Psoccertherapy
Soccer for recreation and relief
I’ve long appreciated the psychotherapeutic value of soccer. Whenever saddened or stressed by personal problems, soccer has always provided me a reliable refuge of recreation … Continue reading
Killian Doherty
Author: Killian Doherty
Feminism and Football
Smashing start for U.S. in Women’s World Cup
Having won the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup (WWC), the U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) is on a mission to become the second country ever … Continue reading
A Timber at Fever Pitch
Eugene’s Echo Squadron goes rabid as Portland Timbers earn a trip to their second ever MLS Cup Final
With a 0-0 draw in the first leg of the Major League Soccer (MLS) Western Conference finals in Portland, the second leg in Kansas City … Continue reading
Hospitality beyond World Cup Host Cities
Thousands of miles from the closest host city, Russian people’s kindness continues to impress
I may be a rapid soccer fan, but I’m also an environmental and indigenous peoples’ rights advocate, so I couldn’t resist the temptation of visiting … Continue reading
Goodbye Uruguay
A disappointing exit despite an exemplary performance from the small country with an enormous soccer culture
One of just three teams to earn all nine possible points in the group stage, and the only team to do so without conceding a … Continue reading
Hospitable ‘Hooligans’
Our man in Volgograd watches and plays soccer during the World Cup in Russia
Unlike American football, most soccer fans actually play (or used to play) the sport they watch so passionately, so soccer spectators frequently transform themselves into … Continue reading
World Cup Update
Sleepless in Saransk
The capital city of the Republic of Mordovia (from where all Finno-Ugric peoples originate, purportedly), Saransk, is the smallest city to host World Cup matches … Continue reading
Cueva, Cueva, Cueva
Peruvian fans defy disheartenment in their first World Cup in 36 years
The collective sigh of disbelief and disappointment seemed deafening and debilitating for a couple seconds, during Peru’s World Cup opener against Denmark June 16, but … Continue reading
Lane United Fans World Cup Pulse
Local projections for FIFA 2018
Many local soccer fans went to Les Schwab Sports Park in Springfield on Sunday, May 20, to watch Lane United Football Club (Lane United or … Continue reading
Sharing Soccer with Society’s Stigmatized
Volunteer players share the field with inmates at Oregon State Penitentiary
Don’t get me wrong: I absolutely love my usual leisurely pick-up soccer on late Saturday mornings, just a five-minute bike ride from my house in … Continue reading