God’s Own Country Welcomes America
Howler Magazine
by Dan Friedman
1y ago
A grudging and growing acceptance that maybe Leeds might have some good Americans… Yorkshire doesn’t take easily to change. But walking around the city center or down Elland Road on gameday there’s no avoiding the signs of a growing American influence. Leeds United fans wear Major League Baseball caps and US men’s national team jerseys. Americans’ names have earned their ways onto on the backs of replica kits, and stars and stripes bedeck (or something…“spangle”??) the souvenir scarves of manager Jesse Marsch — proud son of Racine, Wisconsin. On the stadium concourse, Mark Russell wore a Sa ..read more
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A Day at the FIFA Fan Tent Village
Howler Magazine
by Matthew Shaddock
1y ago
And not in a good way. 3:00am: Awakened “Ridiculous! Disgraceful!” A heavily accented voice shouts into his phone. “I’ve never felt so cheated in my life. I’ve already emailed FIFA. I’ve told them. I’ve let them know this is unacceptable. I want a full refund! $200 a night…for this?” Welcome to FIFA’s Quetaifan Island Fan Village.  The voice rings out through the night. I attempt to play my favorite game: “Where is this person from?” I’m unable to place it. Saudi? Miami? Argentina? I’ll never know.  Wherever he’s from, he is not happy. This is not up to his standa ..read more
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Qatar 2022: Where is Everybody?
Howler Magazine
by Matthew Shaddock
1y ago
Howler is happy to have Matthew Shaddock as its Foreign Correspondent for the duration of the tournament. Today’s dispatch, complete with photography, represents the first of several messages he’ll share from Qatar—where the atmosphere isn’t quite like World Cups past. It might look right on TV, but it doesn’t feel right in the streets. Qatari leaders have taken a Field of Dreams approach to the World Cup: “If you build it, they will come.” Newly constructed developments sprawl north of the city, one after the other. Massive, unimaginable sizes and shapes. The skyscrapers seem to ..read more
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Group of Death
Howler Magazine
by Howler
1y ago
“BLACK WORLD CUP WINTER” Where FIFA fails, Howler delivers. They didn’t give us a Group of Death, so we made one. “Black World Cup Winter” is the first of four face-melting metal anthems (provided by San Diego-based metal band Beekeeper). It’s our way of saying if we have to watch it, at least we’re going to scream about it.  Critically, this is a fundraiser for Soccer Without Borders’ All Girls Program. All merchandise proceeds go to the organization.  Buy “Group of Death” merch and Support Soccer Without Borders GROUP OF DEATH CREDITS ———– Brand: Howler Agency: Howler Stu ..read more
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Welcome to your World Cup Winter
Howler Magazine
by Adam Susman
1y ago
A reluctant but thorough preview of one of the strangest tournaments ever. Buckle up and get ready for this year’s edition of a tournament we’ve been raised to love. A (GROUP A) While it looks like a walk in the park for the Dutch, each side’s unique style could make every match a tough adjustment. Ecuador’s athletic defenders make them dangerous from set pieces, Qatar will receive the home crowd bump, and AFCON champions Senegal may not have star Sadio Mané but their speedy attackers will cause headaches.  Qatar The hosts appear in their first ever World Cup ever and while it ..read more
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Countdown to Breaking a Record Before It Broke Me
Howler Magazine
by Christine Sinclair
1y ago
Howler is proud to celebrate the release of Christine Sinclair’s Playing the Long Game, a memoir (written with Stephen Brunt) of her phenomenal and record-breaking career. Our excerpt is from Chapter 13, on her pursuit of Abby Wambach’s record of 184 international goals—it’s an engaging welcome into a striker’s mind and an intriguing insight into a superstar’s personality. Heading into the 2019 World Cup in France, I was close to breaking Abby Wambach’s record of 184 career goals. It’s weird. I like to think of myself as the biggest team player. I will do anything to help my team win. I wil ..read more
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Leave a Little More
Howler Magazine
by Adam Susman
1y ago
A writer and illustrator with deep roots in the game craft a story for soccer’s future stars. In 2017 Sam Cronin—not to be confused with her husband and former MLS All-Star Sam Cronin—wrote the initial manuscript for Leave a Little More, a children’s book with a nucleus of soccer and empowering the everyday decisions we make.  “I think when I was writing the book I was talking to myself just as much as anyone else. You don’t have to be doing something so obviously great in order to be making an impact,” said Cronin.  The seed for the story was planted for Sam (the author) after ..read more
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Reffing Hell: Stuck in the Middle of a Game Gone Wrong
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by Ian Plenderleith
1y ago
Ian Plenderleith is the author of the fourth-most-enjoyable English-language book about soccer ever written, “Rock &. Roll Soccer: The Short Life and Fast Times of the North American Soccer League” (amongst others). When Howler received the opportunity to run an excerpt from—and to help him promote—his new book, “Reffing Hell: Stuck in the Middle of a Game Gone Wrong,” we offered a quick and enthusiastic Yes. What follows is an edited version of the book’s Introduction and four of its 125 match reports. Be prepared. You’re about to feel guilty. It’s a cold Thursday night in February, in ..read more
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The Howler XI: The 11 Games that Made American Soccer
Howler Magazine
by Dennie Wendt
1y ago
The Howler XI is an ongoing feature highlighting the 11 best/most important/most beautiful/most whatever within the annals of American soccer history. For its debut, we go right at it: The XI games you’ll need to tell the story of soccer in this country. No, there’s no particular order; no, you won’t agree; and yes, there’s an Honorable Mention.  We won the Rose Bowl! USWNT 0, China 0 (5-4, penalties), 1999 Women’s World Cup Final I was in Idaho for a wedding, but somehow my new wife and I managed to sneak away from the crowd for the final of an event that had grown over its month ..read more
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The Howler XI: The 11 Games that Made American Soccer
Howler Magazine
by Dennie Wendt
1y ago
The Howler XI is an ongoing feature highlighting the 11 best/most important/most beautiful/most whatever within the annals of American soccer history. For its debut, we go right at it: The XI games you’ll need to tell the story of soccer in this country. No, there’s no particular order; no, you won’t agree; and yes, there’s an Honorable Mention.  We won the Rose Bowl! USWNT 0, China 0 (5-4, penalties), 1999 Women’s World Cup Final I was in Idaho for a wedding, but somehow my new wife and I managed to sneak away from the crowd for the final of an event that had grown over its month ..read more
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