USA-IRELAND EXPRESS:April 8 in Austin, TexasUSA 2 Ireland 0. Goals: Fox 37, Horan 80.Att.: 20,593 (sellout). * * * * * * * * * * In its second-to-last game before Coach Vlatko Andonovski announces the USA’s 23-player Women’s World Cup roster, the USA beat a tenacious Ireland 2-0 in Austin, Texas, on Saturday. In the […]
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El Farolito: U.S. Open Cup spotlights San Francisco club's rich history
Santiago Lopez, the head coach of San Francisco club El Farolito, which faces the Oakland Roots in the second round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on April 4, was along for the ride as an 8-year-old when El Farolito won the 1993 U.S. Open Cup. (Photo by Joe Bonadio/joecontent.net) * * * * […]
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Dave Johnson, the longtime voice of D.C. United, on the new era of MLS broadcasting
Dave Johnson’s run as D.C. United’s play-by-play man for TV broadcasts since its 1996 launch ended this season with MLS’s Season Pass deal with Apple TV. But Johnson continues call to D.C. United games on WTSD (1190 AM), WONK (104.7 FM), 101.1 on HD2 radio and the iHeartRadio streaming service. SOCCER AMERICA: Although MLS Season […]
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USA-El Salvador Concacaf Nations League Player Ratings
USA-EL SALVADOR EXPRESS:March 27 in Orlando, FloridaUSA 1 El Salvador 0. Goals: Pepi 62.Att.: 18,947. * * * * * * * * * * Needing at least a tie to advance to the semifinals of the Concacaf Nations League in June, U.S. interim coach Anthony Hudson put out maybe his strongest possible XI against El Salvador […]
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Gerson Perez on Salvadoran-American talent, U.S. youth progress, and his new Chicago Fire role
Earlier this year, Gerson Perez joined the Chicago Fire as assistant coach to Chicago Fire II (MLS Next Pro) head coach Ludovic Taillandier along with assistant Patrick Nyarko. Perez continues serve as a part-time assistant to his father, U.S. Hall of Famer Hugo Perez, with the El Salvador’s national team. Gerson Perez, formerly Academy Director […]
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Grenada-USA Concacaf Nations League Player Ratings
GRENADA-USA EXPRESS: March 24 in St. George’sGrenada 1 USA 7. Goals: Hyppolyte 32; Pepi 4, 53, B.Aaronson 20, McKennie 32, 34, Pulisic 49, Zendejas 72.Att.: 7,032. * * * * * * * * * * In its first competitive match since the World Cup, the U.S. men’s national team cruised to a 7-1 win in the […]
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Peter Wilt on Chicago House's Open Cup run and his crusade to open up soccer in the USA
Nothing tickles the cockles of pro/rel advocates quite like the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, the pyramid-wide competition in American soccer whose first-round games kick off March 21-23. One of the leading philosophers of the open system is Peter Wilt, the first president of MLS’s Chicago Fire in 1998-2005, a tenure that included three Open […]
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Bradley Wright-Phillips on loving TV work, why he flourished in MLS, and the Thierry Henry influence
When Bradley Wright-Phillips joined the New York Red Bulls in 2013, the 28-year-old Englishman was known best as Arsenal legend Ian Wright‘s second son and Premier League star Shaun Wright-Phillips‘ younger brother. “I wasn’t good enough when I was in England,” said Wright Phillips, who retired as a Red Bull via a special one-day contract […]
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B.J. Callaghan on behind-the-scenes USMNT coaching, the scouting process, and his path to the 2022 World Cup
Before joining the U.S. men’s national team staff as strategy analyst/assistant coach in January 2019, B.J. Callaghan coached at every level of the game. He went into coaching at Ursinus College in 2003 after playing goalkeeper for the Black Bears. He coached high school and youth club ball, including for FC Delco and Montgomery United. […]
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Darrius Barnes on MLS Advance: 'To grow the game and bring people together'
On Tuesday, which also marks the two-year anniversary of MLS hiring Sola Winley as MLS Chief Diversity Officer, the league announced the launch of “MLS Advance,” a program designed to continue its diversity, equity and inclusion [DEI] progress. MLS Advance got underway late last year as a year-round professional development and networking program for diverse […]