The Soccer Source
Soccer SourceDeep thoughts and analysis on soccer ie football, including regular rankings of teams, ground visits, and more.
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| Issues | 508 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 8 months ago |
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Why Bournemouth Are This Season’s (Positive) Surprise Team in the Premier League
AFC Bournemouth caught our notice with their impressive victory at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium before the international break. They followed this up with a 2-1 defeat of Brighton & Hove Albion last weekend and now sit fourth in the Premier Le...
The World’s Top 25 Soccer Clubs as of Sept. 1, 2025
It was a crazy fortnight in world football. Transfers galore (we’ll get to that in a separate post) and several upsets in England. How will that affect our ranking?
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The World’s Top 5 Soccer Clubs — 2025 Season Open
And we’re back! Been awhile but changes at the day job allow for more soccer writing, so you can expect this service to resume with some kind of regularity.
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The World's Top 5 Soccer Clubs: October 2023
Friendly reminder that this is a subjective ranking, meant to foster debate as much as settle it. See the methodology to get caught up on how this all works. This ranking reflects all weekend games of October 7 and 8.
Barcelona manager Xav...
Wonderkid Watch: Goalkeepers Under Age 20
We started our Wonderkid Watchlist with a striker ranking. So for our second iteration, let’s move to the opposite end of the pitch and look at goalkeepers!
As before, ground rules apply. Note that we made an exception this time for player...
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Analysis and deep thoughts on the beautiful game since 2007 and honed from 40+ years of watching the sport in Europe, the US, and elsewhere. Home of the Top 5 best soccer clubs in the world, Wonderkid Watch, and more! Spursy
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