There is a deep irony in Canadian soccer criticism, where the real problem is with the critics themselves Last year, our Canadian Men’s and Women’s National Soccer Teams suffered disappointing defeats in major international tournaments. The Men’s team exited the …

For any self-respecting English football fan, Boxing Day is one of the most significant and iconic days in the sporting calendar. When the fixtures are released in June, you tend to look for who your team will be playing on …

Every practice, we start with a small conversation with the players, asking how was the day, how’s school… Basically, to break the ice and also know if there’s any issue that can affect the holistic development of the players, and …

Do budgets really rule Soccer? Of course they help, but if wrongly used can also ruin a team, a club and even affect a region. A Soccer club is the flag, the most important “company” of a city, a village …

Followers of the English second division will be familiar with Jose Gomes. He spent a short spell with Championship club Reading over the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons. He is now back in his Portuguese homeland overseeing Primeira Liga side Maritimo. …

An Update of Football Gregory Hallé Petiot – UEFA B, MS MA PgD I recently went to visit colleagues I studied with in Brazil back in 2014, a hectic time over there due to the WC, or more specifically to …

Interview: Marcio Sampaio – “Most people think that Brazil is third-world. No – the cities they call training centres are maybe the most innovative in the world”. On the eve of his generational CR Flamengo side’s first Copa Libertadores Final …

A man of many talents. That seems a suitable epithet to describe Soccer Hub’s latest interviewee. Pedro Boucas is a coach, analyst, youth coordinator and television pundit. He is arguably best known for his resounding success coaching the Benfica women’s …

Earlier this week, Soccer Hub invited Oliver Gage to take 20 minutes out from his job as Head of On-Field Performance and Recruitment for the Canadian Premier League and offer us some insight into the realities of scouting in one …

In the most recent instalment of Soccer Hub’s interview series, Ricardo sat down for 20 minutes of captivating discussion with Saul Isaksson-Hurst, a former youth coach with Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea and expert in ball mastery and 1v1 skills training. …