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by Ridge Mahoney
A 2-1 loss to Mexico as Hexagonal qualifying play resumed after a two-month break extended a run of U.S. futility in Mexico to 24 games and again exposed the Americans' deficiencies.
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by Paul Kennedy
Major college programs such as defending champion Maryland and 2007 winner Wake Forest are sending players to the pros in record numbers. But they remain national contenders because of their ability to quickly recruit replacements. In a new development, many of the top recruits have spent time in pro academy ...
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by Paul Kennedy
The defending champion Tar Heels, aiming for North Carolina's 20th national championship in 28 years, could be one of the great Anson Dorrance teams of all time. Stanford, with a strong returning frontline and a pair of incoming U-17 internationals, could have the best shot of dethroning UNC.
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by Paul Kennedy
A small club from South Carolina, Discoveries SC, stole the show at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships, winning the U-18 title with a scintillating performance.
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by Ridge Mahoney
Injuries have ruled Jonathan Spector out of important competitions the past few years, but his return to fitness primed him for the Premier League season with West Ham as well as more regular duty on the U.S. national team.
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by Ridge Mahoney
Houston Dynamo midfielder Stuart Holden has parlayed a solid performance at the Gold Cup and a greater role with the MLS team into contention for a spot on the U.S. World Cup roster.
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by Paul Kennedy
Women's Professional Soccer's First XI - its first-choice team for the 2009 All-Star Game against Sweden's Umea - confirmed the impact foreign players had on the first-year league. Foreigners claimed seven of the 11 spots in balloting by fans, media, coaches and players:
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by Mike Woitalla
The game will always be played on the field, but everything that leads up to it has become easier thanks to high technology.
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by Ridge Mahoney
The second season of U.S. Soccer's Development Academy program concluded in mid-July with a repeat champion of sorts and a club whose partnership with an English team has benefited both parties.
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by Mike Woitalla
Like many of the players he now coaches at the University of Maryland, Sasho Cirovski faced the choice of when to go pro.
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