Author Archive

Joshua Jelly-Schapiro: San Francisco, Infinite City The invisible geographies of San Francisco are revealed in this new collection of maps and essays about that city.; The Fine Art of Losing In the end, thirty-one teams will go home, a few not without making a fuss.; The New World The colonial rivalry between Brazil and Portugal has always been more friendly than fiery on the pitch.; American Strikers, Courtesy of Haiti Team USA’s greatest forwards have had their lives and careers forever altered by Haitian politics.; The Man from Zurich Spain may be a soccer powerhouse, but it was a nineteenth-century Swiss accountant who first brought the game to Barcelona.; Not For Glory Alone The beautiful game is unwilling to give up its charms easily, leaving its best players scoreless and its best teams often without a win.