Alves has also been one of soccer’s most charismatic figures.

Source: https://wtop.com/sports/2023/01/arrest-shatters-dani-alves-image-as-soccers-witty-winner/

Assorted high-profile examples of painful bouts of gradual play have pressured soccer’s governing physique to hunt for picks.

Source: https://www.mccourier.com/your-monday-briefing-the-new-york-times/

Canada, led by the ageless Christine Sinclair, international soccer’s all-time leading scorer, threatened to strike earlier this season to protest funding cuts while Nigeria shorted players’ pay, then canceled a domestic preparatory camp.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/story/2023-07-16/womens-world-cup-schedule-start-times-tv

ESPN held US broadcasting rights for the World Cup since 1994, first airing soccer’s premier sporting event before it caught on with US audiences.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/02/22/espns-ex-top-exec-describes-how-soccers-world-cup-was-lost/

In 2004, a frail, unwell Nelson Mandela ignored his doctor’s advice and flew halfway around the globe to win Jack’s support in persuading other officials of Fifa, soccer’s ruling body, to hold the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Source: http://wired868.com/2023/07/30/noble-forgetting-the-past-repeating-mistakes-jacks-return-and-jamaicas-ncb-mess/

Since winning just two games in his first season in Oakland, Vidovich has guided the Panthers to the College Cup — soccer’s equivalent of the men’s basketball Final Four — in two of the past three seasons.

Source: https://triblive.com/sports/fueled-by-heather-lykes-leadership-pitt-athletics-experiencing-renaissance-of-success/

That year, Guangzhou Evergrande, the soccer team the company had purchased control of three years earlier, won Asian soccer’s top club competition.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/inside-the-downfall-of-embattled-property-developer-china-evergrande/article_eab102c5-8c1d-53fa-9a4b-7305a31348f2.html

The Premier League has referred City to an independent commission over the alleged rule breaches between 2009-10 and 2017-18 — a period in which the club took its first steps towards becoming English soccer’s dominant force.

Source: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2023/02/07/soccer/premier-league-charges-manchester-city-100-violations-financial-rules/

The U.S. National Team is out of soccer’s 2023 Women’s World Cup thanks to an utterly heartbreaking final goal.

Source: https://www.mediaite.com/sports/watch-u-s-womens-national-team-out-of-world-cup-on-absolute-heartbreaker-of-a-goal/