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How Crystal Palace Explains This Newsletter

Unai Emery Is the New Wolf of Wall Street

What Is Antonio Conte Reaching For?

The State of the Super Clubs

Why the OGS Situation Is a Symptom of a Much Bigger Problem at Manchester United

Mohamed Salah Is Even Better Than You Think

Would the Florida Panthers Hire Ole Gunnar Solskjaer?

Who Is the Gordie Howe of Soccer?

Chelsea Might Be in First, But They're Not the Best Team in the Premier League

What Is Good Enough for the USMNT?

What Will Newcastle's Starting XI Look Like a Year From Now?

We Have a Lot of Questions About Newcastle's New Owners

Who Ya Got: Harry Kane or Ricardo Pepi?

Everything We Know About the Premier League Through Seven Games

Your Liverpool–Manchester City Preview

Who Would Win Soccer's Version of the Ryder Cup?

Some Advice: Jump on the Ajax Bandwagon Before It's Too Late

There are 73 Reasons to Still Be Skeptical of Chelsea's Title Credentials

Who's Having a Better Crisis: Juventus or Barcelona?

Uh Oh, Erling Haaland Might’ve Learned How to Play Soccer

A Word of Advice for Neymar, Mbappe, and Messi: Shoot

It's the Inaugural Champions League Auction!

The Champions League Power Rankings

5 Numbers That Explain the USMNT's Disappointing Start to World Cup Qualifying

Please Tell Me How to Feel about the USMNT

Let's Chat Today at 12:00 PM EST!

This Is Not a Newsletter About the International Break

Everything You Need to Know About the Summer Transfer Window

Does Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Have a Plan for Manchester United?

What the Hell Is Going On?

Let's Play Dominoes With Kylian Mbappe, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Harry Kane

How Romelu Lukaku (and Arsenal) Helped Chelsea Make It Look Easy

Meet Your Five New Favorite Soccer Teams

Oh You Bet It's Time to Wildly Overreact to One Week of European Soccer Games

Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes Are a Problem— for the Rest of the Premier League

20 Predictions for the 2021-22 Premier League Season

It's the Inaugural Premier League/Bundesliga/Ligue 1/Serie A/La Liga Goals Draft!

The Pressure of Messi, Mbappe, and Neymar

Six Questions About the End of Messi at Barcelona

EMERGENCY THREAD: Messi Is Actually Leaving Barcelona This Time, According to Barcelona

Oh God, It's Already Time for Our 2021-22 Premier League Preview

An Update: I'm Writing a Book!

Why I'm Still Not Convinced that the USMNT Is the Best Team in North America

Closer Shots and Younger Stars: How European Soccer Is Slowly Getting Smarter

Does Manchester United Finally Have a Plan?

Barcelona Still Have the Same Answer for Every Question: Messi

After an Amazing Copa America and Euro 2020, Where Does International Soccer Go From Here?

How England Lost Euro 2020—and How Italy Won

Everything You Need to Know About England, Italy, Brazil, and Argentina

Your Euro 2020 and Copa America Final Preview Mailbag

Send in Your Mailbag Questions for the Euro and Copa America Finals!

Who Is the Best Player at Euro 2020?

The Eight Most Important Players for the Euro 2020 Quarterfinals

Euro 2020: So, Uh, Does Anyone Wanna Win This Thing?

Round of 16 Review: Why France Needs to Start Playing More Like Denmark

Your Pre-Knockout-Round Euro 2020 Power Rankings

Come Get Your PhD In Euro 2020 Bracketology

How Euro 2020 Rescued the Role of the Modern Midfielder

No, Cristiano Ronaldo Is Not the New Elon Musk

Euro 2020: Everyone Loves ... Italy?

The Actually-Not-Too-Early Euro 2020 Power Rankings

Your Euro 2020 Mailbag Preview

It's the Euro 2020 Goalscorer Draft!

