Soccer America

Good morning! Five first-year pro teams, all from USL League One, entered in the 2025 U.S. Open Cup, and four have reached the third round. Congrats to Portland Hearts of Pine, Westchester SC, FC Naples and AV ALTA FC. In today’s Daily: LAFC beat Inter Miami 1-0 to claim a first-leg edge in Concacaf Champions Cup […]

Good morning! In today’s SA Confidential, Mike Woitalla talks with Congressman Darin LaHood (R-Illinois 16), a member of the Congressional Soccer Caucus since he entered the House of Representatives in 2015 and a co-chair of the Soccer Caucus since 2017. LaHood addresses many of the complicated issues surrounding the 2026 World Cup such as the […]

Good morning! In today’s Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog profiles Ed Camara, whose shops outfitted Houston soccer for four decades. Ed grew up in Long Island soccer hotbed Hicksville and played soccer at Clemson, where he was the lone American starter on I.M. Ibrahim’s first final four team in 1973. He has sold the soccer […]

Good morning! Another jam-packed midweek of soccer awaits. The U.S. Open Cup and Concacaf Champions Cup go head-to-head in the evening on Tuesday and Wednesday. In the afternoon, there will be the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals. In today’s Daily: Action in MLS, the NWSL and USL Championship as the latest news on Americans abroad. Soccer […]

Good morning! Thanks to all our readers who participated in our USMNT survey. We tried to use as many responses as possible. The responses are smart and well-written and show just how closely our readers follow the USMNT. The overwhelming majority of them hope to attend the 2026 World Cup and support the USMNT (if […]