The haves and have-nots are being exposed in my home land over the last week as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic show far greater cracks in and around the sport of soccer than we’ve seen here in the US.
Outside The Box
A look around the happenings of interest, oddities, and other weirdness from the world of soccer.
Outside the Box: bombshells, bb guns, and beer
Where else to start than with North Texas’ most recent export to Portugal, Reggie Cannon.
Outside the Box: slip-ups and slurs
It seems like every American soccer fan has become a proud parent with Sergiño Dest’s move to Barcelona.
Outside the Box: Double Kit nerds, Covid, and clerical errors
Another week, another excuse to use a photo by my good friend Liam Smith of my beloved Luton Town!
Outside the Box: Four fights and a wedding
Welcome back for another week in the crazy world of soccer. We’ll start in Spain, whose golf courses will no longer be frequented by Gareth Bale.
Outside the box: Soccer in a time of Covid
With no FC Dallas game this weekend, here’s a special weekend edition of our look at the wider world of soccer and the weird things happening in it.
Outside the Box: McKennie on the move & Coach Soulja Boy
Another Champions League is in the books and every fan of an MLS team has at one point or another said with a tear in their eye, ‘our little Phonzie is a European Champion.
Outside the Box: Humble pie, marbles, and too much attention
Wow, what a week of soccer both here and abroad but let’s start with the world’s biggest club competition, the UEFA Champions League. This quick-fire…
Outside the Box: FCD is back and de Jong gets stung
As we look forward to FC Dallas’ glorious return tonight, we’re given constant reminders of the danger of the COVID-19 virus and the responsibility that falls on everyone.
Outside the Box: Captain America’s pain soothed by Scott Parker’s song
It seems like an eternity ago that Captain America went down fighting at Wembley.