While the word “narrative” has become something of a cinder block sitting in the intestines of sports, sometimes you just can’t avoid how much it’s beating you over the head. Kylian Mbappé lining up against Real Madrid in the round of 16 in the Champions League was one of those times. Mbappé is still widely […]
For as much excitement as this batch of the USMNT has generated, most of that has been tempered by the fact that A) they’ve rarely actually played all that well together and B) they’ve rarely all been together and in anything near top form. There will be those, the most rose-colored glasses-adorned amongst us, who… […]
Stanford University responded to the allegations that soccer star Katie Meyer was potentially facing disciplinary action shortly before she died by suicide – a factor her parents believe may have contributed to her tragic death. In an interview with Today on Friday, the parents of the 22-year-old athlete, Gina and Steven Meyer, confirmed that their […]
[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] Katie Meyer’s cause of death has been revealed just days after she was found dead in her college dorm on Tuesday. According to Medical Examiner-Coroner’s office investigators from Santa Clara County, California, the rising soccer star — who was a captain and goalkeeper for Stanford University’s women’s team — died from […]
Stanford University and the soccer community are mourning the loss of a dear athlete. Katie Meyer, a captain and goalkeeper for Stanford’s women’s soccer team, died on Tuesday at just 22 years old. Stanford Vice Provost for Student Affairs, Susie Brubaker-Cole, and The Jaquish & Kenninger Director of Athletics, Bernard Muir, announced her death in […]
It is so simple, at least to anyone not entangled in the middle of the mess. All of Poland, Czechia, and Sweden have said they will refuse to play Russia in World Cup qualifiers at the end of March. While a ban from FIFA isn’t going to end Russia’s occupation of Ukraine, there is no […]
Since spectators have returned to high school sporting events, hate speech and verbal abuse from fans has become more noticeable, if not more common. It’s almost as if the decline in social interactions reset fans to their baser instincts, and they forgot how to at least act civilized. Across the country, fans have… Read more…
The U.S. Women’s National Team has spent its entire existence not just battling opponents from abroad, but its own soccer federation. After a nearly three-year-long legal battle, U.S. Soccer settled in court with the U.S. women’s soccer team. The settlement, which was agreed to six years after five players, Megan… Read more…
Kylian Mbappé is only 23, but his plunge into the world soccer scene keeps growing. The French dynamo, playing for his home country’s most successful club over the last dozen years, Paris Saint-Germain, as well as being an integral member of France’s national team, keeps scoring critical goals. Two in the last week… Read more…