A piece for Pacific Standard on Dutch football and why the country values style so much: http://www.psmag.com/navigation/books-and-culture/history-dutch-soccer-argentina-germany-world-cup-85539/
Category: Football
Can Philosophy Make a Difference to England’s Football Game?
For Yahoo! a piece on the English national football team, and why it would do well to fashion a specific footballing ideology: https://in.news.yahoo.com/can-philosophy-make-a-difference-to-england-s-football-game-054509398.html
Six on Six: The best playmakers of the World Cup
For scroll.in, a piece on the best playmakers at the World Cup in Brazil: http://scroll.in/article/667244/Six-on-Six:-The-best-playmakers-of-the-World-Cup
A Brief History of Modern Iran, Told Through Soccer
A piece for The Pacific Standard Magazine on the Iranian football team and its link to politics in the country: http://www.psmag.com/navigation/politics-and-law/brief-history-modern-iran-told-soccer-82908/
Why Being an Obsessed Soccer Fan Can Make You Really, Really Happy
A piece for The Atlantic in which I endeavor to rationalize distant fandom — why supporting your national team in the Euros can be a very good thing: http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/06/why-being-an-obsessed-soccer-fan-can-make-you-really-really-happy/259178/
“Supporting your national team goes beyond the traditional contours of fandom, and in many ways transcends sport. Supporters—both highly identified and weakly identified ones—may only come together for short periods (as is the case during a World Cup or a European championship), but an inherent feeling of nationalism helps them find a strong, common bond.”
Glory, Glory for a Man for United
A piece for The Classical on Mark Barry, a Manchester United fan from Ireland, who was once in prison for football violence in England: http://theclassical.org/articles/glory-glory-for-a-man-for-united
The Toon Army Takes Manhattan
This is a piece for The Classical on Newcastle United’s New York supporters club. The Toon Army NYC, as they are known, are a group of 50 or so passionate fans who flock together at Legends 33 every weekend to support (more than a little vocally) their beloved football club: http://theclassical.org/articles/the-toon-army-takes-manhattan
The Odd Joy of the Solo Goal
“There is something uniquely and unmistakably joyful, in large part because of how uncharacteristic and unexpected it is, about a single player tearing apart an entire opposition by virtue of his unaided prowess.” This is a piece I wrote for The Classical on the joys of watching a solo goal: http://theclassical.org/articles/the-odd-joy-of-the-solo-goal
On Distant Fandom
A piece that I wrote for the Run of Play on distant fandom: http://runofplay.tumblr.com/post/19343528726/on-distant-fandom
Scholes, the Little Big Man
A piece that I wrote for The Hindu’s NXG on Paul Scholes’ retirement from football: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-nxg/article2108122.ece
Suhrith Parthasarathy 