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The greatest honor of every soccer player is inarguably to wear their national colors. Women and men of a select 12 teams did it amazingly in 2019 and could be coming for more in 2020.

Soccer is no longer small business in America.

Kaizer Chiefs haven’t really run away with it. There are at least 3 other sides breathing down their necks.

The story of the Invincibles who became the Inevitables. How much longer until they rise from their ruins?

Lovejoy explores how the FIFA led programme could loop in huge dividends for the global soccer community.

It’s well in the past now, but moments that punctuated the year will forever have a place in the hall of fame of women’s soccer.

Here is a story of a club that has continually reinvented itself and now stands tall as one of the top destinations for highly-rated football talent.

We have a time machine here at FirstTouch and just used it to chew on 10 of the best moments of the decade-spanning 2010-19. Buckle up on our free tour!

Find out what happened when FirstTouch’s Topher Hegngi linked up with one of MLS’s top young forwards, Jeremy Ebobisse.

Wondering about the possible impact of FIFA’s budgeted investment into the women’s game? Lovejoy provides all the dotted is and crossed ts on a silver platter.

The greatest honor of every soccer player is inarguably to wear their national colors. Women and men of a select 12 teams did it amazingly in 2019 and could be coming for more in 2020.

Soccer is no longer small business in America.

Kaizer Chiefs haven’t really run away with it. There are at least 3 other sides breathing down their necks.

The story of the Invincibles who became the Inevitables. How much longer until they rise from their ruins?

Lovejoy explores how the FIFA led programme could loop in huge dividends for the global soccer community.

It’s well in the past now, but moments that punctuated the year will forever have a place in the hall of fame of women’s soccer.

Here is a story of a club that has continually reinvented itself and now stands tall as one of the top destinations for highly-rated football talent.

We have a time machine here at FirstTouch and just used it to chew on 10 of the best moments of the decade-spanning 2010-19. Buckle up on our free tour!

Find out what happened when FirstTouch’s Topher Hegngi linked up with one of MLS’s top young forwards, Jeremy Ebobisse.

Wondering about the possible impact of FIFA’s budgeted investment into the women’s game? Lovejoy provides all the dotted is and crossed ts on a silver platter.

Kaizer Chiefs haven’t really run away with it. There are at least 3 other sides breathing down their necks.

In a nation where 3 out of every 4 adolescent girls dropped out of school and got married before the age of 18, football has emerged as a powerful tool to keep a substantial number in school.

Worry not about the so-called snoozing and losing, we got Africa’s top male players for 2019 right here.

Worry not about the so called snoozing and losing, we got Africa’s top female players for 2019 right here.

One of the oldest and culturally connected clubs in South Africa, founded over 80 years ago, AmaZulu still find themselves feasting on the fruits of mediocrity and unimpressive institution building.

Seven wonders of the world? The South African ABSA Premiership have seven of their own upcoming stars and you would want to remember their names before the world gets to meet them. You saw them here first.

Who’s your money on to walk away with the title this season? Masandawana, Bucanners, Clever Boys, City, Amakhosi, Matsatsantsa or someone else? The ABSA Premiership is back!

Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Cameroon, only to mention but a few, are some of the sides that have had their overall performances negatively impacted by off the pitch scandals of late or non-payment resulting from maladministration and corruption. What’s local football associations’ role in this? How far does the cancer go? Simiso answers it all.

It’s sort of a tradition to sum up the biggest performers of a tournament at the end of it. Here’s the best eleven from the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations tournament who stood out for their nations and entertained neutrals. No one could have anticipated that the 21-year-old Algerian midfielder, Ismael Bennacer would headline it. Check out who else made the list.

As planned from the get go, there was only going to be one winner amongst the 24 AFCON 2019 finalists. Champions Algeria are the most obvious one, but who else achieved smaller wins that could set them up for a more successful future and who had a tournament they need to quickly forget.

The story of the Invincibles who became the Inevitables. How much longer until they rise from their ruins?

Lovejoy explores how the FIFA led programme could loop in huge dividends for the global soccer community.

Here is a story of a club that has continually reinvented itself and now stands tall as one of the top destinations for highly-rated football talent.

Barcelona is taking a leap in pioneering transformative soccer technologies, find out how.

As the Rossoneri celebrate 120 years since formation, we look back at why the best club in the world at its peak, is wallowing in mediocrity.

Blaugrana used to be the best in the business of producing world-class talent, churning out the likes of Cesc Fabregas, Andres Iniesta, and Lionel Messi. They were down but never out. As of now, Ansu Fati is not the only promising talent, there are more!

Discussions and debates about gender equality in football are all but just starting. A crescendo of the matter is surely at hand all around the world.

It may not be considered the best league in the world but the best players have and continue to come through its ranks. The French Ligue 1 is the league of legends.

Over the years, Lyon have redefined the word dominance. It may not be for much longer as they have to continuously look over their shoulders, year-on-year.

Billionaires continue to make inroads into buying out clubs in the French Ligue 1. Their investments may take time to bear fruit but their status as one of Europe’s least competitive leagues is bound to come to an end.

The greatest honor of every soccer player is inarguably to wear their national colors. Women and men of a select 12 teams did it amazingly in 2019 and could be coming for more in 2020.

Lovejoy explores how the FIFA led programme could loop in huge dividends for the global soccer community.

It’s well in the past now, but moments that punctuated the year will forever have a place in the hall of fame of women’s soccer.

Wondering about the possible impact of FIFA’s budgeted investment into the women’s game? Lovejoy provides all the dotted is and crossed ts on a silver platter.

In a nation where 3 out of every 4 adolescent girls dropped out of school and got married before the age of 18, football has emerged as a powerful tool to keep a substantial number in school.

Worry not about the so called snoozing and losing, we got Africa’s top female players for 2019 right here.

Check out our pick of top 10 female players of year.

Discussions and debates about gender equality in football are all but just starting. A crescendo of the matter is surely at hand all around the world.

Over the years, Lyon have redefined the word dominance. It may not be for much longer as they have to continuously look over their shoulders, year-on-year.

Even after having a major run out in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, VAR looked all new during the women’s world cup and particularly the Copa America, dishing out some fresh controversies. Even Messi came out a supposed victim of the technology more than once. But what is it really to global football, a friend or a foe?