Soccer

Quando você perde, é como se você estivesse faminto. Quando você ganha, é como se você ainda estivesse faminto, mas comeu um pouco de migalhas.

When you lose, it’s like you’re starving. When you win, it’s still like you’re starving, but you ate a little crumb.

I will have lots of family and friends in the stands at CenturyLink Field, some in Sounders jerseys and some in Whitecaps jerseys. And that’s O.K. I’m proud of

Si no te gusta el fútbol del Barcelona, es que no te gusta el fútbol.

If you don’t enjoy football in Barcelona, then you don’t enjoy football.

Por onde nós começamos? Eu quero contar para você como meu avô mudou a minha vida. Mas eu também quero falar sobre o Ronaldo. E também sobre o Romário curtindo

I want to tell you about how my grandfather changed my life. But I also want to tell you about Ronaldo. And about Romario hanging out of the airplane, and about

Acredite em você mesma. Acredite nos teus instintos. E você vai descobrir por que Deus te deu este talento.

Believe in yourself. Believe in your instinct. And you’ll find out just why God has given you this talent.

On November 28, 2016, a plane carrying the Chapecoense football club to the Copa Sudamericana final crashed. Only six of the 77 passengers survived, including t

Era para eu ter morrido naquele dia. Eu disse as minhas últimas palavras em voz alta. Deus me deu uma segunda chance, e eu farei o melhor para honrá-lo, e honra

What I really want you to know is that even at 33, that hunger you have now is still here. That drive to keep getting better hasn’t left yet.

I didn’t cry after we got off the bus — I was just in shock. I was just trying to breathe.

I left Cardiff with the team and returned to Italy. The next evening, when I got home, I had to ask myself a very hard question: Is this the end of the road?

Non mi definisco un manager. Mi considero un allenatore del settore giovanile. Faccio questo perché mi piace insegnare. Mi diverto e ho passione. E mi piace mig

Today, I am launching something that I hope will help to change the world.

The Players’ Tribune, in partnership with Citi and ProCamps, presents a series of short videos connecting fans and athletes around the country. In this episode,

I want to talk about happiness. There is too much unhappiness in football, no? Let’s talk about happiness for a moment.

When I heard the trumpets, I knew that it was time. I’d sit up in front of the TV and watch — and study, really — how each of those players put the ball into th

I went numb. I didn’t understand. Five minutes before that, everything was fine. We were about to meet our little girl. She has a name. Her name is Renée.

When you walk off the pitch, you’ll tell yourself something that will change the rest of your career.

I need to have more than just a paycheck and trophies. I need to feel something in my soul. Naples gave me that, and I am forever grateful.

What makes a great rivalry? I’m asked that question a lot.

I do not know where this crazy journey will end. How can I predict it when we won the Premier Fuching League? Nothing is off-limits now.