World Cup

Only a united UEFA has the power to bring about change within Sepp Blatter’s FIFA, but it’ll never happen

Part of the majesty of sport resides in its ability to explain life. There can be more truth in one good competition than an entire Sunday church service. Soccer’s function as a microcosm of life is arguably the most direct in all the sports - and perhaps that is why the planet is so enamored with it. 

As first reported by The18 yesterday, in the least surprising news since The Pope admitted to a fondness for Jesus, FIFA’s investigation into alleged corruption and improper conduct during the 2018/2022 World Cup Bidding Process has cleared the successful Qatar 2022 and Russia 2018 bid teams of any wrong-doing.

Thirteen U.S. senators sent a letter to Sepp Blatter and Sunil Gulati asking for the use of grass instead of turf in the Women's World Cup.

There is not a country in the world that does not have a dark side to its history. Call it human nature, but the huge strides made by the human race in the past few centuries are rivaled only by its tragic missteps.

The USMNT has drawn into group A of the 2014 CONCACAF Women’s Championship and will play Guatemala, Haiti and Trinidad & Tobago. The group consists of Mexico, Jamaica, Costa Rica and Martinique. 

We can now sit back and take a breath after the 2014 World Cup gave us over a month of breathtaking goals, rabid Uruguayans, draws that felt like losses, losses that felt like wins, and record-breaking television ratings in the United States. While certain of those memories will stay with us for weeks and even years to come, the question now has to be asked: where does soccer go from here in the United States? Is this truly the time when soccer will “break through” and join its place in the upper-echelon of major sports in the United States?