In our 16th issue, we’ve devoted 27 pages to “The Greatness Factor,” a celebration of football’s all-time best players—who’s undisputed? who’s nearly there and who just might be one day? And who better to kick it off than Pelé? Although you’ll probably be familiar with the players joining the Brazilian legend in our top 10, we’ve sought to help you see them in a new way and the list isn’t quite as expected as you might think.

The rest of the issue is packed with intimate and insightful profiles on Lucy Bronze, Troy Deeney, and Wilfried Zaha. There's also an examination of VAR, a look at the 50 most important people in football, and much much more.

In our 15th issue, we have devoted 40 pages to the FIFA Women’s World Cup, and were thrilled to hang out with some of the great characters on the US Women’s National Team, specifically Alex Morgan (on our cover), Carli Lloyd, Crystal Dunn, Mallory Pugh, and Megan Rapinoe.

We also look at great football stories from around the world including Premier League managers, Johan Cruyff revisted, the first million-pound footballer, our update on the power-politics surrounding Qatar’s World Cup in 2022, and the 10 most exciting young players to emerge this season.

Eight by Eight’s 14th issue features an exclusive interview and photo shoot with Robert Firmino. Inside, you’ll also find long-form features penned by some of the world’s most acclaimed journalists; vibrant illustration and photography; and aggressive, modern design.

Our 13th Issue features an exclusive interview and photo shoot with David De Gea who graces cover and many other notable stories including:

• RocknRolla: Manchester United’s David de Gea has become the undisputed No. 1 goalkeeper.
Can he help lead Spain to a second World Cup victory in eight years? By Kade Krichko & Roger Neve

• The Greatest Game Ever Lost: At the 1982 World Cup, only one team could beat Brazil—and it wasn’t Italy. By David Hirshey & Joe Morse

• Mo Salah for President: The Egyptian striker has won the hearts and minds of the Liverpool faithful. Is there any goal he can’t achieve? By Neil Atkinson

• 20 World Cup–Winning Goals: Whoever scores the tournament-winning goal in Russia will become an instant legend. We present five unforgettable moments of magic from the past 88 years that are seared into our collective memory.

• Grizi-Ball: Antoine Griezmann’s delightful brand of footballing innocence could cast him as the surprise French star of the World Cup. By Corley Miller & Vivien Lavau

• Free Your Mind: Leroy Sané is becoming the player Pep Guardiola always imagined. By Raphael Honigstein

• War of the Worlds: The World Cup has always been about more than soccer. Governments of all stripes have used the tournament to suppress opposition, advance political agendas, and promote nationalism. By Jon Spurling & Alvaro Tapia Hidalgo

Our 12th Issue features an exclusive interview and photo shoot with Gianluigi Buffon who graces cover and many other notable stories including:

• The Journey Is Everything: Winning matters, but the Juventus goalkeeper sees beauty only in the trying. By Paolo Bandini & Roger Neve

• The Douchebag Chronicles: How one man found eternal joy in hating John Terry.
By David Hirshey & Nathan Fox

• Coaching USA: Better coaches produce better players. But what’s the best way to produce better coaches? By Andrew Helms & Diego Patino

• Isco Inferno: Given the freedom to roam by coach Zinedine Zidane, Real Madrid’s brilliant new superstar is on fire. By James Horncastle & Nigel Buchanan

• Defending by the Numbers: The emergence of defenders with athleticism and technical ability changed the nature of the Premier League. By Jonathan Wilson

• The Gambler: AS Monaco manager Leonardo Jardim has an uncanny knack for turning young players into superstars and then collecting his winnings in the transfer market. By Antonis Oikonomidis & Ben Kirchner

• The Incredible Shrinking Manager: Being David Moyes is a thankless task. By Eoin O’callaghan & Laura Breiling

Our 11th Issue features an exclusive photo shoot with Neymar Jr. who graces our first photographic cover and many other notable stories including:

• The Man Who Will Be King: Neymar is rested and ready for his next challenge … being the best player in the world.
By Corley Miller & Roger Neve

• Footloose: After some shaky years and bouncy fields, the NWSL is ready to flourish, thanks to strong management and stars
like Alex Morgan. By Matt Pentz

• Big Game Hunter: Though he has almost disappeared from football, Roberto Baggio remains one of the greatest players Italy has ever produced. By James Horncastle & Chris Buzelli

• The Magnificent Seven: Suddenly we are faced with a rich crop of incredibly talented young players who are threatening the jobs of incumbents playing on the world’s top teams.

