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News & Politics, Sports Jul 9, 2020
Combating racism and sexism in Major League Soccer

Supporter groups the Plastics and the Black Fires are demanding change.
- By S. Nicole Lane
- Tags: Sports, soccer, Chicago Fire, the Plastics, Black Fires, Meredith Miklasz, Jake Payne, Arsenals, football club, Chicago Red Stars, Some Like It Black, Black Players Coalition of Major League Soccer, Monterrey Security, Carri Aldridge

City Life, Stay at Home Apr 28, 2020
The Reader's stay-at-home chronicles: day 39

What we're reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Stay at Home, COVID-19, coronavirus, soccer, Caitlin Murray, Netflix, The Magicians, The English Game, Queen, WOXY, macaroni and cheese, cocktails, bourbon, Jo Snow, Quincy Street Distillery, cats

Blogs, Bleader Jun 18, 2018
World Cup brings out Chicago superfans of every country [PHOTOS]

The 2018 FIFA World Cup brings fans together from all over.
- By Sue Kwong
- Tags: Sports, Chicago Reader Instagram, FIFA World Cup, FIFA, soccer, Father's Day, sports bars, futbol

Blogs, Bleader Dec 7, 2017
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Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool's very bad day, and other news

Also, Jason Van Dyke's lawyer makes tone-deaf comparison to torture of three black sharecroppers.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Forrest Claypool, Chicago Public Schools, Chance the Rapper, Ken Bennett, Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama, Chicago Board of Education, Jason Van Dyke, Laquan McDonald, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, U.S. Senate, Al Franken, sexual harassment, Chicago Fire, Ken Griffin, soccer, Andrew Hauptman, U.S. Soccer Foundation, OpenMike, Jordans, the Pink Squirrel, cocktail bars, supper clubs, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 27, 2017
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Chicago has a real shot at hosting World Cup games in 2026, and other news

Also, the Illinois house failed to pass a ban on semiautomatic rifle bump stocks.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, World Cup, Soldier Field, soccer, Chicago Sports Commission, gun violence, gun control, Michael D. LaPorta, Patrick Kelly, off-duty cops, $44.7 million settlement, Chicago Police Department, Jerry Costello, Illinois house, Illinois General Assembly, Bruce Rauner, Illinois senate, Chicago Police Department, Anthony Rizzo, Chicago Cubs, Saint Louis, Chicago River, Environmental Protection Agency, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 3, 2017
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Emanuel: Rauner is ‘governing through anger’ by vetoing CPS funding, and other Chicago news

Also, a Northwestern professor and an Oxford University employee are wanted for murder in connection with a stabbing death in River North.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Rahm Emanuel, Bruce Rauner, Chicago Public Schools, education funding, Obamacare, Affordable Care Act, health insurance, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, Northwestern University, Oxford University, murder, Wyndham Lathem, Andrew Warren, Trenton H. James Cornell-Duranleau, Bastian Schweinsteiger, soccer, Chicago Fire, Manchester, Munich, Metro, Foo Fighters, Lollapalooza, Arcade Fire, Blink-182, Spoon, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 4, 2017
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Barack and Michelle Obama reveal the design of the Obama Presidential Center, and other Chicago news

Also, FC Barcelona is opening a soccer training academy in Chicago next year.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, Obama Presidential Center, Chicago Public Library, Jackson Park, museums, South Shore Cultural Center, Thompson Center, Rahm Emanuel, Bruce Rauner, CTA, Chicago Police Department, police issues, Whole Foods, Columbia College Chicago, soccer, FC Barcelona, Colombia, logistics, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 1, 2017
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Caterpillar moving global headquarters to Chicago from Peoria, and other news

Also, wealth inequality between whites and minorities in Chicago is reportedly higher than the national average.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Caterpillar, business, Peoria, income inequality, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago Police Department, Garry McCarthy, Sandi Jackson, Jesse Jackson Jr., Dick Durbin, Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump, restaurants, Publican Tavern, O'Hare International Airport, immigration issues, Dark Matter Coffee, Metropolis Coffee, Goddess and the Grocer, Lettuce Entertain You, soccer, MLS, Soldier Field, Video

Music, Music Feature Jan 4, 2017
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Ben Burden blends hip-hop, R&B, and pushback against toxic masculinity

After an injury ended his soccer career, he came to Chicago to find his true self in music.
- By Tiffany Walden
- Tags: Music Feature, Ben Burden, Concrete Maze, Benjamin Robert Harold Burdon, North Carolina, soccer, choir, hip-hop, R&B, Classick Studios, Chance the Rapper, Eryn Allen Kane, Saba, Mick Jenkins, Smino, Ravyn Lenae, Mike Bozzi, 8Ball & MJG, High Point University, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Mark Sparks, Soulife Records, Jodeci, Anthony Hamilton, Salisbury, Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly, Coloring Book, Bryan “Kawaakari” Schwaller, Jeff Lamonte, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 18, 2014
Soccer, baseball, hockey—what sport is most like life itself?

Thoughts on teamwork, games, and the human condition.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Sports, News, Soccer, basketball, baseball, tennis, doubles tennis, David Brooks, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Daniel Akst, Randi Sunshine, Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks

Blogs, Bleader Jul 11, 2014
OK, Brazil's a shattered nation. What about Germany?

