Month: September 2016

FIFA 17 Is More Than A Video Game

by Chris Stearns

FIFA 17 came out earlier this week and if you haven’t played it yet, we suggest you make the time. The EA Sports FIFA series is more than just another video game. It’s a cultural phenomenon and has played a huge role in building and shaping soccer fans in the United States throughout its history….

September 29, 2016

Our Favorite Soccer Things

by Scott Hutchison

These past couple weeks are ? ? ? ?. We’ve been entertained by soccer’s biggest icon, engaged with a couple of soccer’s biggest franchises, empowered to support one of soccer’s most important causes and educated on fandom across one of America’s most important soccer cities. Hope you enjoy these bits as much as we have… David Beckham and Kevin…

September 28, 2016

Kicking + Screening: The Soccer Film Festival

by Carly Samp

Last week marked the 8th Annual Kicking + Screening Soccer Film Festival in New York. This festival has long been a favorite of ours as it showcases a wide variety of films about the beautiful game each year. There’s no shortage of historical, modern, quirky, serious, or heartfelt moments and…

September 20, 2016

The EA Sports FIFA 17 Demo is Here!

by Subbed On

Earlier this week, EA Sports released the highly anticipated demo for FIFA 17. After playing it for more than a few hours this week, our appetite has been wet for the full release at the end of this month. We previously wrote about the new major game mode of this year’s…

September 16, 2016

FCD Ain’t Nuthin’ to Mess With!

by Scott Hutchison

Congrats to our friends and partners at FC Dallas, ending a 19-year trophy drought by winning the 2016 U.S.Open Cup. You put on a great show last night. Hope the celebrations go on for some time…

September 14, 2016

Puma’s Italian Job

by Mike Koeshartanto

This past week, I went with 16 players from the U.S. and Canada on a trip to Italy to cap off our PUMA/Italian Football Federation (FIGC) program, Il Viaggio. For those of you not familiar with the program, Il Viaggio (Italian for “the journey”) provided male players born in 2000…

September 07, 2016