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2026 community football instructor course opens in Can Tho: what lies behind a three-day certificateLate October, the water rises in Can Tho. On a school pitch in the city centr...
AFC Finalizes Asian Cup 2027 Fixtures: Vietnam Starts Counting in NovemberA fixture list has just been printed, and three days in January 2027 already...
Vietnamese Football 2026: When Paperwork Lies and Feet Cannot Hide ItA birth certificate dated March 12, 2026, sits in the file of a young player...
The V.League Transfer Market: Sellers Won't Name a Price, Buyers Won't Tell the Whole StoryAt eleven at night, in a Vietnamese football supporters' group chat, someone...
Asian Cup 2027 Faces Postponement Risk: AFC Meets in Tokyo With a 37-Day DeadlineThe first report on a possible postponement of the 2027 Asian Cup came from a...
Fabio Lima and the Trap Called '218 Goals': What Should Vietnam Actually Fear Before Asian Cup 2027?In the last three UAE Pro League matches I re-watched, one detail repeated to...
Four Straight Diamond Shortlists, Zero Titles: VFF and the Conversion Problem on Asia's Football Governance MapOn October 16, the Asian Football Confederation published its shortlist for t...
A Football Handbook for Girls Aged 6-9: VFF and the Golden Window No One Is MeasuringIn mid-October, at the headquarters of the Vietnam Football Federation, a sma...
Asian Cup 2027 and the Safety Question in Riyadh: When the Draw Is No Longer on the PitchIn 2026, I learned the subject of listening with my eyes — the applause of...
The 'Magic Moves' Handbook for Girls Aged 6-9: UEFA and AFC Lay the Foundation Stone for Vietnamese Women's FootballOn a school field in Hanoi, on an October morning, I stood watching a girl of...
The 'Magic Moves' Handbook and the Missing Middle Tier of Vietnamese Women's FootballOn a small pitch in Hanoi, about twenty girls aged six to nine stand in a...
Asian Cup 2027 Faces Possible Postponement to 2028: The AFC's Silence and the Forgotten Third PathIn my commentary booth in Kuala Lumpur, I watched the ticker crawl across the...
Moriyasu and the Malaysia Hot Seat: As ASEAN Opens a Foreign-Coach Arms Race, Vietnam Cannot Sit StillOn August 15, 2026, a short line appeared in the New Straits Times that made ...
Vietnamese Football: Decoding Strengths and Challenges in the Journey to Continental HeightsVietnamese football is witnessing strong transformations at both club and...
V.League from an Empty Stand: The Brand Arms Race and Where Real Value Actually LivesOn stand B of Lạch Tray stadium on a March afternoon, I counted forty-two...
Misplaced Drawers and the Silence of Trust in V-LeagueIn the meeting room at the VPF headquarters, I heard the rustle of paper befo...
AFC World Cup 2030 Qualifiers: Vietnam in Pot 2 and the Numbers That Need Re-reading Before December 15, 2026On December 15, 2026, at the headquarters of the Asian Football Confederation...
A Nine-Dimension Report With Zero Data Rows: When a Football Model Dares to Say 'I Don't Know'A football analysis ran across nine full dimensions: tactics and technique,...
World Cup 2030 Qualifiers Draw: Vietnam in Pot 2 and the Data Signals Worth ReadingOn December 15, 2026, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will hold the dr...
The Referee's Eye and the Data Silence of Vietnamese FootballOn the stands, the roar erupted and then fell silent within seconds. A goal h...
Vietnamese Football Enters the Nine-Dimension Analysis Era: Data, Governance and Performance PressureVietnamese football is at a turning point in the way a match is read and...
Vietnam U17 Women 6-0 Palestine: An Identity Drowned in Rain, and the First Brick of a GenerationAt the 32nd minute at Ba Ria Stadium, rain poured onto the pitch in muddy...
AFC Nations League: why Vietnam's World Cup ticket is now decided on the ranking tableNagoya, 2:14 a.m. Nagoya, 2:14 a.m. Rain hammered the window of a fourth-floo...
AFC Nations League: When Vietnam's World Cup Ticket Is Locked by a Rule That Isn't Final YetOn October 4, an ESPN report placed on my desk a number that appears in no...
Vietnamese Football: The Data Void Behind the GlowThree in the morning in Manchester, I opened three independent data sources f...
V.League Cash Flow: The Fixed-Cost Problem Behind Undisclosed ContractsV.League Cash Flow: The Fixed-Cost Problem Behind Undisclosed Contracts In th...
Data Discipline in the V.League: Lessons from an Empty ReportI once received a nine-page analysis of Vietnamese football. The title was...
Banners at the Konya Stadium: One Friendly, One Stadium, and the Limits of Football GovernanceRain fell on the roof of the Konya Metropolitan Stadium, but inside, forty...
Vietnam U20 and the North Korea Conundrum: The 0-3 Defeat Is Not the EndThe stadium fell into an eerie silence as the final whistle echoed. On the...
