Eleven Named People
Sean Jacobs, Ivan Pech, Jason Burke Murphy, Gerard A. Akindes, Ron Krabill, Zamir Karim, Lucas Souza, Clark Easey, Matthew Kirwin, Leo Jacobs, Pavandeep Singh JosanDedicated to exploring the history, culture, and politics that shape—and are shaped by—the teams and players we follow.
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11 Questions: Raj Patel
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Golden Balls
My dad asked me to pick my best eleven from the World Cup. My criteria were players who made the greatest impact on their team’s performance, combined with outstanding moments.
Goalkeeper: Unai Simón. Most clean sheets (he won the Golden G...
Apartheid's Sporting Afterlife
Basil d'Oliveira, from Cape Town, regarded as one of South Africa's 10 greatest cricketers, despite never representing his country, was barred by apartheid because of his race; he was coloured, before starring for England.
For decades, the...
Radical Guide to World Cup Matchups: The Final
Héctor Baley, a goalkeeper in Argentina’s 1978 World Cup–winning squad and in the 1982 World Cup squad, but did not play in any matches at either tournament.
If we follow the criteria for this series, which I have run since the start of th...
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Sean Jacobs is on the faculty of The New School and is Founder-Editor of Africa is a Country. He has written about football culture for Al Jazeera, Africa Is a Country, The New York Times, The Guardian and Roads and Kingdoms, among others.
Ivan Pech is a recent graduate from The New School For Social Research. His work has appeared in Africa Is A Country, Michigan Quarterly Review,Public Seminar, among others.
Jason Burke Murphy is a philosopher at Elms College in Massachusetts. He has written on Basic Income, Narrative in Sports Events, and Meaning in Life. Murphy's latest paper argues life is worth the trouble. He follows Tottenham.
Gerard Akindes is an international sports management faculty and consultant. He is adjunct faculty at Northwestern University, Qatar, and New York University in New York.
Ron Krabill is Director of the Global Sport Lab at UW Seattle and Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences at UW Bothell. He is a scholar of media, politics, cultural studies, global football, international education, and human rights.
Sports enthusiast and writer for the Stuyvesant Spectator
Lucas Souza is a Fulbright Scholar doing research and teaching English in Maputo, Mozambique and was a Boren Scholar in Senegal. Lucas earned a B.A. at GWU and has experience in Africa-focused roles, with aspirations to work in diplomacy.
Interested in people...especially their inconsistencies and contradictions.
Matthew Kirwin is a Professorial Lecturer at the Elliott School at George Washington University. He has a PhD in Political Science from Michigan State University, was a Fulbright Fellow in Burkina Faso. He is a member of SportsAfrica.
Leo Jacobs is a high school student who plays football, also enjoys writing and long walks on the beach.
Pavandeep is the managing editor of World Cup: The Syllabus. He completed an MA degree at the University of Washington in 2026 as a Fulbright Scholar.
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