Soccer Archives - Hal Phillips

Decoding Distaff Indifference Toward Women’s Professional Sports

Hal Phillips — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 15:02:31 +0000

LYON, France (June 27, 2019) — Ever wondered why women’s professional sports are watched and otherwise supported so meagerly by women themselves? The underlying premise here may strike one as obtuse, even churlish this week, what with thousands of women in the stands watching the 2019 Women’s World Cup in stadia all over France. But […]

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Of Hillsborough, Heysel & Stamford Bridge: Backstories amplify documentary of tragedy

Hal Phillips — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 20:14:50 +0000

This post was excerpted and adapted from, Generation Zero: Founding Fathers, Hidden Histories & The Making of Soccer in America (Dickinson-Moses Press, 2022). In joining the wide chorus of praise for director Daniel Gordon’s superb “30 for 30” documentary on the Hillsborough soccer disaster, we should be reminded of two things: First, the state of […]

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USA v. Mexico: Americans exposed at the back

Hal Phillips — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 19:31:26 +0000

Behold, the Unsightly American Soccer Podcast for the week of June 27, 2011. The Gold Cup has concluded, and the Mexicans, by virtue of their 4-2 victory, have laid claim to biannual honors as top dog in CONCACAF. This is our Federation, of course, the agglomeration of North American, Central American and Caribbean […]

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Unsightly American Soccer Podcast: April 1 Edition

Hal Phillips — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 21:12:35 +0000

Join Hal Phillips and a cast of characters/correspondents spanning the Globe to discuss the burning, hot, molten issues of the footballing day. This week we present a pre-Champions League Quarterfinal edition, in advance of the four matches scheduled for April 5 and 6. Big doings, but that’s not all: Hal and guests Dave Batista […]

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World Cup Nostalgia: Ultimately, it was televised

Hal Phillips — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:20:26 +0000

Like the Olympic Games, the World Cup comes round but once every four years. Unlike the modern Olympiad, the World Cup has only recently attracted the exhaustive attention of television programmers, a fact driven home to me by my friend and colleague, Dieter Schmidt, in his debut column at halphillips.net. There was indeed no international […]

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A Tale of Two Soccer Melting Pots

Hal Phillips — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:11:58 +0000

By Dee Schmidt One of the things you need to know about me is that while I’m counter-cultural and an American through and through (you can be both, my brothers and sisters), my paternal ancestry is seriously Teutonic. Dig: My dad was Austrian and because the heyday of Austrian football came in the 1930s […]

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Defrosted Retromensch serves up pre-WC punditry

Hal Phillips — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:09:50 +0000

By Dee Schmidt Hello, world. I’m from the ‘70s and if you’re reading this, you’re probably not. So bear with me, future dudes. I’ve spent 32 of the last 36 years frozen solid, biding my time at the bottom of an ever-expanding trash heap on the snow-white shores of Hudson Bay. I’m from Encinitas, […]

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