Welcome to HalPhillips.net, where the lede headline remains the March 2026 publication of my new book. My publishers at Bloomsbury issued Sibling Rivalry: How Mexico and the US Built the Most Contentious, Co-Dependent Feud in World Soccer on March 5, 2026. Get your very own copy here, or click that handsome book cover. We recommend two or three copies per person… Now, look up: Observe the Sibling Rivalry tab right there in the nav bar. That’s where you’ll find the book’s new companion site, always freshly stocked with timely World Cup news, book-related features and excerpts, my recently posted Soccer America essays, reviews and more. In the blog there, one can also read the official press release from Bloomsbury.
Do feel free to root around the more general offerings here at halphillips.net. Or visit my Instagram feed: a pretty cool, rivalry-centric digital museum & gallery dedicated to relevant, North America soccer ephemera. There’s another tab up there in the nav bar that links to my Threads page. That’s where I tend to micro-blog a lot these days on issues of the day, soccer-related and otherwise.
Dedicated futbol folk might also wish to check out my first book, Generation Zero: Founding Fathers, Hidden Histories & The Making of Soccer in America. This best-selling 2022 release is available via print, eBook or audio editions (the latter is read by a charming, disembodied A.I. simulacrum of Rebecca Lowe). Click the graphic below to find GZ’s companion site, replete with published, GenZero-centric soccer features, commentary and podcasts.
Suffice to say, all these channels represent a must-visit for soccer news and views ahead of the 2026 World Cup. That’s an event our two Siblings will co-host, along with Kid Brother Canada, which is coached by an American now. So it’s all very much on brand.
