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Brian Phillips writes regularly about soccer for Slate. He blogs at The Run of Play.

Articles By Brian Phillips

Orange Devolution

Why all soccer fans should root for Holland to lose to Spain.

Brian Phillips | SPORTS NUT | Thursday, July 8, 2010, at 11:10 AM

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World Cup Weirdos

International soccer managers are the strangest men in sports.

Brian Phillips | SPORTS NUT | Wednesday, June 16, 2010, at 12:18 PM

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Why Do We Call It Soccer?

Most countries think of the World Cup as a football tournament. What's our problem?

Brian Phillips | EXPLAINER | Thursday, June 10, 2010, at 6:56 AM

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The Secret History of American Soccer

In the 1920s, soccer was on the cusp of becoming a major sport in the United States. Then it all crashed and burned.

Brian Phillips | SPORTS NUT | Wednesday, June 9, 2010, at 9:41 AM

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Fictional Moldovan Soccer Phenom Tells All

Inside the ingenious hoax that fooled the British sports press.

Brian Phillips | SPORTS NUT | Friday, Jan. 23, 2009, at 12:18 PM

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