8 Best Articles on Soccer
The most useful articles on soccer from around the web, curated by thought leaders and our community.
Refind focuses on timeless pieces and updates the list whenever new, must-read articles or videos are discovered.
Top 5 Soccer Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on soccer by Refind users in 2024 so far.
Videos
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Barbados intentionally scored an own goal to help them win by two thanks to a weird golden…
Barbados needed to win by two, but they were only up one. So instead of scoring in the traditional way they intentionally kicked in an own goal to get to ext...
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on soccer—all under 10 minutes.
Argentina vs. France Was the Best World Cup Final I’ve Ever Seen
From Lionel Messi’s penalty kick to Kylian Mbappé’s hat trick, the match was stuffed with so many remarkable incidents, so much tension, such dramatic momentum swings, such joy.
Lionel Messi Rewrote Soccer History in the Best-Ever World Cup Final
The Argentina-France showdown wasn’t just the greatest World Cup final of all time, it was one of the most thrilling spectacles in sports, period, and a fairytale ending for the game’s best-ever…
Life, Death, and Total Football
My Dutch friend Lars taught me to appreciate the most radical team in World Cup history—and that their tactics could be meaningful far beyond the pitch.
Soccer Looks Different When You Can’t See Who’s Playing
During the 2018 World Cup, Zito Madu pointed out the racially coded language commentators used to describe a match between Poland and Senegal, which didn’t line…
«The physical advantages that supposedly defined the African team’s style of play disappeared as soon as their skin color did.»
The World Cup's New High-Tech Ball Will Change Soccer Forever
When the 2022 World Cup made its debut on Sunday, it kicked off one of the most significant in-game uses of technology in sports history. All tournament long, m…
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on soccer.
How the story of soccer became the story of everything
Oligarchs, private-equity moguls, and petro states took over the sport—and the world.
The Mermaid Hunter Who Invented Football
The untold true story of Arthur Pember, the journalist, adventurer, and football pioneer who helped create the rules of soccer
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