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 ...

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 ...

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’ ...

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 ...

I’m never gonna look at a game the same,” one former ball boy said. “Like, any sport ever again, after doing this.” ...

"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 ...

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

BOS Nation had hoped the irreverent nod to men’s sports’ dominance would be seen as bold and buzzworthy, but some fans found ...

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

No player in the history of soccer has won the Ballon d'Or more times than Argentina and Inter Miami star Lionel Messi .

The latest National Women's Soccer League expansion ... that jokingly tweaked the city’s history of famous sports teams by complaining it has “too many balls”—which was slammed as male ...