Laurent Dubois's Blog, page 45

Football? C’est quoi ça?

C’est la Coupe du monde, C’est l’Euro, la Copa America, la CAN C’est le Premier League, la Bundesligua, la Serie A, la Ligue 1, la Ligua C’est la MLS, la PSL, la CSL.   Le football c’est le jeu entre ses amis, pieds nus dans la poussière, parfois sans « propre ballon.» C’est la cause de… Read More »

Le football Américain

Pour commencer, je dois déclarer mon nouvel intérêt au football américain, que les américains appellent « soccer ». Je ne suis alors pas un expert du « soccer » américain ; je ne suis non plus un expert du « soccer » en général, je ne suis qu’un fan passionné du sport. La création de la MLS en 1993 était un bon… Read More »

Club vs. Country

This summer the Brazilian national team will compete in two major tournaments: the 2016 Rio Olympics in August and the Copa America Centenario in June. Brazil’s star forward Neymar, however, may only compete in one.  Neymar’s club team, Barcelona, has publically stated that they will only release Neymar for one of the two tournaments this… Read More »

Nigel “The Destroyer” de Jong is at it again

Nigel “The Destroyer” de Jong committed an awful foul, yesterday April 10th 2016, against Darlington Nagbe.The foul left Darlington Nagbe in a wheelchair and unable to put pressure on his ankle. Nagbe who was selected 2nd overall in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft is a young pacey winger who has a bright future for both the… Read More »

Title IX y su papel en promover el fútbol femenino americano

Aunque su equipo nacional de hombres no tiene mucho éxito en competencial internacional, los Estados Unidos siempre ha dominado el mundo del fútbol femenino. Desde el empiezo del Mundial femenino, por ejemplo, las americanas han ganado tres títulos en solo siete instancias del torneo. En contraste, los hombres no ganaron ningún partido de los 19… Read More »

Qatar 2022: Controversy Looms Large

            When FIFA awarded Qatar the 2022 FIFA World Cup in December of 2010, the general public responded with a mass outcry for answers as to why the FIFA executive committee decided to choose Qatar as the host nation. Among the many complaints by fans, players, and the media were… Read More »

Pog-Boom

  “€100 million for Pogba”,”The most expensive transfer in the history of football is just around the corner”, “Zidane needs Pogba in Real Madrid”… There have been a lot of rumors about Pogba’s future, as he is certainly the most discussed figure on the transfer market. I hope and pray that he decides to stay… Read More »

Hurricane Jamie?

After reading Kuber’s post, I was wondering what the English starting pair of strikers would be. For the first time after the 2002 World Cup (Michael Owen, Teddy Sheringham, Robbie Fowler), England finally has a wide variety of top-class forwards. Based on their tactics in the qualifying and friendly games in the last two years, they… Read More »

El fútbol ya puso sus raíces en los Estados Unidos ahora solo está creciendo

Muchas personas dicen que el fútbol todavía es un deporte de inmigrantes en los estados unidos y que tardaría mucho para que pueda a llegar a la grandeza de los cuatro grandes deportes americanos; el futbol americano, el béisbol, el baloncesto, y el hockey. Pero estas personas están equivocadas y la pregunta que debe ser… Read More »

What Qatar 2022 Means for Female Fans

The Iranian film Offside focuses on a group of dedicated female Iranian football fans desperately trying to get into a World Cup qualifier match. While the film misses much of the presumably exciting competition between Iran and Bahrain, it succeeds in emphasizing Iranian women’s place in their society outside of the immediate football stadium. The… Read More »