Steve Amoia
Steve is a freelance writer, editor and translator from Washington, D.C. He was the founder of World Football Commentaries in 2006. He has written for AC Cugini Scuola Calcio (Soccer School), Football Media, Italian Soccer Serie A, International Herald Tribune 2006 World Cup Fan Blog, Keeper Skool and Soccerlens. Steve has also created three football-related sites: World Football, Italian Calcio and History of the Azzurri, and The Amoias of the Americas. Steve translated player and manager quotes from Italian and Spanish to English for Soccerlens during the FIFA 2010 World Cup.
Interview with Steven Goff of Soccer Insider and The Washington Post
Image courtesy of the Washington Post Soccerlens is very pleased to welcome Mr. Steven Goff who is one of the most respected and prominent football (soccer) writers in North America. While still an undergraduate at American University in Washington, Mr. Goff began his journalistic career with the Washington Post. In 1987, he began to cover…
Sheffield F.C. Celebrates Their 150th Anniversary
Image courtesy of Wikipedia. On Thursday night, 08 November, the Inter Milan youth team will play a commemorative friendly against Sheffield F.C, who are the oldest club team in the world. The club celebrates their 150th anniversary this year, and the kick-off is 19:45 GMT at Bramall Lane. Interestingly, one of the protagonists of last…
Nothing But Nets: Humanitarian Diego Gutierrez of the Chicago Fire
Image courtesy of Nothing But Nets. In a story discussed a few days ago by Steve Goff of the Washington Post and Soccer Insider, Diego Gutierrez of the Chicago Fire was named Major League Soccer (MLS) Humanitarian of the Year. Mr. Gutierrez, who is a native of Bogota, Colombia, is the spokesman for a very…
Interview with former Arsenal and Southend player Adrian Clarke
Image courtesy of Adrian Clarke and Sport Media Solutions. Soccerlens is very pleased to welcome a former footballer turned journalist. Adrian Clarke, who was born in Cambridge, began his football career with Arsenal in 1991 and went on to make nine first team appearances for the club. Previously he had represented England at Under-15 and…
Alfredo Di Stefano, La Saeta Rubia (The Blond Arrow) – a Real Madrid and Footballing Legend
Image courtesy of Wikipedia. Saturday, during the La Liga fixture between Espanyol and Real Madrid, the cameras focused several times on an older gentleman in the tribune of honor. He was wearing a business suit, but due to the windy and cold conditions last night in Barcelona, also adorned a Real Madrid jacket. Who was…
My Friend Who Played With Pelé
President Bill Clinton and Pelé during a 1997 visit to Rio de Janeiro. Many years ago, someone stopped me as I was walking in the main entrance of my apartment building in Washington, D.C. I had a football under my arm. “Hey, soccer man, wait a minute.” A Brazilian man, Salvador, introduced himself to me….
Why Do Americans Call It Soccer?
This article is a submission for the Soccerlens Football Writing Competition; to participate, please read the details here. Contrary to what the media and others want you to believe, the word “soccer” is not an American creation. Or, “They (rest of the world) call it football, and we (North Americans) call it soccer.”
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