New Article: The 1967 USA Soccer War While football across the world entered it's golden years, organised soccer at a high level threatened to be derailed in the United States. Words: @coreyalmond13.bsky.social Available to read on our website ⬇️ www.footballheritage.co.uk/the-1967-usa...

Vancouver Soccer Stories is back for a run of World Cup content. ⚽️ Unfortunate for some, who have been so turned off by the pre-tournament chaos that I had to write the following post:

Vancouver Soccer Stories is back for a run of World Cup content. ⚽️ Unfortunate for some, who have been so turned off by the pre-tournament chaos that I had to write the following post:

Shame the commentator is reading out an advertisement for FIFA World Cup hospitality packages mid-game rather than commenting on the action and a great pass. Sums up this World Cup.

All the wars are over. Thank god for the Oscars.

6⃣ Irish Young Guns 🇮🇪 The next generation of Irish talent is showing plenty of promise. In World Soccer's March 2026 issue, we picked out six players that are worth keeping an eye on... 🧵

Michael Eisner, through his ownership of Tornante LLC, has now transferred 73.5% of the Portsmouth FC LLC share equity equally to his three sons: Breck Eisner, Eric Eisner and Anders Eisner #Pompey Portsmouth FC

I saw Gabor Maté on my way home from work today. I stopped and we chatted. He told me off for calling football 'soccer'. I felt like an idiot.

The fourth season of HBO’s “Industry” has been gruesome for the show’s fan favorites, but on Sunday’s outstanding finale episode, one has a particularly stomach-lurching fall, Inkoo Kang writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/yEgryN

#Pompey are without 14 players through injury for Charlton. Adrian Segecic, Andre Dozzell, Conor Chaplin, Aji Alese, Keshi Anderson, Conor Shaughnessy, Harvey Blair, Mark Kosznovszky, Hayden Matthews, Franco Umeh, Josh Murphy, Florian Bianchini, Thomas Waddingham and Josh Knight.

Treat your loved one this Valentines to a bowl of Aleister Crowley’s rice

And finally, a 14 year old contributor thinks Lee Chapman is a donkey.

Boxing Day with fewer/no top flight fixtures could be a new lower/non-league day. Lots of more affordable local games for people to attend wherever they're spending Christmas.

Straight from a John Grisham novel

The CCC bracket is set after tonight's draw!

Reminds me of when I saw Charles Dickens in the Pompey end at Wimbledon away in 2013. He hadn’t been to a game all season but managed to surpass the ticket ballot. Never saw him again!

Boys against men…but the men happen to be 22nd in the Championship

The goodbye is confirmed!

The word "soccer" originated in England and, in some situations, is still used. Many old reports written in England will refer to it as soccer, and more recent TV shows and other media still use it. The hostility towards the word in England is fairly recent. I wrote this on the subject in 2017.

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🇵🇪 A flyover of El Monumental de La U in Lima in the build-up to Saturday’s Copa Libertadores final 🤩

Latest for Vancouver Soccer Stories: ⚽️🍺🍸🦐

“Twenty First Group consultancy once identified “quality, jeopardy and connection” as the key ingredients to appealing contests.”

Björk - Debut 1993 ICE One Little Indian #vinyl #music #Leftfield #SynthPop #House #DownTempo This is the first solo album by Björk, recorded after she left The Sugarcubes. The hit song "Play Dead", from the film "The Young Americans", was not included on the album, but was added on later versions.

Palmeiras fans on Commerical Drive for the Libertadores final.

Abdu rises to the occasion with two-goal performance for Vancouver in NSL playoff win over Ottawa It was a fantastic win for @vancouverrisefc.bsky.social on Tuesday night, but the job is only half done. @coreyalmond13.bsky.social recaps the win over Ottawa. aftn.ca/abdu-rises-t...

"Sports supporters — unlike some of their political counterparts — tend to accept defeat. What they get from fandom typically isn’t winning, or even entertainment. It’s belonging."

great hot mic moment on Chicago Fire radio heading into halftime

Spinning tonight…

The brand new Freedom Mobile Arch:

The brand new Freedom Mobile Arch:

Beautiful!

FT: Pacific FC 1-4 Valour FC End of season dead rubber at Starlight Stadium. Home team terrible and three down at half time. Marginally better in the second period until captain Josh Heard was sent off 11 minutes after coming on. Crowd of 2621 on a very rainy afternoon. #CPL

Vancouver Rise Academy finish Champions Cup campaign in style with eight-goal rout of Alianza @coreyalmond13.bsky.social took the action in for us in Langley on Thursday night. Here's his recap. aftn.ca/vancouver-ri...