A Football Project by Madeleine Metz


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Beyond the Starting XI

The Next XI looks beyond the starting eleven → at the systems, places, people and ideas that shape the game. Through reporting, analysis, and photography, it explores what football reveals beyond the pitch itself.

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Men’s Football


Boca Juniors: Playing Around São Paulo

Audi Field as Borderland: Fútbol, Diaspora, and Washingtonian Identity

Miami in Transition: The Tradeoff Against Toronto

Chivas’ Leagues Cup Experiment

The Alvarado Axis: How Mexico Out-Read Ecuador

Women’s Football Archive

Selected articles I wrote between the ages of 14 and 17


Chelsea vs. Lyon Analysis – UWCL Quarter Final Second Leg

Battle for World Cup Qualification – Scotland Wins Over Austria

Powered by Stars, the Washington Spirit Win the NWSL Title 

Fútbol Feminista – Women’s Soccer Has a New Name in Argentina

Equality in Soccer for All Women – A Case Study of the Royal Spanish Football Federation

Articles written for Her Football Hub