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2026 Community Football Instructor Training Course Opens: Right Direction, Missing YardstickOver three days, October 23 to 25, in Can Tho, a group of community football...
When the 2027 Asian Cup Becomes a Safety Puzzle: Japan, Saudi Arabia and the Mid-November DeadlineLess than two months before the opening match of the 2027 Asian Cup, Japan...
Three Days in Can Tho: The Community Football Instructor Course and the Silence After Age TenOn 23 October, in Can Tho, a classroom opened and nobody scored a goal. For...
Indonesia Returns to 16th in Asia: The AFC Coefficient Table, Slot Allocation and the Cost Nobody RecordsMinute 53, Segiri Stadium, Samarinda, the evening of 18 October 2026. Borneo ...
Asian Cup 2027 May Be Postponed: Vietnam's 78 Days of Preparation and the Cost of a Late DecisionSeventy-Eight Days and One Line in the Agenda On 21 October, in Tokyo, the...
When the Scouting File Is Empty: A Verification Lesson from the V.League Transfer WindowJune, in a technical room at a V.League 1 club, a player file is pushed acros...
A Girls' Football Handbook for Ages 6-9: The Programme Is Announced, the Development Pipeline Is Still OpenAt the launch in Hanoi, the handbook sat squarely on the table, Magic Moves...
Magic Moves: A Handbook for Ages 6-9 and the Gap in Vietnamese Women's FootballIn mid-October, in a meeting room in Hanoi, Emily Shaw — UEFA's Head of...
"Magic Moves" and the Missing Middle Tier: Vietnam's Women's Football Restarts at Age SixI reopened the file around the launch: the press release from the Vietnam...
Magic Moves: When Vietnamese Women's Football Learns to Count from ZeroThe pitch has no stands. No electronic scoreboard, no loudspeaker reading out...
Vietnamese Football: From National Team Failure to Systemic Issues Requiring ReformVietnamese football is standing at an important crossroads after a series of...
The Back Three in V.League 1: A Shield Against Risk and the Data GapOn the night of 5 January 2026, at Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Vietnam be...
The Two Heartbeats of Vietnamese Football: A Blazing National Team and a Quietly Struggling V.League 1In My Dinh, on the night the Vietnam national team lined up for the anthem, t...
Vietnam in Pot 2 for the 2030 World Cup Qualifiers: A Real Structural Edge and Two Overlooked VariablesOn December 15, 2026, in Kuala Lumpur, a single draw will shape four years of...
Ramon Vega declares candidacy for the 2027 FIFA presidency: a revolt from the dressing room to football's most powerful boardroomRamon Vega runs for the 2027 FIFA presidency: a revolt from the dressing room...
V.League and the Silence Behind the National Team's SpotlightOn the stands of Hàng Đẫy stadium one weekend afternoon, row A was still near...
AFC Nations League: The Draft That Puts Vietnam's World Cup Ticket on the ScalesThe final whistle blew in an empty stand, and in the silence that followed, a...
Vietnam's World Cup Dream and the Asian Map Being Redrawn on PaperIn October 2026, there were twenty-eight thousand people in the stands of the...
V.League in the Regular Season: Cash Flow, Academies and the Price of PatienceOne man, one cheque, and a nineteen-year-old The match ended at 21:07. In the...
Ivan Toney and the Rhetorical Gamble Before Al-Ahli's Trip to Mamelodi SundownsIvan Toney entered the pre-match press conference ahead of Al-Ahli's...
Referees, VAR and the Consistency Problem in V.League: Reading the System Through Data, Not EmotionFrom the stands, the moment the referee places a hand on his earpiece and dra...
Vietnam U20 whitewashed, relegated from 2027 AFC U20 Asian Cup qualifiers: A generation trapped between two cycles?Two second-half goals against Iran U20 in the final Group C match – a 3-1...
Tran Quoc Tuan and the Invisible Architecture: A Vietnamese Voice in the Room Where Asian Football Laws Are WrittenThere is a kind of football that happens after the floodlights go out. It has...
Vietnam U20's Failure: Lessons from Three Straight Losses and a Promise for the 2029 GenerationThe 2027 Asian U20 qualifiers ended for Vietnam U20 with three straight losse...
Vietnam U20: The Fall Before the Gates of Heaven and the Equation Named 'Best Runner-Up'This afternoon, on the artificial turf of a sports complex so quiet it felt...
