Current Issue

In the September issus of World soccer, we identify the next generation of young stars, profiling the 50 players set to make their breakthrough this season.
Manchester United’s Shinji Kagawa is the subject of our player profile. Camp Nou is the first stadium in our new feature on the great grounds of the world.
We also look back at Mexico’s unlikely Olympic success and ask what now for Brazil’s vanquished coach, Mano Menezes.
Plus, there’s all our usual features including Dispatches provided by our global network of correspondents, and informed opinions from our stable of established columnists.

The June issue of World Soccer is now on sale. In this end-of-season special, we look at the climax to the European campaign and examine the rivalry between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, that ultimately helped shape the season.
Plus, we have interviews with Dutch destroyer Mark Van Bommel and Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella. French champions Montpelier are the timely subject of our club focus, while elsewhere, we have compiled the votes from our monthly ESM polls to determine the team of the season.

In the April 2012 issue we look ahead to a hectic summer of transfer activity, predicting the most in-demand players, and examining the role of the agents who negotiate the big deals.
Brazil’s legendary playmaker Ronaldinho is the subject of our Player Biography, while elsewhere we look at football’s most controversial club owners and Lombardy, Italy, is the subject of this month’s Soccer City.
All this, plus a review of the African Nations Cup, as well as our usual array of Dispatches from a worldwide network of correspondents.

In the March issue we look ahead to the resumption of Champions League with a special feature on the teams, tactics and players to watch in the knockout phase.
Juventus schemer Andrea Pirlo is the subject of our Player Biography, while this month’s Big Read asks whether the introduction of goal-line technology could be a huge mistake.