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The Convenience Store
July 20, 2026
I was watching that Odyssey movie the other day — you know the one I’m talking about, right? — and I have to say that I like the idea of the Trojan War as a...
Up The Hearts
July 19, 2026
“Is Rob Lowe short for ‘Robert Lower?’” The sentence fell into the swimming pool of ambient neon distraction, startling Claudia Jones up from the depths of...
We Have Slipped Somewhere
July 11, 2026
“Bravo!” Deschamps said as the team boarded their plane in a thrown-rice flurry of applause. “Morrocco is done!” Olise stayed quiet amongst the applause and...
Peach Cobbler Egyptian Kings
July 7, 2026
The Sunday League five-a-siders had flown straight to Atlanta from Mexico City and were knackered. Planes had buzzed the top of Azteca all night and the fans...
Monologue
July 6, 2026
“We couldn’t possibly do anything about the ref being denied a visa. Or whatever it was you’re suggesting with regard to Iran. Yes, yes, we’ve dismissed...
Torre
July 6, 2026
The control tower at Benito Juarez (MEX) kept checking in with flights in order to get updates on the game. “Don’t you have a television in there, Tower?”...
Sunshine in a Bag
July 5, 2026
I remember being the age when you could ride those beach kites like they were a mechanical bull, where you could snatch a plate of freshly steaming rice off...
What?
July 5, 2026
I wanted to do my homework in advance of writing about soccer in Mexico, so I e-mailed the writer Joaquín Viveros to ask him about his thoughts on the...
Pep Guardiola Holds A Secret Meeting With The Italian National Team On Top of Mt. Rushmore
July 5, 2026
“Okay, guys. Guys. Guys. Listen! Listen. Jürgen has taken the Germany job, okay? They could have asked me — they could have asked me! — but that’s okay....
250
July 5, 2026
If there’s anything that says America, it’s Canada against Morocco in Houston on the Fourth of July. If anything was a surprise, it was Métis people running...
Aqua Vitae
July 3, 2026
It was the hydration break, marked once again by everyone booing, with television commentators by and large ignoring the consistency and universality of the...
The Ride Home
June 30, 2026
“We really shouldn’t have gotten into that fight with the old man at the Waffle House,” Deniz Undav said, the bus quietly hissing down the highway, a bag of...
Håndtrykk, Musafaha
June 29, 2026
The wind ruffled his hair. The PA announcer ruffled his ears. In a time like this, he had to pick one institution and defend it, so which institution was he...
All The Very Best of Us
June 29, 2026
This one is for all the lovers out there, he said — I think to me? — before running towards the penalty and missing — ‘skying it,’ as the phrase goes, and I...
Golazo!
June 26, 2026
He stopped the UPS truck in the middle of the intersection underneath the dirty green overpass used to carry cars and trains and hopped to the edge of the...
Bienvenida
June 24, 2026
Someone had set fire to a truck full of fireworks on the highway to welcome the Spanish National Team to Chattanooga, Tennessee. It only partly slowed...
Lunch
June 23, 2026
“You lost your boy, too?” “He would have loved it here. The game, the food, the people — everything.” A member of the Argentinian Mothers of the Plaza de...
Two Members of The Bloods Watch Bosnian Soccer Fans Walk Through Inglewood
June 22, 2026
“But they’re wearing blue.” “They’re Bosnian.” “I don’t care what they are.” “They’re here for the World Cup.” “But they’re wearing blue.” “To signify their...
A Meeting
June 22, 2026
“So let me get this straight,” a pinched, nasally voice said through thick cigar smoke. “The ‘CFA’ in your currency stands for ‘colonial French authority?’”...
Ferie
June 21, 2026
Inge was a Norwegian from Stavanger staying in a house in Federal Hill in Providence, Rhode Island trying to translate a book by Driss Chraibi for her...
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