Leander Schaerlaeckens is a long-time soccer writer and has worked for ESPN, FOX Sports, and Yahoo Sports, among others, covering the United States men’s national team at three World Cups. He currently writes about soccer for The Guardian and The Ringer. He teaches journalism and sports communication at Marist University. Born in the Netherlands and raised in Belgium, he went to college in London and Washington, D.C. He lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with his wife, son, and their mutt/squirrel-murderer, Eleanor Roosevelt
