Note: This article is being released as a preview of issue three of XI Quarterly. If you like what you read here, you’ll love reading the whole issue, titled Futbol Americano, and featuring 11 great stories about the connections between soccer in North America and the game in the rest of the Americas. Subscribe now! …
Read Full ArticleIn issue 3 of XI, Alicia Rodriguez put together an oral history of Chivas USA’s 2005 season. In hearing about the memories and experiences of media, fans, and a player involved in the inaugural season of the club in Major League Soccer, the article likely confirms some of the perceptions surrounding the club, while confounding others. …
Read Full ArticleIn issue 3 of XI, David Keyes writes about the growing trend of Mexican clubs coming to the United States to scout talent. Given the fact that the development system in the United States continues to lag behind Mexico’s, in addition to the fact that there are many Mexican-American youth soccer players of considerable talent, Mexican …
Read Full ArticleIn issue 3 of XI Quarterly, Tom Marshall writes about the internal dynamics of the Chivas-America rivalry in Mexico. While Chivas’ policy of playing only Mexican players is widely known and dominates discussions, Marshall argues that Club America’s policy of bringing in quality players from South America has had the more lasting impact on the rivalry, …
Read Full ArticleIn issue three of XI Quarterly, Nick Dorrington writes about the influx of players from Colombia into Major League Soccer in recent years, and possible changes in the trend of Colombians in MLS. Although there is a sizable contingent of Colombians currently in the league, the trend seems to have slowed, and perhaps even reversed, as some …
Read Full ArticleIn issue three of XI Quarterly, Richard Whittall writes about Canada’s devastating 8-1 loss to Honduras last fall in CONCACAF World Cup qualifying, and what it indicates about Canada’s national team program regionally. Despite sitting in good position heading into that final match against Honduras, Canada’s loss seemed to set back a national team that finally seemed …
Read Full ArticleIn issue 3 of XI Quarterly, Elliott Turner writes about his experiences in Managua, Nicaragua as a nonprofit worker around 2008-09. Working with street children, Turner writers about the interactions he had with the youth through soccer. Despite the extreme poverty, and despite the reputation of Nicaragua as a baseball country, Turner indicates soccer was really …
Read Full ArticleSource: Flickr/kkimphotography With XI Quarterly in the midst of a reader drive, we wanted to spotlight some of the contributors to our publication so far. Today, we welcome Tom McCabe, who has provided a piece to issue 2 and the upcoming issue 3. If you are not yet a subscriber to XI Quarterly, become one …
Read Full ArticleIn issue 3 of XI Quarterly, Tom McCabe writes about the story of Peter Millar, a man born in Scotland who moved to the United States and played in a couple of North American leagues (including the original NASL). More remarkably, Millar also played in Argentina for the famed Boca Juniors. After hearing about the Scot who …
Read Full ArticleThe arrival of issue three of XI Quarterly is coming closer. We are pleased to announce that all of the content for this issue has been completed and is now in the capable hands of the XI art director Liam Murtaugh. Over the next couple weeks, he will be putting the content together into the …
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