At the end of last season it was legitimate to worry that Noni Madueke was a good stats, bad player type. Here was a healthy sign that good stats very often come from good footballing actions.

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"People are describing that ‘you guys changed our life’. I mean, what does that mean?" A treat to interview Mikel Arteta and try to get a grasp of what goes on inside his world. On olive trees, ideas, curiosity, club culture and healing the poison in his veins. www.nytimes.com/athletic/766...

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I really enjoyed this. The full sweep of history is important at what feels like a historic moment. I also think Cavan Sullivan as the hero with a thousand faces from humble roots against a backdrop of prematurely crowned kings is the microcosm for the next 4 years in the USMNT pool

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fantastic piece BUT I have to quibble... Cavan Sullivan is white presenting but is mixed race! His maternal grandmother is Bangladeshi! Anyway you should read it

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This is incredible writing. It feels like something Grant Wahl would have written, and I mean that in the most complimentary way. Cata does it again, as only such an astoundingly talented and insightful writer could.

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