Less than three months ago, Osaze De Rosario was a normal young soccer player trying to make a name for himself in his first season as a professional. After signing a three-year contract last September with FC Rukh Lviv, he made his debut in the Ukrainian Premier League shortly before the league’s winter break. When […]
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Tanner Tessmann in Venice: Serie A lessons, commuting by boat, and fighting against relegation
The journey of a player who elects to take his career to a foreign country is always full of unusual twists and turns, challenges and triumphs, and stories to last a lifetime. For Tanner Tessmann, his move from FC Dallas to Italy has been rather remarkable on many levels. After growing up in Alabama, Tessmann […]
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Esmir Bajraktarevic: 16-year-old Wisconsin product on fast track with Revs and U.S. U-20s
One of the most brutal periods of the 1990s was the breakup of Yugoslavia through a series of wars that initially gave rise to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. The resulting human cost was catastrophic and the economic damage to the region was massive. Some people stayed to rebuild their communities, […]
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Teenager Jack McGlynn on his role in Philly's playoff quest, his move from Queens and the U.S. U-20s' big 2022
On Sunday, the Philadelphia Union will host New York City FC in the Eastern Conference final and it will mark the furthest the club has ever advanced in its history. Following the sales last January of two Best XI players and U.S internationals in Brenden Aaronson and Mark McKenzie, few expected the Union to be […]
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Weekend Focus: Kevin Paredes chose soccer over baseball and hit the fast track with D.C. United
When MLS decided it wanted to invest heavily in player development well over a decade ago, it was always going to be a process. First there were homegrown initiatives, then there were academies, then there were facilities, and the creation of leagues for youth and reserve teams. Flash forward to 2021, the investment is starting […]
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Weekend Focus: Utah product Taylor Booth finds his groove in Austria via Bayern Munich
The path to first-team minutes has not been and easy or a smooth ride for American midfielder Taylor Booth who has had to deal with setbacks and challenges along the way. But at long last, a loan to SKN St. Polten in Austrian has finally paved the way for the Utah native to step into the […]
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Weekend Focus: Pellegrino Matarazzo makes history in Germany
Last weekend, American soccer history was made. Pellegrino Matarazzo became the first head coach born and raised in the United States to win a game in the Bundesliga when his VfBStuttgart team downed Mainz on the road by a comfortable 4-1 score. With most of the talk in Americans abroad centered around young players such […]
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Rising star Nick Taitague on his Bundesliga quest and the joys of rejoining the U.S. U-20s
There is little doubt that United States U-20 head coach Tab Ramos has highly rated Nick Taitague for quite some time. Unfortunately for Ramos, he has beenunable to get the Virginia product involved with his teams for several years. This January, however, could mark the start of a positive trend for Taitague and his involvement with […]
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Aaron Long arrives: USL play leads late-bloomer to Red Bull stardom and U.S. national team
Over the last year, U.S. interim head coach Dave Sarachan has introduced a new core of players into the team. Most of the players are young and have enjoyed a lot of success veryearly in their careers. On the opposite side of the spectrum, there is newly capped Aaron Long, the front-runner for 2018 MLS Defender […]