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As clubs look to cut down on the extraordinary fees for young talent, they have begun to look towards the source of the players being resold by middlemen for enormous fees. America’s first division, the MLS, is becoming increasingly recognised as one of those hotbeds, and this article scouts three…
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Data viz courtesy of the Twenty3 Toolbox. Take a look and start your free trial here. Our 3 Things weekend wrap returns for 2023, as each week we pull 3 threads from the world of European football and expand on them. This week it’s all Premier League-focused and largely…
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Data viz courtesy of the Twenty3 Toolbox. Take a look and start your free trial here. January marks an important opportunity for clubs in need to boost their squads. Watford are one of those, and they’ve wasted no time in identifying Canadian international Ismaël Koné as one to…
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Visualisations courtesy of the Twenty3 Toolbox. Apply for your free trial here. It’d been so long, in football terms, since the USMNT’s last appearance at a World Cup that we’d almost forgotten what laid at the end of the path. Infatuated with the idea that we could do anything and…
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Last updated: December 6, 11 am Visualisations courtesy of the Twenty3 Toolbox. Apply for your free trial here. We’ve reached the stage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in which we start waving goodbye to teams. The harsh reality of this tournament is that you get just three…
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Written by Owen Murray & Jeremy Tenecela The importance of a football kit cannot be understated. It can be the difference between creating a memory of a once-in-a-tournament screamer, or just a pretty good goal. It often proves the final decider for many neutrals as I, a person whose national…
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By Owen Murray & Jeremy Tenecela With (hashtag) World Cup SZN merely days away, it’s time for one of the most polarising aspect of the tournament: the kits. Over the past weeks, federations have drip-fed release videos and teasers to their eager constituents, but finally we’ve got the full set.
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Written by Owen Murray Two chaotic, turbulent nights of football in America spat out the final four contenders for the crown. Four sides connected by passion, perseverance, and an overwhelming desire to make their way to the top. An old adage suggests that the semifinals have a tendency to…
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The concept of MLS After Dark is to create an aphorism that describes the pure chaos that often envelops Major League Soccer. It’s about what the league brings to the global football scene that other leagues won’t, like casual panenkas to walk off a penalty shootout as the East Coast…