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How Much Do Managers Really Matter?
After Ashish makes Stefan listen to his experience watching Ghana hold England to a draw, they talk about how much managers really matter, with parti…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
How Far Can Cape Verde Go?
After Stefan takes us back to the 1974 Poland-West Germany World Cup match, we talk about the fairytale story of Cape Verde so far, and discuss how f…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Dual National Players: A Win for Africa, Europe, or Both?
We discuss the latest games, the geopolitics around the Iraqi and Iranian teams, and the debate over who is gaining most from dual national players.
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The Socceroos and USMNT: Can Diverse National Teams Drive Social Change?
In our first episode since the World Cup we discuss some of the surprise results so far, and highlight the great start for the Socceroos and their yo…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
World Cup Predictions: On the Pitch and Off
The World Cup is here, and we're here to preview it all. Stefan has done a mind-boggling 20,000 simulations of the tournament, and yet somehow there …
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Why Does Little Western Europe Rule International Soccer?
When Simon and Stefan first wrote Soccernomics, they predicted that the US, Japan, Australia, Turkey and Iraq were destiened to become the kings of t…
4 months ago
Why the Transfer Market is a Form of Human Trafficking (Part 2)
Part two of our discussion from Tuesday, we discuss antitrust, player unions the differences between player unions in Europe and the US, and compare …
4 months ago
Why the Transfer Market is a Form of Human Trafficking (Part 1)
Today we're talking football's transfer market - a topic Stefan is so passionate about, we've had to split it into two parts. In this one, he makes t…
4 months, 1 week ago
Game Theory: The Hidden Science Behind Penalty Shootouts
Every World Cup has at least one memorable penalty shootout. And this weekend's Champions League Final in Budapest between PSG and Arsenal might as w…
4 months, 1 week ago
Do World Cups Save Lives?
Trigger warning: This episode contains discussion of suicide.
It's an eternal story told about soccer - that when Brazil gets knocked out of World Cup…
4 months, 2 weeks ago