FIFA World Cup

Man, let me tell you, I spent the whole damn afternoon digging through dusty records because of a stupid argument I had with my neighbor, Tony. That guy thinks he knows everything about football history. We were just sitting on...

I gotta tell you, last week I was sitting down for a coffee, right? And this guy next to me, totally convinced, starts yelling into his phone that the US Men’s team won the World Cup back in the 90s....

Man, I was trying to lock down this complicated technical white paper, right? Massive density, needed absolute focus. I had spread out all my notes, trying to connect these complex architectural dependencies—the kind of stuff that requires deep quiet for...

Man, let me tell you why I even dove headfirst into archiving the USWNT’s win history. It wasn’t just because I love the game; it was pure, unadulterated annoyance. The kind of annoyance that makes you drop everything and spend...

Why is Guatemala in World Cup Qualifying tough? See the reasons now! I hear people talking all the time about CONCACAF qualifying, right? They look at the US, Mexico, maybe Canada now, and then they look at Central America and...

Man, I swear, last week I was sitting around with my buddy, Bob, arguing about football—you know how it goes. We got onto the 98 World Cup team, France winning it on home turf. Everyone remembers Zidane, Petit, Barthez. Easy....

Finding the Escape Route: Why I Dug Up France ’98 Man, sometimes you just hit a wall. For the last six months, I’ve been trying to get this new home server setup working right—it’s supposed to handle all my archives...

I was just scrolling through some old junk on a rainy Tuesday afternoon, looking for a misplaced photo album from ’05. You know how it is when you start digging through storage—you always find something you forgot existed. Next thing...

Man, sometimes life just throws you a project when you least expect it. I wasn’t looking to deep-dive into late 90s football history last week, trust me. I was just trying to clear out the darned garage. I needed space...

Man, I spent half of last Tuesday digging deep into what felt like the most straightforward football question ever. The title says it all: Who was the top scorer for France in the 1998 World Cup? You figure, Zinedine Zidane,...