Howler Magazine

01/12/2023

Our staff has had about a month to process the glory and agony of Qatar ‘22. What started with a big dream ended with a U13 club soccer-esque daytime drama. Here’s our collective take on the USMNT’s good, bad and ugly.
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Link to full article: www.whatahowler.com/howlers-2022-qatar-world-cup-takeaways/

12/29/2022

From grudging to growing acceptance, how American influence on and off the pitch has affected Leeds United.
www.whatahowler.com/gods-own-country-welcomes-america/

Yorkshire doesn’t take easily to change. But walking around the city center or down Elland Road on gameday there’s no avoiding the signs of a growing American

11/25/2022

The price goes back down next week. And yes, that’s a threat.

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11/18/2022

From dark-horses to possible disappointments, here's your grand rundown of the 32 nations and eight groups at Qatar '22.
www.whatahowler.com/welcome-to-your-world-cup-winter/

Buckle up and get ready for this year's edition of a tournament we've been raised to love.

11/16/2022

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Howler is proud to celebrate the release of Christine Sinclair’s Playing the Long Game, a memoir (written with Stephen Brunt) of her phenomenal and record-breaking career. Our excerpt is from Chapter 13, on her pursuit of Abby Wambach’s record of 184 international goals—it’s an engaging welcome into a striker’s mind and an intriguing insight into a superstar’s personality.

Howler is proud to celebrate the release of Christine Sinclair’s Playing the Long Game, a memoir (written with Stephen Brunt) of her phenomenal and

10/31/2022

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The vibes and culture of pickup soccer are undefeated. Soccer, like life, doesn’t guarantee anyone a victory, especially if they show up in yard-sale-bought bicycles and cheap rubber cleats.

Tío Lobo says that anyone in the business of running fast should avoid cutting their toe nails. Cutting keratin, the protective protein that extends from

10/03/2022

Author Hal Phillips explores the engrossing journey of the Bahr family - with an emphasis on Casey beginning with the 1972 Olympics, and the life of a soccer family in the before times.
www.whatahowler.com/keep-the-ball-rolling-1972-olympic-team/

Casey Bahr’s journey from the Naval Academy to the ’72 Olympics, from the Philadelphia Atoms to the Philadelphia Fever, with a stop-off to claim that the

09/28/2022

Change is hard. But when free World Cup tickets are thrust in your lap you give it a chance…
Read the full story by Kevin Lynch:
whatahowler.com/american-soccer-but-now-calls-it-football/

09/26/2022

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One second you’re watching the Lions crowned division champs and making fun of hockey, then nearly 30 years later soccer has you in chokehold as you scavenge for a bar in north Poland to watch Sweden vs Portugal.

I used to be a traditional American sports fan. I would watch an ungodly amount of football, baseball, and basketball and, if I had additional free time, I

09/13/2022

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In the third and final installment author Billy Merck writes a fitting conclusion for his Clive Charles series with powerful words from Clyde Best and features thoughts from many others.

Billy Merck considers the legacy of Clive Charles, who left West Ham in the early 1970s for the North American Soccer League and ended up an American coaching

08/28/2022

Everyone’s got their line. Where life’s endless ethical compromise is just too damn much and we won’t take it anymore.

Sport asks us to find that line all the time. We can’t help loving the games we love—but we know they’re not pure, we know they have their dark sides, and we know they bring pain.

The pain of our teams merely losing is one thing. It’s another when soccer’s stewards plop something like the European Super League on our plates or ask us to accept the circumstances of this year’s World Cup. One could (very easily) go on. A game becomes something else very quickly.

Dan Friedman, for one, has found his line. It’s Qatar2022. He won’t watch, and he’s made a vigorous case why none of us should either. We considered publishing a point/counterpoint, but really the only counterpoint is, “Well, you’re right, Dan. But my lines are elsewhere and I just really want to watch the World Cup.”

Our admiration for Mr. Friedman is absolute, our feelings about FIFA are probably pretty common, and, to tell you the truth, we’ll probably watch.

Read what Dan has to say and see what you think:
www.whatahowler.com/boycotting-the-world-cup-in-qatar/

08/13/2022

We’ve all said it… “Ref, you suck.” Sometimes, we’re even right. In an excerpt from author Ian Plenderleith we hear from the 23rd body on the pitch.
https://www.whatahowler.com/reffing-hell-soccer-ian-plenderleith/

Ian Plenderleith is the author of the fourth-most-enjoyable English-language book about soccer ever written, “Rock &. Roll Soccer: The Short Life and Fast

07/29/2022

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The Howler XI: The 11 Games that MADE American Soccer by Dennie Wendt

The Howler XI is an ongoing feature highlighting the 11 best/most important/most beautiful/most whatever within the annals of American soccer history.

07/22/2022

Gareth Bale has joined LAFC. He’s made it clear he’s in town to score some rockets, win trophies and keep his knees oiled and ready for the World Cup. But what’s it really going to be like in Los Angeles for him? Full story: www.whatahowler.com/gareth-bale-in-los-angeles/

07/12/2022

Too incredible of a legacy to fit into one part. Click below to continue the the fascinating Clive Charles story on our website.
www.whatahowler.com/damn-that-was-a-good-goal-clive-charles-part-2/

Billy Merck considers the legacy of Clive Charles, who left West Ham in the early 1970s for the North American Soccer League and ended up an American coaching

06/29/2022

Haven't read the Kraig Chiles story on our website yet? Hopefully some of his MASL highlights will change your mind.
Full story here: https://www.whatahowler.com/kraig-chiles-indoor-soccers-most-dominant-player/