Good morning! MLS moves into its 10th weekend with 28 of the 29 head coaches who began the season still in charge. (Minnesota United played three games before 32-year-old Eric Ramsay officially filled its coaching vacancy from 2023.) As SA’s Charles Boehm notes in his weekly MLS column, that’s an unusually long time in soccer […]
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Thursday AM: LaLiga poised to play in U.S. Also: Crew has edge in CCC semifinals; New MLS Next teams.
Good morning! As SA’s Mike Woitalla writes in his book review of Gary Singh’s “The Unforgettable San Jose Earthquakes: Momentous Stories On & Off the Field,” it’s not a linear 50-year history that San Jose soccer is celebrating this year. Singh reminds us how that makes the Earthquakes especially intriguing. Soccer America and the Quakes […]
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Wednesday AM: Second French World Cup champion headed to MLS, Tim Weah’s timely assist.
Good morning! It comes as no surprise — yesterday’s announcement out of Kansas City that a $200 million development project with 400 apartments and retail space is expected to begin this year next to CPKC Stadium, the KC Current’s new riverfront stadium. The NWSL’s first stadium built exclusively for women’s soccer is like many soccer […]
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Tuesday AM: Sergiño Dest, an irreplaceable force. Also: Supreme Court’s soccer decision.
Good morning! The U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal in a lawsuit filed to end U.S. Soccer’s policy of not allowing foreign teams to play official matches on American soil. U.S. Soccer and MLS have had a long history of success in antitrust lawsuits, but this case could have a different ending. The Biden […]
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Monday AM: A Wembley thriller. Also: Dest’s ‘serious’ knee injury, Emma Hayes’ Chelsea pulls upset, MLS: Miami and Galaxy on top.
Good morning! Haji Wright, who scored the tying goal in stoppage time of Coventry City’s FA Cup thriller against Manchester United, wasn’t the first American to score at Wembley. In the answer to a great Americans Abroad trivia question, that honor fell to Mike Masters (Williams College) playing for Colchester United in the 1992 FA […]
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Friday AM: Last USMNT players out of Europe. Also: Open Cup draw.
Good morning! Theodore Lloyd-Hughes, SA’s NWSL columnist, writes this week on the influx of African stars and the impact they’ve already had on and off the field. They are opening doors back home thanks to a new broadcast deal with ESPN Africa. More generally, the NWSL’s deals with foreign broadcasters allow it to showcase the […]
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Thursday AM: Open Cup upsets. Also: Wilfried Nancy gets new deal, San Diego’s Right to Dream names chief.
Good morning! Tim Howard will be the 14th goalkeeper to enter the National Soccer Hall of Fame when ceremonies are held on May 4 to induct him along with Francisco Marcos, Josh McKinney and Tisha Venturini-Hoch. Howard succeeded a string of goalkeeping legends, all Hall of Famers, on the USMNT: fellow New Jerseyan Tony Meola, […]
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Wednesday AM: Teens shine in Open Cup. Also: Magical night in Champions League; NWSL team makes quick move.
Good morning! Dan Woog profiles Doug Cress, a familiar name to long-time Soccer America readers, and looks at his labor of love, the popular 1970s Soccer USA Facebook page. Doug was a prolific SA contributor during his career as a sportswriter in the 1980s and 1990s. He was later a Hollywood make-up artist and has […]
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Tuesday AM: Open Cup resumes. Also: Will Dest stay put? Barca’s young starlets.
Good morning! Today’s Barcelona-Paris St. Germain match in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals will feature Lamine Yamal, 16, and Pau Cubarsí, 17, for Barcelona and Warren Zaire-Emery, 18, for PSG. Yamal is already starting for the Spanish national team. Cubarsi was rated the best player on the field for the first leg of the Barca-PSG […]
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Monday AM: Messi magic show hits KC.
Good morning! Injuries have limited Lionel Messi to appearances in just five of Inter Miami’s nine MLS games. But he shows no signs of slowing down when he does play. The latest demonstration: one goal and one assist – both special – in the Herons’ 3-2 win over Sporting KC on Saturday before a record […]