The Best of 2019 from The Athletic's North American soccer writers - The Athletic

The Best of 2019 from The Athletic's North American soccer writers - The Athletic

This was The Athletic’s first full year doing soccer coverage, and 2019 was also the year we became what I believe to be the biggest team of full-time journalists ever to cover American soccer. (We’ve all been in the same place exactly once, this summer in Orlando, pictured above.)

I’m immensely proud of our group and the work we’ve produced. On the “Football Manager”-style attributes sliders I keep in my head, they all get high marks for wit, skill, doggedness and teamwork. That last one is both the hardest to demonstrate and the thing that makes me most happy — the little ways our writers help each other with sources and ideas and reporting, and the way that Alexander Abnos and Brooks Peck, who edit the soccer coverage with me, show up to provide those crucial assists that our readers never notice.

I hope this list of our favorite stories of 2019 gives you a glimpse of what I’m talking about. Our writers nominated each...

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2019-12-30 18:51:41Z
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