AFC Finalizes Asian Cup 2027 Fixtures: Vietnam Starts Counting in NovemberA fixture list has just been printed, and three days in January 2027 already...
Vietnamese Football 2026: When Paperwork Lies and Feet Cannot Hide ItA birth certificate dated March 12, 2026, sits in the file of a young player...
The V.League Transfer Market: Sellers Won't Name a Price, Buyers Won't Tell the Whole StoryAt eleven at night, in a Vietnamese football supporters' group chat, someone...
Asian Cup 2027 Faces Postponement Risk: AFC Meets in Tokyo With a 37-Day DeadlineThe first report on a possible postponement of the 2027 Asian Cup came from a...
Fabio Lima and the Trap Called '218 Goals': What Should Vietnam Actually Fear Before Asian Cup 2027?In the last three UAE Pro League matches I re-watched, one detail repeated to...
Four Straight Diamond Shortlists, Zero Titles: VFF and the Conversion Problem on Asia's Football Governance MapOn October 16, the Asian Football Confederation published its shortlist for t...
A Football Handbook for Girls Aged 6-9: VFF and the Golden Window No One Is MeasuringIn mid-October, at the headquarters of the Vietnam Football Federation, a sma...
Asian Cup 2027 and the Safety Question in Riyadh: When the Draw Is No Longer on the PitchIn 2026, I learned the subject of listening with my eyes — the applause of...
The 'Magic Moves' Handbook for Girls Aged 6-9: UEFA and AFC Lay the Foundation Stone for Vietnamese Women's FootballOn a school field in Hanoi, on an October morning, I stood watching a girl of...
The 'Magic Moves' Handbook and the Missing Middle Tier of Vietnamese Women's FootballOn a small pitch in Hanoi, about twenty girls aged six to nine stand in a...
Asian Cup 2027 Faces Possible Postponement to 2028: The AFC's Silence and the Forgotten Third PathIn my commentary booth in Kuala Lumpur, I watched the ticker crawl across the...
Moriyasu and the Malaysia Hot Seat: As ASEAN Opens a Foreign-Coach Arms Race, Vietnam Cannot Sit StillOn August 15, 2026, a short line appeared in the New Straits Times that made ...
Vietnamese Football: Decoding Strengths and Challenges in the Journey to Continental HeightsVietnamese football is witnessing strong transformations at both club and...
V.League from an Empty Stand: The Brand Arms Race and Where Real Value Actually LivesOn stand B of Lạch Tray stadium on a March afternoon, I counted forty-two...
Misplaced Drawers and the Silence of Trust in V-LeagueIn the meeting room at the VPF headquarters, I heard the rustle of paper befo...
AFC World Cup 2030 Qualifiers: Vietnam in Pot 2 and the Numbers That Need Re-reading Before December 15, 2026On December 15, 2026, at the headquarters of the Asian Football Confederation...
A Nine-Dimension Report With Zero Data Rows: When a Football Model Dares to Say 'I Don't Know'A football analysis ran across nine full dimensions: tactics and technique,...
World Cup 2030 Qualifiers Draw: Vietnam in Pot 2 and the Data Signals Worth ReadingOn December 15, 2026, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will hold the dr...
The Referee's Eye and the Data Silence of Vietnamese FootballOn the stands, the roar erupted and then fell silent within seconds. A goal h...
Vietnamese Football Enters the Nine-Dimension Analysis Era: Data, Governance and Performance PressureVietnamese football is at a turning point in the way a match is read and...
Vietnam U17 Women 6-0 Palestine: An Identity Drowned in Rain, and the First Brick of a GenerationAt the 32nd minute at Ba Ria Stadium, rain poured onto the pitch in muddy...
AFC Nations League: why Vietnam's World Cup ticket is now decided on the ranking tableNagoya, 2:14 a.m. Nagoya, 2:14 a.m. Rain hammered the window of a fourth-floo...
AFC Nations League: When Vietnam's World Cup Ticket Is Locked by a Rule That Isn't Final YetOn October 4, an ESPN report placed on my desk a number that appears in no...
Vietnamese Football: The Data Void Behind the GlowThree in the morning in Manchester, I opened three independent data sources f...
V.League Cash Flow: The Fixed-Cost Problem Behind Undisclosed ContractsV.League Cash Flow: The Fixed-Cost Problem Behind Undisclosed Contracts In th...
Data Discipline in the V.League: Lessons from an Empty ReportI once received a nine-page analysis of Vietnamese football. The title was...
Banners at the Konya Stadium: One Friendly, One Stadium, and the Limits of Football GovernanceRain fell on the roof of the Konya Metropolitan Stadium, but inside, forty...
Vietnam U20 and the North Korea Conundrum: The 0-3 Defeat Is Not the EndThe stadium fell into an eerie silence as the final whistle echoed. On the...
