
At issue: Did Harry Maguire foul Son Heung Min? Or was the ...
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At last Burnley gets a penalty kick -- but Coach Dyche still has a major problem
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Monday, February 4, 2019
Sean Dyche. Coach at Burnley, in the English Premier League. He's having ...
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Trying to fathom Atlanta's switch from Latin to Dutch
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Monday, January 21, 2019
When the new coach takes over a team that is going through ...
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Man City 9 Burton Albion 0: The fantasy world of cup soccer
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Friday, January 11, 2019
I recently watched a fantastic soccer occasion, one that must, I'm quite ...
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Robbie Mustoe and the 'lazy Brazilians'
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Wednesday, January 2, 2019
The game had been, well, not bad. Quite good, actually. Two late ...
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Sigi Schmid's Soccer Saga
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Friday, December 28, 2018
Sigi Schmid, who died on Christmas Day at age 65, will be ...
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Atlanta goes Dutch -- not a great idea
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Monday, December 24, 2018
The whoops of joy emanating from Atlanta to announce the signing of ...
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MLS Cup 2018: The long-awaited festival of futbol
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Tuesday, December 4, 2018
It has been my opinion for some 20 years or more that ...
