Laurent Dubois's Blog, page 27

From Brooklyn to Omaha to Johannesburg: Reflecting on Heartbreak and Missed Opportunities

My heart broke in Omaha, Nebraska. I’ve dreamed of going to the Final Four for as long as I can remember. As all kids do, I dreamed of being the star player. I imagined leading my team through the tournament and hitting the buzzer-beating shot in the national championship game. I visualized confetti streaming down… Read More »

African Soccerscapes: How a Continent Changed the World’s Game

Chapter Three: “Making Nations in Late Colonial Africa, 1940s—1964” “Stadiums and clubhouses became areas in which workers, intellectuals, business owners, and the unemployed challenged colonial power and expressed a shared commitment to racial equality and self-determination. Football constructed a fragile sense of nationhood in political entities arbitrarily created by colonial powers and fueled Africa’s broader… Read More »

Middlesbrough 1-2 Wolves: The wildest match in the Championship this season

In one of the most important matches of the year, Wolves, reduced nine men after two dubious red cards, defeated promotion rivals Middlesbrough by two goals to one at the Riverside Stadium, Wolves’ first victory there since 1951. Hélder Costa and Ivan Cavaleiro scored for Wolves only five minutes apart in the first half. Patrick… Read More »

Middlesbrough 1-2 Wolves: El partido más loco del Championship de esta temporada

En uno de los partidos más importantes de este año, Wolves, con nueve jugadores después de dos tarjetas rojas dudosas, derrotaron a sus rivales de promoción Middlesbrough 2-1 en el estadio Riverside de Middlesbrough, la primera victoria de Wolves en este sitio desde 1951. Hélder Costa y Ivan Cavaleiro marcaron por Wolves en el primer… Read More »

Zidane Bajo Presión en Madrid

No es ningún secreto que Real Madrid está a medios de una temporada bien mediocre de acuerdo a sus estándares normales. Están de terceros en La Liga, y fueron eliminados en los cuartos de final de la Copa del Rey tras ser derrotados por el Leganés, que ahorita está de numero 12 en La Liga.… Read More »

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic: The Next 100 Euro Player

If you haven’t heard of Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, it would have been tough to blame you as recently as 2 years ago, but as of today the 23-year-old Serbian midfielder stands a chance to become one of the most expensive players of all time this summer. Milinkovic-Savic has been dominating Italian soccer at Lazio this season.… Read More »

1,834 Days: Christian Pulisic’s Opinions on American Soccer

Christian Pulisic wrote a Players Tribune article just weeks after the United States Men’s National Time found out they would not be making the World Cup. Pulisic has been described as the future of United States soccer and as a wonderboy, a prodigy. While in this article he denies that he is a special talent… Read More »

Zlatan Ibrahimovic – Del Manchester United al LA Galaxy

Hay que dar la bienvenida a uno de los mejores jugadores de su generación – Zlatan Ibrahimovic – a los Estados Unidos. El delantero sueco de 36 años rescindió su contrato con el lado inglés Manchester United el 22 de marzo, al medio de su campaña en la Barclays Premier League. Poco después, firmó con… Read More »

Isco’s Future

It’s every player’s dream to play for a club like Real Madrid, with 12 UEFA Champions League titles they’re arguably the best in Europe. Francisco Román Alarcón Suárez (Isco) had his dream become a reality in 2013 when he joined Real Madrid from La Liga side Malaga. However, recently Isco’s life at Madrid has been… Read More »

LA Galaxy vs LA FC: The Birth of “El Tráfico”

Every big soccer league has their iconic derby. It’s the kind of game that you mark down on your calendar months in advance. It’s the kind of game that the whole city pauses for. If you live in Madrid or Barcelona, there’s nothing more important than watching Messi go head to head with Christiano Ronaldo… Read More »