Football managers can pick lineups, but that may not matter when it’s clear who the best players are. They can change the formation, but that doesn’t make a difference on average.

Szymanski dismissed the entire football-soccer debate as silly. “In countries where you have other versions of football, the word soccer is just the most sensible word to use,” he said.

As Stefan Szymanski and Silke-Maria Weineck wrote in their book It’s Football, Not Soccer (And Vice Versa), “In general, transatlantic relations have remained peaceful when it comes to ...

The FIFA World Cup is underway so this is a timely reminder of why Americans say soccer rather than football — it's all England's fault.

MUNCIE, Ind. - - Thanks to their strong performances throughout the season, both sophomore Ashley Szymanski and junior Zoe Middleton have earned individual spots to compete at the NCAA Alabama ...

But perhaps more importantly than Szymanski knowing what the Raiders' program can be is the fact that the Alachua community trusts Szymanski to get the Raiders there.

In his final season at the helm of Northwestern, Joe McKeown will get a boost from the lacrosse team in Sammy White.

Aiden Doyle and Joe Szymanski of the St. Mary’s College of Maryland men’s lacrosse team were named to the 2025 ...

The Club World Cup pits pro soccer teams from around the world against each other — which might be part of the problem.

Football is now into double figures in terms of books that have attempted to be football’s Moneyball — from Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski’s Soccernomics to David Sumpter’s Soccermatics.