Good morning! The Copa America kicks off tonight in Atlanta, where Argentina opens its title defense against Canada. It begins three weeks of double coverage for Fox Sports, the Euros in the morning and afternoon and the Copa America in the evening. In his interview with SA’s Arlo Moore-Bloom, John Strong, who will lead the […]
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Wednesday AM: USMNT’s challenges and opportunities. Also: Closure for Sophia Smith. Plus: Euros, MLS Next Cup, National Amateur Cup.
Good morning! Next week USWNT coach Emma Hayes is expected to name the squad (18 players and four alternates) she will take to the Paris Olympics. She has only been on the job full-time for about a month and is faced with making some incredibly difficult decisions about a new generation of exciting young players […]
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Tuesday AM: Soccer’s ATM machine at work. Also: Another NWSL sale.
Good morning! The $58 million the Seattle Reign sold for (see below) underscores how dramatically the NWSL has changed in the last five years. French company OL Groupe initially purchased the Reign for only $3.5 million in 2019 when it was playing in a minor-league baseball stadium in Tacoma. Now it plays at Seattle’s Lumen […]
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Monday AM: USMNT Copa América roster — MLS: three big things — Euro 2024: England and Spain reaction.
USMNT coach Gregg Berhalter named his squad of 26 players for the 2024 Copa America.
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Friday AM: USMNT’s Copa America opponents. Also: Soccer’s seven-year (and counting) antitrust lawsuit.
Good morning! It’s about the halfway point to the 2024 MLS regular season, and the surprise has been Western Conference leader Real Salt Lake. It has one of the lowest payrolls in MLS – 27th out of 29 teams, based on the recent MLSPA release – but fields one of MLS’s most exciting teams with […]
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Special Edition: Euro 2024 Preview
Good afternoon! The European Championship kicks off tomorrow in Germany, the start of a month packed with international soccer that gets busier next week when the Copa America begins. Euro 2024 all morning and afternoon, and the Copa America in the evening. Especially when it was smaller, the European Championship produced some great winners (Germany […]
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Thursday AM: USMNT bounces back. Also: Messi isn’t ready to quit.
Good morning! Look in your inbox later today for a special edition of Soccer America Daily with our preview of Euro 2024, which starts tomorrow. One of the contributors on our coverage from Germany is Dutch journalist Jaap de Groot, whose work with Soccer America dates back to the early 1990s. Jaap, the former sports […]
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Wednesday AM: Can USMNT silence alarm bells? Olympic men’s send-off game a dud.
Good morning! The USA faces Brazil today in Orlando with a lot at stake for a friendly game. Pride, for one thing. The Americans need a turnaround after their shockingly bad display in the 5-1 loss to Colombia. Brazil has won 18 of its 19 games against the USA. Recent meetings have been rather one-sided, […]
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Tuesday AM: One last Olympic men’s tune-up. TST’s $1 million prize winners.
Good morning! The USA will be playing in the Olympic men’s soccer tournament for the first time in 16 years this summer. It’s an achievement that should be celebrated, but it comes with a lot of uncertainty. U.S. coach Marko Mitrovic is expected to select his 18-player roster soon after Tuesday’s USA-Japan friendly in Kansas […]
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Monday AM: Woeful USMNT. Next up? Brazil!
Good morning! This is the summer when the countdown to the 2026 World Cup begins for the USMNT with big games played before big crowds. On Saturday, it drew more than 55,000 fans at Commanders Field, the largest crowd for a U.S. friendly on the East Coast since 2012, featuring thousands of Colombian fans decked […]