FIFA World Cup

Man, I was ticked off. This whole thing started because my buddy, Tim, came over last week to watch some old football highlights. We were just hanging out, trying to remember the good old days, and somehow we landed on...

The Day I Fell Down the 2010 Rabbit Hole You know how it is. You’re just sitting there, scrolling through whatever nonsense, and then suddenly, something snaps and you get obsessed with a random memory. For me, yesterday, it was...

Man, I remember 2006 like it was yesterday. The hype was insane. We had the ‘Fantastic Four’—Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Kaka, Adriano—and a bench packed with guys who were absolute legends. Everyone was just waiting for the coronation. It wasn’t a question...

Man, I was just chilling last weekend, right? Doing what I always do, watching some old football highlights. And somehow, I ended up watching the lead-up hype for the 2006 World Cup. You know, that Brazil team. The one everybody...

I finally got around to putting together my notes on the full Brazil 2006 World Cup squad. I mean, we all think we know it, right? The “Magic Quartet”—Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Adriano, Kaka. Pure football genius. But when you actually sit...

Man, let me tell you, working on this 2002 World Cup goals compilation was a mess—but the good kind of mess. It all started late last Saturday night. I was chatting with a buddy who insists modern football is cleaner,...

So, my cousin called me up a couple of months back, all hyped up about the next World Cup. He said, “Let’s go. Book it. But first, find out the average ticket price.” I laughed and said, “Easy peasy, I’ll...

Everyone yells about the average price of a World Cup ticket. Forget that noise. That is for the folks who wait until the last minute or hit the secondary resale sites like it is some kind of guaranteed gold mine....

Man, 2014. It still feels like yesterday, even though it was forever ago. That World Cup Final against Germany. We were so close. So incredibly close. If you’re anything like me, that game still pops into your head every once...

Man, let me tell you, digging into the 2014 World Cup final—it wasn’t just a casual watch party. This was a project. I remember sitting there in 2014, feeling the air just drain out of the room when Götze smashed...