Since about 1970, soccer balls have been stitched or glued together from 32 patches of material—12 of them five-sided and 20 of them six-sided. These patches are arranged so that each pentagon is ...

In some ways, you don’t actually need a soccer ball to play soccer. You just need something you can tolerate kicking for a sustained period of time, and you’re playing, kind of. You’ve seen the ...

To a casual observer, The World Cup’s new official tournament ball, the Adidas Brazuca, looks roughly identical to previous World Cup balls. But the Brazuca is in fact a distinct departure from the ...

Here at the Strategist, we like to think of ourselves as crazy (in the good way) about the stuff we buy, but as much as we’d like to, we can’t try everything. Which is why we have People’s Choice, in ...

Nothing is more essential to soccer than the ball. But when was the last time you thought about what you're kicking around? If you're like us, it's been awhile. But if you're like us, you also have ...

"I've learned you don't have to be a celebrity or be a certain age to make a difference," says Ethan King One minute, 10-year-old Ethan King was standing alone, kicking his soccer ball around a dusty, ...

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When we first covered the SOCCKET power-generating soccer ball back in 2010, the concept was in the prototype stages of development. Since then, the ex-Harvard University team responsible for the ...

Three of the 12 soccer stadiums where Brazil will host the FIFA World Cup are still under construction. Only 1 in 3 Brazilians thinks the monthlong tournament will be good for their country’s economy.

We see it all the time in soccer. A physics-defying, gravity-altering kick that curves mid-air and finds the back of the net. Often, it happens over a defensive wall during a free kick. Perhaps the ...