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by Paul Gardner on Jan 17, 12:00 AM
Soccer's reaction to the concussion issue has been a joke. But it is much worse than that. It is a disgrace, and a dangerous one at that.
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by Paul Gardner on Jan 13, 1:43 AM
My sincere thanks to the United Soccer Coaches for handing me their new award -- their Media Career of Excellence award.
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by Paul Gardner on Dec 18, 3:22 PM
I treasure memories of both those guys. I saw much more of Pele, spending a month filming with him in the summer of 1972, in Santos, then later being close at hand as he played in New York.
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by Paul Gardner on Dec 9, 2:55 PM
Our opponents were always teams of working class boys, rather scrawny-looking lads, not as comfortably bred, or as well-fed, as us.
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by Paul Gardner on Sep 27, 3:16 PM
The world of pro soccer is not where you go if you're looking for objectivity, and unbiased opinions. Fan loyalty, club loyalty, player loyalty, regional loyalty ...
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by Paul Gardner on Sep 6, 6:25 PM
The idea is to make the words interesting, even downright fascinating. Of course, things can go too far. Deplorably, guru-talk, has run away with itself.
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by Paul Gardner on Sep 2, 4:59 PM
It happens in every game. The referee goes up to a player, or a group of players, and delivers what looks like a stern lecture.
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by Paul Gardner on Aug 12, 6:03 PM
The MLS Is Back tournament, championship, extravaganza, whatever it was, worked out pretty well, I thought. I mean, given how hastily it was concocted.
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by Paul Gardner on Jul 29, 8:09 PM
If there's one factor above all others that thoroughly incenses me about VAR, it's this business of dictatorial offside decisions based on millimetric measurements.
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by Paul Gardner on Jul 27, 4:12 AM
When Atlanta announced that it had signed Frank De Boer as the coach to replace Tata Martino, I called the appointment a "betrayal."
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by Paul Gardner on Jul 15, 8:20 PM
If you were a season-ticket holder with a big club and found that, seated next to you at every game, there was Taylor Twellman, how long before you requested a different seat?
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by Paul Gardner on Jul 6, 6:31 PM
Some years ago I read an article in the English press that greatly irritated me. I tore the page from the newspaper and put it aside for further study.
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by Paul Gardner on Jun 24, 4:59 AM
Another episode of quarantine-induced nostalgia has surfaced. We're going back over 70 years for this one ...
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by Paul Gardner on Jun 20, 10:19 AM
I return to the worrying tale of Eric Garcia, the young Man City defender severely injured last Wednesday.
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by Paul Gardner on Jun 18, 11:45 AM
Alas for the English Premier League, usually so deft at promoting itself. Here we had the long-awaited (it's been 100 days) return.