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On 22nd October, baseball’s premier competition begins – the World Series. In this showpiece series of 7 games, the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals will clash to decide who takes home the Commissioner’s Trophy, but how did these teams get here? How have they fared so far postseason? And which team is more likely to come out on top?  Major League Baseball sees 30 teams take part in a regular sporting season divided into two leagues – the National League and the American League. Within these leagues, teams play each other multiple times a season, along with some select interleague games, with each team participating in 162 games across the seven month season. These two leagues are split between 3 divisions – West, East and Central. At the end of the regular season, the three teams at the top of each division in both leagues progress to postseason. Postseason began at the start of October with two Wild Card games. Two teams from each league are designated as the Wild C...

**This article was first posted on the Redbrick website** Sport Reporter Jake Davies recaps the final day of the MLS regular season and previews the upcoming playoffs The regular season of Major League Soccer 2019 reached its climax last weekend with Decision Day – the final day of the league series. Los Angeles FC had already sealed the Supporters Shield, awarded to the team with the best record in the league, but the dominant side went on to break records on Sunday. Their 3-1 victory over Colorado Rapids ensured they finished with the most goals in a season with 85, and the most points in MLS history with 72. LAFC have been hailed by many as the best team to emerge since the founding of American soccer, and a crucial factor in their success is the league’s top scorer, Carlos Vela. The Mexican netted a hat-trick in Sunday’s win to smash the MLS record for most goals in one season with 34 in 31 games, along with 15 assists. Bob Bradley’s men are favourites to go on and win the M...

**EDITORS NOTE** - This post was written on 03/11/18, thus is not completely up-to-date, however I would like to publish it as it never made it into the Redbrick newspaper and I spent much time on the short article ***UPDATE*** - This post is now available to see on the Redbrick website! Check it out if you get a chance. ------------------------------------------- ON 11 th  July, England’s exciting World Cup campaign came to an end in their 1-2 semi-final defeat to Croatia. After a journey which revived public adoration towards the national team, Gareth Southgate faced a difficult challenge as the competition winded down and normality resumed – could England build upon the success of Russia 2018? The Three Lions were brought crashing down to Earth with a 2-1 defeat in their debut Nations League fixture against Spain in September. This narrow loss, whilst sobering, showed much promise for a team heavily criticised for being unable to produce performances against the ‘top ...