Given its significance, the history of the soccer ball has too often been overlooked. With that in mind, allow bundesliga.com to trumpet the fascinating backstory of the famous leather sphere in ...

There’s no sport that comes close to the popularity and history of soccer. It’s a simple game to ... with only the opposing goalkeeper allowed to attempt to stop the ball. Soccer fields, or ‘pitches’ ...

Crucially, carrying the ball with the hands was outlawed: association football (soccer) and rugby became two separate entities. Football continued to undergo rapid development into the 1900s ...

Buy the book. 9. The Ball Is Round: A Global History Of Soccer by David Goldblatt. There may be no cultural practice more global than soccer. Rites of birth and marriage are infinitely diverse, but ...

let's take a look at how MLS Cup match balls have looked every year since 1996. If you're interested in another trip down MLS Cup memory lane, too, check out our visual history of every Cup field ...

"The Ball Is Round" by David Goldblatt Is this the "Infinite Jest" of soccer books? Weighing in at 992 pages, it’s hefty, for sure, but a must-read for anyone who wants to delve into the history ...

The National Women’s Soccer League expansion team in ... video celebrating the city’s professional sports history — mostly ...

I always followed him and admired him because he did things with the ball that we all wanted to ... Brazilian icon Ronaldo ...

This weekend Lionel Messi scored his second hat-trick in four days, whilst Harry Kane also took home the match-ball to end ...

South Sudan is not known for its soccer presence, but one grassroots competition is beginning to make waves in the country ...

At 22-4-8 in league play, Inter Miami finished the season with a .765 winning percentage for another MLS record. Four teams — ...

HOLLAND - In one of the most thrilling games in the history of West Michigan's biggest soccer rivalry ... Holland's Odis Fickel found the ball on his foot in the box and made a move.