• The Last Days of Eric Cantona: He didn’t play by conventional rules, and he remained a profoundly irresistible figure even when his brilliant career began to wind down. By Eoin O'Callaghan & Joe Morse

• Gloves Off: How Bill Hamid punched his way back to the U.S. National Team. By Andrew Helms & Spencer Heyfron

• The Economist: Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger is obsessively thrifty, but his fundamental principles go deeper than the numbers.
By Eoin O'Callaghan & Alvaro Tapia Hidalgo

Our 10th Issue features 116 bold and beautiful pages about football’s most revered and celebrated competition. Highlights include:

• Z: Part poet, part tyrant, Zidane has always made power look beautiful.
BY Corley Miller & Philippe Echaroux

• The Bear of Highbury: Dainton Connell was Arsenal’s most notorious hooligan in the 1970s and a Pet Shop Boys roadie in the 1980s. His violent death in Moscow in 2007 has only added to the mystique that still surrounds him. By Jon Spurling & Diego Patino

• Abandon All Hope: The cowardly and hypocritical U.S. Soccer Federation
might as well have taken Hope Solo out back and shot her in the head. By John Doyle & Joe Pugliese

• Out of the Shadows: Some players have reputations that far exceed their
achievements. Sami Khedira is just the opposite. By James Horncastle & Thomas Rabsch

• Survival of the Fattest: The greed of the top teams is killing the Champions
League. It’s times like this when the world looks for a super league. By Jonathan Wilson & Emmanuel Polanco

• We Are the Champions: In the turmoil of 1970s and ’80s England, the working-class escape was clear: Be a footballer or form a band. By Paul Doyle & Ben Kirhcner

• Mission Impossible: Jürgen Klinsmann’s grand plan—to bring European savvy to the U.S. Men’s National Team—exceeded his ability to execute it. By Andrew Helms & David Zentz

• The 2 Robbies: NBC Sports dynamic duo discuss Chelsea’s miraculous revival, and how José Mourinho may have it harder than we think. By Robbie Earle & Robbie Mustoe

Our 9th Issue features 116 bold and beautiful pages about football’s most revered and celebrated competition. Highlights include:

• Cult of One: Zlatan Ibrahimović, football’s most and least important player,
enters his final act. By Corley Miller & Wesley Bedrosian

• A Boy Among Men: Robbie Keane, Ireland’s enigmatic striker nears the end of a long and winding road. By John Doyle & Patrik Giardino.

• The Triumph of the Collective: Leicester City weren’t supposed to win the Premier League last season, but their tight-knit squad outperformed the richer sides. Can they do it again? By Simon Barnes & Yuko Shimizu

•Alien Invasion: Despite the xenophobia behind Brexit, English football fans know that the most exciting players in the Premier League are the managers, and the best of them are bloody foreigners. By John Doyle & Ben Kirchner

•Bragging Rights: Why is it still so important to beat your neighbor? By Will Frears & Peter Arkle

• Split Ends: Italian football’s serious fan problem is especially rampant at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, where separated fans of AS Roma and SS Lazio are infuriated by the government’s severe match-day policing. By Colin O’Brien & Chris Buzelli

• Toward an Imperfect Understanding of George Best: Alcohol. Women. Football. In that order. By Simon Barnes

Our 8th Issue features 116 bold and beautiful pages about football’s most revered and celebrated competition. Highlights include:

• The New Prince of Italy: Marco Verratti is never happier than when he’s suiting up for the Azzurri. By Paolo Bandini and Roger Neve.

• 100 Years of Fortitude: Copa America has been small, big, bad, and great over the past 100 years, and this year’s party should be the best yet. By Jonathan Wilson and Ben Kirchner. 

• Inside the Mystic: Running Chelsea like a benevolent Rasputin, there’s no disputin’ the magical spell cast by Roman Abramovich. By Simon Kuper and Diego Patino. 

• Two-footed. Single-minded: Fabian Johnson may have been born and raised in Munich, but his heart is  100% with the USMNT.  By Uli Hesse.

