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World Cup of Hate, Part 6: The Best of the Rest of Europe
Alright I’m tired of writing about Europe, although these last few rivalries are filled with enough history and hate to keep me going for one more part. Now, you might’ve noticed (or maybe didn’t give a shit about) the fact that my previous walks through European rivalries neglected to mention some important soccer countries, including the…
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World Cup of Hate, Part 5: The Ones You Should Know
Welcome back — prepare for batshit insanity. We continue our trip across Europe’s landscape of soccer hatred by heading east, to three countries who happen to be really close together. They also contain three of the biggest, most intense, utterly crazy rivalries in all of sports. Each of these rivalries are contested between the two…
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World Cup of Hate, Part 4.5: Individual Break
We’re going to take a break from our global journey to find the best rivalries in soccer, partially to not make things repetitive and partially because there are some other aspects of soccer rivalries that I want to talk about. The first is something that may be more prominent in other sports, but definitely exists in…
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World Cup of Hate, Part 4: The Ones You Might Know
The trek across Europe’s road of soccer hatred continues. Last time, we touched on the clubs and rivalries that even the most casual of American sports fans have heard about. This time, we still mention teams that people should probably know, but also some that many don’t. But ask any soccer fan to name ten big…
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World Cup of Hate, Part 3: The Ones You Probably Know
EUROPE (13) Our journey of hatred has taken us overseas for the first time. With this move comes a bit of a shift with these presentations. We’re taking a huge step up, taking a look at hatred that’s much deeper and older than anything we’re used to in our sports. These rivalries don’t involve just soccer…
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World Cup of Hate, Part 2: West Coast Best Coast
Last time, we went into detail on the biggest rivalry in Mexico, the biggest soccer nation in North/Central America. The Clasico Nacional set a hell of a bar — a rivalry so fierce it unquestionably tops others that would probably make the final tournament had they been in most other countries. So what can the United…
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