The NFL's greatest-all time players dominate our list of best football players in American history, as you'd expect. Read our ...

Pelé. Maradona. Messi. Ronaldo. How does one measure the beauty and joy generated from such legends stepping on a pitch? How do you impose order onto the history of soccer, a sport that's more known ...

Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pele, is a retired Brazilian footballer (that's soccer player to you Yankees), and is regarded by many experts, football critics, former players, current ...

Ranking the best footballers of all time is no easy task. The game has evolved so much over its history that comparing a ...

From celebrating the sport to examining its more difficult moments, these are the best football documentaries.

Lionel Messi's status as one of the greatest footballers in history was already well-established before the 2022 World Cup, but his victory in Qatar solidified his claim to this title. Widely ...

As part of our buildup to the 2026 FIFA men’s World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, we are publishing excerpted chapters from The Soccer 100, The Athletic’s definitive book on the 100 ...

Aaron Murray believes this former Georgia quarterback is the greatest player in program history ...