• All Eyes on Paul: Paul Pogba might already be the best box-to-box midfielder on the planet. But leading France to victory will take more than skill alone. By Paolo Bandini. 

• Patrick and the Third Rail: What the hell is Patrick Vieira doing in New York? By Corley Miller and Andrew Hetherington.  

• The Last Great Tournament: After these championships, no more cockeyed carnivals of revelry, pageantry, and celebration. By John Doyle and Jungyeon Roh.

• The Face of a Nation: There’s a reason why Karim Benzema is absent from France’s hall of idols. And it starts with his name. By Philippe Auclair. 

Plus: Joachim Löw, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Paulo Dybala, England vs. Wales, and Robin van Persie’s sad Euro 2016 watch party.

Our 7th Issue features 116 bold and beautiful pages about football’s most revered and celebrated competition. Highlights include:

• The Modest Assasin: Thomas Müller can’t beat you with ball control, pace, or dribbling. But he will beat you. by Uli Hesse

• A Woof Over Their Heads: Manchester United were built around a lost dog, the pub keeper who found him, and a wealthy brewer who saw the potential in a club called Newton Heath. by Jonathan Wilson

• Enigma: DarlingtonNagbe could be the best player on the U.S. men’s national team. Does he want to be? by Andrew Helms

• They Came, They Conquered … : The inside story of how Germany defeated Brazil in the 2014 World Cup semifinal. by Raphael Honigstein

• Eyes Wide Shut: The video-review debate is really about football’s relationship to the injustices of daily life. by Corley Miller

• 50 Years of Hurt: Paul Gascoigne’s tears at Italia ’90 seemed to wash away years of hooliganism and misery, and by 1996 England were ready to win their first tournament in three decades. by Jonathan Wilson

• Highs and Lows: Tracking the meteoric ascents and soul-crushing falls of this year’s Premier League clubs through the tiers of English football. by W. Tyler Hall and Martin Salazar

And a special Eight by Eight FC badge!

Our 6th Issue features 116 bold and beautiful pages about football’s most revered and celebrated competition. Highlights include:

• There Was a Crooked Man: The arrest of FIFA executives has turned the world of football upside down. by Philippe Auclair

• The Heavenly Outcast: Lionel Messi is football’s chosen son—but even as a footballer he’s never been normal. By Corley Miller

• The Upside of Down: Relegation equals salvation for MLS. By Jack Williams

• Right Back Where He Started From: Moving Philipp Lahm to midfield seemed insane … and then brilliant. By Uli Hesse

• The Ticket to Ride: Roy Hodgson isn’t flash, but he’s England’s best choice. By Jonathan Wilson

And much more!  

Our 5th Issue features 116 bold and beautiful pages about football’s most revered and celebrated competition. Highlights include:

• Rage Against the Machine: The consensus was that José Mourinho would have to change to win again at Chelsea, calm down. Screw that. Give that man a flame-thrower and watch him win. by Oliver Kay

• Lady Killers: While the rest of the world remains indifferent to women’s professional leagues, Portland Thorns fans “support the girls in red until we’re fucking’ dead.” by Zach Dundas

• “There Have Been a Few Complaints … ”: The stunning collapse of Borussia Dortmund has left Jürgen Klopp looking lost, naked, and a little sad. by Uli Hesse

• Kiss & Dismiss: If you’re the Tottenham Hotspur manager you’re as good as fired. by Jonathan Wilson (U.S.)

• Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: Fernando Torres went from being the darling of English football to its greatest punch line. by Rory Smith

• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar: The pint-size playmaker is capable of doing things you’ve never seen before—and never will. by Jonathan Wilson (U.K.)

• Smells Like Team Spirit: Why rooting for soccer in the U.S. is like being into Nirvana before it took over the world. by Robert Green

• The Martyr of Islington: Arsène Wenger and the agony of faith. by Corley Miller

Plus Diego Costa, Harry Kane, Megan Rapinoe, Orlando City SC, Alexandre Lacazette, Premier League Referees, Arlo White, David Villa, and Steven Gerrard!

