Every four years, the world watches as scores of players gather into teams to force a ball over a line and into a net without using their hands (well, most of the time). We’ve placed no such ...

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Ali Solomon’s Daily Cartoon contemplates the future of women’s soccer.

Like soccer cartoons? Good for you. Japanese game developer Level-5 (Dragon Quest VIII, Professor Layton franchise) has spun its soccer role-playing-game Inazuma Eleven into an anime. That anime has ...