Send in Your Mailbag Questions for Euro 2020

Why Attempting to Predict the Winner of Euro 2020 Is a Loser's Game

Your Euro 2020/"Copa America"/Summer-Transfer-Window Preview Show

Lionel Messi Is Still the Best Soccer Player in the World, According to an Algorithm (and Me)

Chelsea Just Did the Impossible: They Won the Champions League With Their Defense

Your Champions League Final Preview Mailbag

Champions League Final Preview: Forget Manchester City and Chelsea. Pray for Fufi.

CORRECTION: Champions League Mailbag Time!

Everything I Got Wrong (and Right) About the 2020-21 Premier League Season

Your Comprehensive Viewing Guide for Everything That Matters in La Liga, the Premier League, Serie A, and Ligue 1

Is Harry Kane Really Gonna Leave Tottenham?

Alisson Saves the Season for Liverpool -- and for You and Me

How Brighton Broke Soccer (and My Brain)

Who Should Be the Premier League's Player of the Year?

A Reader Challenged Me to Write Something Interesting About the 2019 New England Revolution. You'll Never Believe What Happened Next.

Is Chelsea the Second-Best Team in the World?

Everything You Need to Know from the Second Legs of the Champions League Semifinals

How Antonio Conte and Romelu Lukaku Toppled Juventus

Pep Guardiola Finally Beat His Ultimate Adversary: Luck

Four Numbers That Explain the Champions League Semifinals

A Beginner's Guide to Neymar

In Memoriam: The Super League (2021-2021)

How the Spectacular, Comical Failure of the Super League Explains the World

The Super League: An Inevitable Reality? Or a Billionaire's Dream?

The Mystery of PSG

Episode 66: The Neymar Appreciation Pod

All Hail the King of the Europa League

Everything You Need to Know from the Champions League Quarterfinals

Episode 65: Is PSG the New Real Madrid?

Why Manchester City Won't Win the Champions League

Episode 64: Toward a Unified Theory of Philippe Coutinho

Sergio Aguero Is the Best Goalscorer the Premier League Has Ever Seen

Welcome to the Premier League's Slow-Mo Era

I Tried (and Failed) to Make This About Someone Other than Lionel Messi

Episode 63: The College Soccer Chronicles

Arsenal's Aubameyang Problem

Episode 62: Where Should Atletico Madrid and Diego Simeone Go From Here?

I Love Vinicius Junior

There Are 1,290 Reasons to Get Excited About Yunus Musah

Episode 61: What's Next for Messi and Ronaldo?

The Ronaldo-at-Juventus Era Has Been a Failure in Every Way

Can Gareth Bale Save Tottenham's Season?

Soccer Still Has a Big Analytics Problem

Messi Never Aged, and Barcelona Still Fell Apart

Let Us Now Praise Jorginho

How Liverpool's Luck Ran Out

Episode 60: Uh, La Liga?

4 Numbers That Explain This Week’s Champions League Action

Why No One Looks Like a Champions League Winner in 2021

The Best Soccer Players in the World, According to an Algorithm

Who Is the Modern Park Ji-sung?

We're Chatting Liverpool–City

What the Heck Happened to Liverpool?

Episode 59: The January Transfer Window Mailbag

Why Liverpool–Manchester City Is Soccer's Super Bowl

The NGITC Discord Is Open for Business

Let's Chat Arsenal–United!

An Announcement!

So, Uh, Real Madrid: What's the Plan Here, Guys?

How to Watch Soccer Like a Pro

Let's Chat Milan–Atalanta!

Mesut Ozil's Legacy Isn't All That Complicated

Episode 58: PREMIER LEAGUE MIDSEASON PREVIEW/REVIEW EXTRAVAGANZA

How Football Explains Football

Let's Chat Liverpool–United!

The "Spontaneously Combusting Coaches" Mailbag

What Does Schalke Think of Matthew Hoppe?

Send in Your Mailbag Questions!

Can I Start Freaking Out About Matthew Hoppe Now?

Let's Chat Leipzig-Dortmund

What Can Timo Werner's 28 Leipzig Goals Tell Us About His Struggles With Chelsea?

How a Flock of Pigeons Explains Manchester City's Win Over Chelsea

Let’s Chat Chelsea–City!

20 Premier League Predictions for 2021