Its official. According to readers of Just-Football, Manchester United will win the English Premier League this season. Back in August, on the eve of the new football season we opened a poll asking who would win the 2008/2009 Premier League. Over the last month or so voting has been taking place, with United and Chelsea neck-and-neck for long spells of the voting. Click to continue reading...

Here's something we missed yesterday. MLS expansion club (of next year) Seattle Sounders FC have invited everyone out to Qwest Field for "a special player announcement" at 2 p.m. Thursday at Qwest Field. The invitation goes on to call it a "historic event as the Sounders FC adds another to their 2009 roster. Click to continue reading...

The 2007/2008 European football season is over. Manchester United conquered Europe, winning their domestic league and also the Champions League 50 years after the Munich Air Disaster, beating Chelsea on penalties on a dramatic night in Moscow. Real Madrid retained their trophy in a La Liga that, for many, failed to satisfy - at the top of the league anyway. Click to continue reading...

Following up on my interview with Andrea Canales a few weeks ago, my interview with her fellow LA reporter Luis Bueno is up now on This is American Soccer (TIAS). Luis writes for Sports Illustrated, MLSNet.com, the Press-Enterprise, in addition to running his Sideline Views blog along with Andrea. Most of my conversation with Luis [. Click to continue reading...

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to head up to Los Angeles to speak with a couple of prominent soccer writers there. Andrea Canales and Luis Bueno are the duo behind the Sideline Views blog, and they also write individually for various publications. Both interviews were done as part of a joint project with [. Click to continue reading...

Happy New Year to readers of Culture of Soccer. I also want to point out that this is, more or less, the one year anniversary of this blog (well, I did a few posts in the fall, but then got too busy with graduate school applications until after Christmas). I am honored to have obtained [...] Click to continue reading...

For those of you waiting patiently for updates, there won't be any until after Christmas. I'm currently taking part in a research project in Oaxaca, Mexico and won't be posting until I return to Gringolandia. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fcultureofsoccer.com%2F2007%2F12%2F14%2Fgringo-en-mexico%2F'; addthis_title = 'Gringo+en+Mexico'; addthis_pub = ''; Click to continue reading...

As previously mentioned MLSUndergound has changed hands and will be changing format. As of today (unlike the first day of the handover) there is only one person publishing & editing this site. So no more mysterious disappearing posts! Again, there will be tidbits of gossip when available but the new direction I'd like to take the site in is going to be about sharply focusing on MLS supporters Click to continue reading...

If you'll permit me a moment of self horn-tooting, I was recently interviewed by a Saudi journalist about a previous post I did on Why Saudi Arabia's Players Don't Go Abroad. While he may have slightly overestimated my knowledge of Saudi soccer, I am honored nonetheless to appear in the online edition of Aleqtesadia [...] Click to continue reading...

If you'll permit me a moment of self horn-tooting, I was recently interviewed by a Saudi journalist about a previous post I did on Why Saudi Arabia's Players Don't Go Abroad. While he may have slightly overestimated my knowledge of Saudi soccer, I am honored nonetheless to appear in the online edition of Aleqtesadia [...] Click to continue reading...

It's been a long 3 weeks since I last posted, and I apologise for the absence. I know most of you have missed me and my insightful and entertaining posts, but despair no more for I am BACK!

I'll still try to post everyday from now, but if not, it'd still be at least once every 2 days. The soccer season in almost every part of the world is now starting to kick into gear and lots of interesting tidbits are starting to develop. Click to continue reading...

I want to let everyone know that I am likely to only be posting twice a week at least for the next couple of weeks. Having just started graduate school, I am focusing my energy on that endeavor. I am hoping that I will have it all under control soon enough and be able to [...] Click to continue reading...

In case you're interested, an article originally posted here has been picked up and published in the Christian Science Monitor. The piece, which I titled The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis and How Language Affects our Understanding of Soccer, is in today's Monitor on the commentary page under the headline Win or Lose, It's How You Say the [...] Click to continue reading...

Since I started this blog at the beginning of the year, I've been surprised and honored by how the readership of my blog has grown. I've been curious to know who exactly these people are who are taking the time to read my website. So, inspired by Ives Galarcep, I'd like to do a Culture [...] Click to continue reading...

Time-wasting drills are employed and the game seems to be over. It will be interesting to see how the Galaxy react to this as they are now 3-8-5 and losing steam. I'll give you some tidbits once the press conference is over. Good stuff - see y'all later. 4 minutes of injury time announced 89′ Trusty [...] Click to continue reading...

46′ - A foul about 25 yards out gives Beckham the opportunity he wants. BLOCKED! Teams are coming back out, we're ready to start the second half. No changes. Half-time. I'm going to get a cookie. 45′ +2′ - GOAL!!!!!!!! at the close of the half, Dane Richards dances and recieves some lucky bounces but his [...] Click to continue reading...

In an attempt to contain my manic compulsion to read...absolutely...everything...(which really cuts into writing time, dontcha know?), I'm moving to a new information-gathering method: relying on the blogosphere and, oh, a site or two, to keep my current on all things Major, League, and Soccer. So, with that mind, here's my request: If you run a [.. Click to continue reading...

Apologies for the lack of updates. I'm on vacation now and will be until next week. I may post something this week, but no guarantees. This is not me, though it would be nice if it were (photo: destination360.com) Click to continue reading...

So, for those of you who don't know me in "real" life, I am moving from Washington DC, where I live now, to San Diego, where I will be starting a PhD program in anthropology in the fall. I've been thinking about my trip across the country and how I can make it more interesting [...] Click to continue reading...