How did Germany react to its World Cup victory over Brazil?
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Sports, News, World Cup, Brazil-Germany game, New York Times, Third Reich, Germany, Brazil, soccer, Hitler

Blogs, Bleader Jul 2, 2014
No soccer team is as interesting as the nation that sent it to Brazil

Where's the reporting on the nations playing in the World Cup?
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Sports, News, World Cup, soccer, Algeria, Belgium, Olympics coverage, World Cup coverage, national histories, Germany v. Algeria, Washington Post, Yahoo Sports

Blogs, Bleader Jun 18, 2014
World Cup soccer isn't the only occasion for flopping

How soccer strategy reflects the quest for justice through the ages.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Sports, News, Flopping, World Cup, soccer, football, NBA, basketball, Eric Levenson, New York Times, Albigensian Crusade, Beziers, France, Arnaud Amaury, Fred

Blogs, Bleader Mar 23, 2014
Reader's Agenda Sun 3/23: Chicago Fire's home opener, Jon Langford, and Bike Day

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, March 23
- By Taylor Tolbert
- Tags: Do This, Arts, World Cup, Chicago Fire, soccer, New York Red Bulls, MLS Supporters' Shield, Globe Pub, Cleo's, Galway Arms, Jon Langford, Hideout, Skull Orchard, Alan Doughty, Joe Camarillo, Bike Day, Comfort Station

Columns & Opinion, On Politics Apr 30, 2013
In the Chicago Public Schools, promises are made to be broken

The treatment of teachers at Lincoln Park High raises questions about Mayor Emanuel's other school pledges
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, CPS, Michael Thompson, Michael "Juice" Thompson, basketball, high school basketball, soccer, high school soccer, boys basketball, girls soccer, International Baccalaureate, soccer fields, Lincoln Park, Latin School soccer field, Latin School, Rahm Emanuel, Taft High School, Becky Carroll, Chicago Public Schools, Michael Boraz, Leslie Boozer, tenure, hiring teachers, teachers, CTU, Chicago Teachers Union, Deborah Ditkowsky, Lincoln Park High School

News & Politics, Zoom in Dec 12, 2012
Zoom in: Edgewater

There's only one place in Chicago to play futsal, a stylish indoor offshoot of soccer
- By Asher Klein
- Tags: Zoom in, soccer, futbol, futsal, Chicago Futsal Academy, Rosario Barreto, Ronaldinho

Blogs, Bleader Jul 31, 2012
Faster, higher, stronger—younger

Generational battles break out between Olympic athletes of the present and the past.
- By Ted Cox
- Tags: Mudville, Sports, Olympics, London 2012, Summer Games, Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake, Hope Solo, Brandi Chastain, soccer, track & field, swimming

Blogs, Bleader Jun 22, 2012
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This one's for all the euros

All our economic woes could be solved if Greece beats Germany at Euro 2012 today
- By Asher Klein
- Tags: $$$, Sports, soccer, economics, Greece, Germany, fiscal crisis, Eurozone, the euro, Miracle on Ice, Angela Merkel, Antonis Samaras, politics and sports, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 16, 2012
Greek soccer team celebrates Bloomsday

The Greek soccer team celebrates Bloomsday with an upset over Russia in the European Championship
- By Ted Cox
- Tags: Mudville, Books, Sports, Greece, Russia, soccer, football, UEFA, European Championship, James Joyce, Bloomsday

Blogs, Bleader Jun 1, 2012
Once again, it's fútbol, not football, at Soldier Field

What did the the Mexico-Bosnia soccer game at Soldier Field have to say about a nation of immigrants?
- By Asher Klein
- Tags: Mudville, Sports, soccer, football, futbol, Soldier Field, Mexico, Bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, immigrants, immigration, sports, homerism

News & Politics, Zoom in Apr 11, 2012
Zoom in: Little Village

21st and Kostner was once home to the country's best soccer team
- By Kelsey Gee
- Tags: Zoom in, Little Village, soccer, Sparta ABA Football Club, U.S. Open Cup

Blogs, Bleader Mar 14, 2012
Pumping tweets

Better than an autograph, you can get an athtweet for free.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Mudville, Media, Sports, Reggie Bush, @reggie_bush, Brandon Marshall, Chicago Bears, Miami Dolphins, ESPN, Twitter, NFL, Mike Pouncey, Lance Briggs, Walter Payton, Sweetness, Kennard McGuire, Jay Cutler, Jeremy Bates, FIFA 12, Lionel Messi, soccer, Argentina, DoodleJump

News & Politics, Politics Feb 23, 2012
The Reader goes to charter school

A visit with UNO's Juan Rangel
- By Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, charter schools, teachers unions, United Neighborhood Organization, Hispanics, Saul Alinsky, Juan Rangel, Richard Daley, Rahm Emanuel, Pat Quinn, Ed Burke, UNO Charter School Network Soccer Academy, Miguel d'Escoto, soccer, white liberals, public schools, Chicago Public Schools

Blogs, Bleader Jul 11, 2011
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The thrill of it all: A perfect pass helps the U.S. women advance

The U.S. beat Brazil yesterday in the 2011 women's World Cup after Megan Rapinoe's assist to Abby Wambach forced a penalty kick shootout.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Sports, News, Soccer, World Cup, Brandi Chastain, Marta, Brazil, U.S., Abby Wambach, Hope Solo, Megan Rapinoe, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 23, 2010
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Of Course There's a Dance Single About Vuvuzelas

An inevitable event occurs.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, vuvuzela, Voodoo Sellers, Blow That Vuvuzela, World Cup, novelty songs, dance music, soccer, sports, Blackhawks, Video

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