Global Football Hub

Man, last week was something else. I was sitting around watching some random old football clips—you know how that goes, one YouTube rabbit hole leads to another—and I ended up watching the 2002 World Cup final again. Japan and Korea,...

Kicking the Brazuca: How I Tore Apart the Perfect Ball to Find the Secret Man, if you were kicking a ball in 2014, you knew instantly. The moment that thing left your foot, you felt it. That FIFA World Cup...

Man, trying to watch niche international football tournaments can be a real headache. You’d think in this day and age, with all these streaming services charging an arm and a leg, getting access to something like the FIFA Women U17...

Hunting for Philly FIFA Tickets: The Start of a Headache Look, the minute they announced the Club World Cup was hitting Philly, I knew I had to go. I’ve been kicking around this city for years, and watching those big...

Man, let me tell you about the rabbit hole I fell down last month. It all started because of a stupid argument with my brother-in-law, Mark. We were just chilling, watching some old football highlights on a Sunday afternoon, and...

Man, let me tell you, getting this new Derby City Classic trophy off the ground was a bigger headache than trying to find parking downtown on game day. I didn’t just read about this thing; I was stuck in the...

Man, let me tell you straight up, if you’re still just looking at who won the last five games or checking the table before throwing money down, you are just donating cash to the bookies. I learned that the hard...

The Scramble for Lisbon: My €400 November Challenge Listen, everyone says travel is expensive, right? Especially if you want to go somewhere decent, not just camping in your own backyard. Well, I wanted to hit Lisbon. I’d seen the pictures,...

Man, I needed an escape. Seriously. You wouldn’t believe the corporate dumpster fire I’ve been wading through this last quarter. My real job? It involves trying to make sense of two ridiculously bloated departments that decided to merge—HR and Engineering....

Man, I never thought I’d be spending a whole week fighting with something that sounds like an old airport code. But here we are. I started this whole journey because my kid’s school laptop—an absolute dinosaur running Windows 7—started throwing...