Futbol Papa’s Blog
Messi to Miami not Saudi Arabia
Lionel Messi is headed to Inter Miami instead of accepting the Saudi Arabian treasury (reportedly offering him $500M) to play there. In so doing, the diminutive Argentine has changed MLS[...] Continue Reading
Berhalter is back as coach of the USMNT?
In a complete and inexplicable turnabout that is eerily reminiscent of the strange and opaque manner in which Carlos Cordeiro ascended to the presidency of the USSF when Sunil Gulati[...] Continue Reading
VAR, the Premier League, and global football
The Premier League and its media pundits keep attacking VAR as often on their own as in the guise of standing up for their fans, and so do as if[...] Continue Reading
Manchester City, Guardiola, and soccer destiny
Manchester City has won its fifth Premier League Championship (2022-2023) under Spanish coach Pep Guardiola, their third in a row after Liverpool interrupted City’s previous cavalcade to a third win[...] Continue Reading
What professional soccer is and is not
Soccer, at the professional level, is a sport played by finely tuned athletes who perform at their peak of athletic ability and retire when their bodies can no longer produce[...] Continue Reading
Whose FIFA Best Awards?
According to that beacon of Football Fair Play, FIFA, their Best Awards for player and coach of the year, both male and female, are to be awarded thus: The Best[...] Continue Reading
Saudi Sports Washing and World Cup 2030
Determination, they say, is the key to everything—but money, well, that’s another story. On the heels of Qatar’s 2022 World Cup, comes Saudi Arabia’s push for its star turn as[...] Continue Reading
Pele has died
Football’s Greatest of All Time—Pele—has passed away at Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The futebol master was suffering from and succumbed to a recurrence of the colon cancer[...] Continue Reading
Post World Cup 2022 Futbol Manifesto
The 2022 World Cup has brought to the surface in Futbol Papa all types of emotions about his perspective on our beautiful game. Today, with this website’s 500th post, Papa[...] Continue Reading
Argentina wins World Cup 2022
In a final for the ages, Argentina defeated France to win World Cup 2022, their third ever. The final game’s score was 3-3, and the final penalty shootout’s score was[...] Continue Reading
Fox Sports and Telemundo cover World Cup 2022
Today we take a look at the USA broadcasting coverage of World Cup 2022 and in particular the tenor and quality of the comments expressed by announcers and in-studio analysts[...] Continue Reading
Croatia and Modric third at World Cup 2022
Croatia defeated Morocco 2-1 in the Third-Place match at Qatar’s 2022 World Cup securing the small Balkan state’s third top-three finish at the tournament and its second in a row.[...] Continue Reading
France’s Kylian Mbappe in World Cup 2022 final
France defeated Morocco 2-0 in their World Cup 2022 semifinal with two plays off of Kylian Mbappe’s efforts—a Theo Hernandez volley from close range in the 5th minute and a[...] Continue Reading