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...investment has already paid off with a trophy: Corinthians won Brazil's professional-soccer-league championship for the first time in six years. But Joorabchian's strategy has produced more than a trophy. He may well have established a new business model that could rescue pro soccer in Brazil, the cradle of superstars like Pelé and Ronaldinho--which has been sinking under corruption, violence, archaic management and a hemorrhaging of talent to Europe and Asia. "You pick a company because you believe it's undervalued," Joorabchian told TIME. "We believe Brazilian football as a whole is undervalued...
...second year in a row, the Harvard women’s soccer team has had to watch another group of players celebrate an Ivy League championship on Ohiri Field. Penn (13-3-1, 6-1-0 Ivy) clinched sole possession of the league title Saturday by downing the Crimson, 1-0. A 15th-minute goal from Penn’s Jessica Fuccello—her 11th goal of the season—coupled with an impressive defensive display was enough to defeat Harvard in a match of very few chances. A year ago, it was Columbia that clinched...
With only four minutes left on the clock, it looked as though the first half was already winding down. The No. 15 Harvard men’s soccer team (11-3-2, 4-2-0 Ivy) could have run out the time and taken its 1-0 lead over Penn (5-9-2, 2-4-0 Ivy) into the break. Instead, the rest of the matchup’s goal scoring action was packed into those final minutes of the first half, as the Crimson escaped with a 2-1 victory over the Quakers at Ohiri Field on Saturday afternoon...
...violence that has long plagued the Italian soccer league left another victim dead on Sunday, shot at a highway rest stop, and dozens of police and team supporters injured in subsequent rioting. Gabriele Sandri, a 26-year-old fan of the Rome-based team Lazio, was shot through the neck Sunday by a highway police officer at a Tuscan branch of the Autogrill restaurant chain after a brawl erupted between their fans and the Juventus supporters who'd crossed paths on their way to their respective teams' road games in different cities. The bad news about the shocking incident...
...Dissecting the problems in soccer are not simple, especially because it often appears to be pure nihilism. But as with any other group prone to violence, the technique of "draining the pond" must be applied by the Italian government: organized fan clubs that are violent must be disbanded, rowdy fans must know that any involvement in these incidents is a ticket to a long-term stadium ban, and the majority of good-natured fans should understand that the "nuclear option" of having games take place behind closed doors is very much on the table. That was the message on Sunday...