Our 4th Issue features 116 bold and beautiful pages about football’s most revered and celebrated competition. Highlights include:

• Rooney Tunes: Manchester United is hoping its star will go from coyote to roadrunner under new manager Louis Van Gaal. by Jasper Lipton
    
• How To Make It In America: The Seattle Sounders’ DeAndre Yedlin is the poster boy for a generation of players who have risen through the ranks of the U.S. academy system. by Andrew Helms
    
• The Artful Rodgers: For Liverpool’s manager, the beauty of the game depends on constant tweaking. by Jonathan Wilson
    
• Mersey Boys: The full timeline of Liverpool’s history. by Stan Hey
    
• Revolution No. 9: Pairing Robert Lewandowski with Pep Guardiola is like putting caviar with blini. by Pete Jensen
    
• Kick Ass Roma: New American owner James Pallotta is bringing passion, smart business practices, and a fat wallet to the Giallorossi. by Colin O’Brien
    
• The Odd Couple: Our sit down chat with Roger Bennet and Michael Davies (Men In Blazers)—the preferred Englishmen of America’s football-loving public. by Miles Kohrman

Plus Cesc Fabregas, Real Madrid’s Great XI, Yaya Toure, Tim Howard, Tampa Bay Rowdies, Dirty Leeds, Olympique Marseille, Tony Pulis, Cristiano Ronaldo and Joey Barton!

The Eight by Eight World Cup Special Issue features 116 bold and beautiful pages about football’s most revered and celebrated competition. Highlights include:

• Up, Up, And Agüero: How Argentina’s secret weapon can immortalize Lionel Messi

• Why the World Cup needs Messi and Ronaldo, and what they need to do to join the immortals of the game, by Oliver Kay

• The Impossible Dream: Is Jurgen Klinsmann’s USMNT ready for the primetime, by Jasper Lipton
    
• Heart of Darkness: Werner Herzog takes a trip into the jungle with England’s national team, and he brought a whistle, Jonathan Wilson (the other one)

• Why Argentina doesn’t love Her best player, by Blizzard editor Jonathan Wilson

• The Dark Lord Within Zinedine Zidane, by Philippe Auclair

Also featuring exclusive articles and illustrations on Spain, France, Germany, American supporter culture, Luis Suarez, the trophies of the world, and much more!

Our 2nd Issue features 116 bold and beautiful pages about football’s most revered and celebrated competition. Highlights include:

• Cover story “Off With Their Heads! Andrea Pirlo’s Ruthless Reign at Juventus,” an examination of the Italian club’s ageless midfield maestro ahead of the 2014 World Cup. 

• 12 page timeline of the Juventus’ 116 year history

• An in-depth look at the oft-troubled life, on and off the pitch, of Manchester United’s mercurial Wayne Rooney, by Blizzard editor Jonathan Wilson

• “Bob Marley loved Music, Ganja and Rasta. And he loved Football,” by novelist and broadcaster Chris Salewicz

• FA Chairman Greg Dyke speaks to Eight by Eight about the future of English football

• A gritty look at Atletico Madrid’s “Inglorious Bastards,” by Spain-based journalist Pete Jenson

• The most compelling—and unconventional—argument for the USMNT’s success in Brazil, by journalist Noah Davis

Also featuring exclusive articles and illustrations of the game’s greatest poachers, Ronaldinho, Clarence Seedorf, Romelu Lukaku, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, plastic Pelé, Ravel Morrison, and the Hall of Horrors!

Eight by Eight’s 120 page premier issue's artistic and editorial highlights include: Arsenal, Its history, its newest superstar and its long-suffering fans; The changing role of the playmaker by Jonathan Wilson; Juan Mata, the forgotten man by Philippe Auclair; Can Pep Guardiola succeed in Munich? by Raphael Honigstein; and memorable illustrations by Diego Patino, Brian Cronin, Nigel Buchanan, David Foldvari, Yuko Shimizu, and Owen Smith.

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We focus on the game’s best teams, coaches, and players, and their stories, from the bubbling potential of America’s burgeoning programs to the storied traditions of Europe’s greatest clubs. It is our ambition to tell these stories through excellent journalism; aggressive, modern design; and the best illustration and photography. 

Our readers are smart and inquisitive, seeking a better understanding of the game’s unseen narratives and delighting in its complexities. We believe that the same drama that captivates imaginations from the pitch should flow through our pages.

 So, what’s with our name? The goalposts are silent witnesses to the most dramatic moments in the game.  They stand 8 feet high by 8 yards long—Eight by Eight.

Eight by Eight is the magazine the beautiful game deserves.

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