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How Héctor Bellerín Is Single-Handedly Saving The Amazon Rainforest

Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest has been a huge worldly topic for a couple decades now. We all know its importance to the world and humankind, but no one has done much to help save it. 

Fans Return To MLS Matches By Booing Human Rights

For the first time since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic, an MLS match was played in front of fans on Wednesday night. A few of those fans immediately used that privilege to boo human rights.

FC Köln Happily Parts Ways With Mosque-Hating Fan

FC Köln scored a huge social media victory after calling out a supporter that terminated their membership with the club in response to a mosque being featured on next season’s kits. The Islamophobic moron really thought they did something with a letter to FC Köln announcing their departure and reasoning. Little did they know that their message would be put on blast on social media.

2020 MLS Season: Play Resumes On Aug. 12 In Home Markets Despite COVID-19 Fears

Major League Soccer will resume the regular season with clubs playing in their home cities starting from Aug. 12 following the end of the single-site tournament in Florida that was designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the league said on Saturday.

The majority of matches will be played without fans in attendance and the regular season will lead into an expanded 18-team post-season, culminating with the MLS Cup on Dec. 12, MLS added in a news release.

Juventus Fires Maurizio Sarri After Champions League Failure

Serie A club Juventus has sacked title-winning coach Maurizio Sarri after only one season in charge, following the team's elimination from the Champions League in the Round of 16 on Friday, the Turin club said in a statement.

The 61-year-old was dismissed despite leading Juventus to the Serie A title two weeks ago, the club’s ninth in a row.

Switzerland Has A Plan To Have Soccer Stadiums Half Full Next Season

BERN — Switzerland's professional soccer league (SFL) has proposed compulsory masks for spectators and a ban on travelling fans as a way of allowing more people into stadiums from next season.

The SFL said it believed such measures would allow it to use at least half the existing capacity in each stadium when the new season starts on Sept. 11.

"A return to normal as soon as possible is of central importance for the survival of the clubs," it said in a statement.

NWSL Challenge Cup Final Shatters The Previously Shattered Viewership Record

So the NWSL Challenge Cup has come to an end … for now. There are some rumors the league is contemplating more games in the remainder of the 2020 season, but nothing is concrete. The final matchup between the Houston Dash and the Chicago Red Stars closed out the impressive four-week tournament.

The Best Places To Watch Matches In The ‘New Normal’

There was a time when the absence of live sport in our lives was an unbearable gulf that could only be bridged by the athletic prowess of good boys Olive and Mabel. At The18, we spent hours crafting articles of Search Engine Optimization to answer “when will soccer return?” and we didn’t do it just for you — we did it for ourselves.

This Cheez-It/House Wine Combo Box Pairs Well With Watching Soccer All Day

Here’s the plan, gang. On Thursday, July 23, at 2 p.m. EST, we buy as many limited-edition boxes of House Wine Rosé/Cheez-It White Cheddar as we can. We expedite the shipping — we make sure that it arrives by Sunday at 11:00 a.m. EST.

Thanks To Empty Stadiums, We Can Finally Determine Which European Club Has The Best Fan Base

Every fan base believes it is the loudest, the most loyal and the most involved in its club's success. They will point to statistics like crowd size, decibel level and home record to show that their crowds are superior to all others. But what if, instead of looking at games with crowds, we actually studied matches without fans.

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