• Rating American players in Europe: More are struggling than excelling
    by Brian Sciaretta on Nov 14, 11:45 PM
    As recently as the summer, there was plenty of optimism for Americans abroad for the 2018-19 season. The season is clearly off to a disappointing start.
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  • U.S. Youth Soccer's Pete Zopfi on the USSF's new task force, unifying the factions, and ODP's future
    by Beau Dure on Nov 14, 2:47 PM
    In his day job, Dr. Pete Zopfi is a trauma surgeon. He took on another difficult job in August, when he was elected chair of U.S. Youth Soccer.
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  • U.S. Soccer's Mark Carr on girls' soccer progress, the U-17 World Cup challenge, and his London childhood
    by Mike Woitalla on Nov 13, 1:19 AM
    The USA hasn't reached the knockout stage of the U-17 Women's World Cup since the biennial tournament's first edition in 2008, when it finished runner-up.
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  • Anger is the new normal, but there's no excuse for abuse
    by Ian Plenderleith on Nov 12, 1:12 PM
    While refereeing a youth game this past weekend I sent a player out for a five-minute time penalty following his second hefty foul of the afternoon.
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  • Glaring errors in the VAR-less EPL prove the value of video referee
    by Ian Plenderleith on Nov 8, 3:06 PM
    That goals are such a rare commodity in soccer is arguably one of its most attractive features. It can also be one of its most frustrating.
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  • Adam Behnke on how new USL club Loudoun United will impact D.C. area soccer
    by Beau Dure on Nov 7, 12:46 AM
    Adam Behnke, a former college runner at Columbia and Indiana and a former sales executive with the New York Yankees, is Loudoun United's chief operating officer.
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  • If Europe's top clubs really want a 'Super League,' let them go
    by Ian Plenderleith on Nov 5, 12:41 PM
    "They stuff their bellies with tomorrow's ache," the Canadian poet Edmund Vance Cooke wrote almost 100 years ago.
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  • Aaron Long arrives: USL play leads late-bloomer to Red Bull stardom and U.S. national team
    by Brian Sciaretta on Nov 2, 3:31 PM
    Over the last year, U.S. interim head coach Dave Sarachan has introduced a new core of players into the team.
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  • A visit with Lothar Osiander: The man who guided the USA to two Olympics while working as a San Francisco waiter
    by Mike Woitalla on Oct 31, 5:45 PM
    Lothar Osiander guided the USA over its first hurdle in 1990 World Cup qualifying and at two Olympics.
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  • Morality, cash and 'the relevance of soccer'
    by Ian Plenderleith on Oct 29, 3:45 PM
    FIFA President Gianni Infantino again touted his vision of an expanded Club World Cup with a field of 24 teams.
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  • Germany-bound rising star Alex Mendez set to play key role in U.S. U-20 midfield
    by Brian Sciaretta on Oct 25, 3:50 PM
    Like many players on the United States men's U-20 team, midfielder Alex Mendez is at a very important period in his career.
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  • Along for the ride
    by Paul Kennedy on Oct 24, 11:03 AM
    Lamar Hunt, who died in 2006, not only saved pro soccer from failing once, he did it twice.
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  • Bayern Munich's media-bashing backfires on Rummenigge and Hoeness
    by Ian Plenderleith on Oct 22, 1:40 PM
    How can such a successful and habitually professional club show itself up as paranoid, super-sensitive and, for want of a better phrase, utterly pathetic?
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  • Eric Wynalda on how he'll motivate his Las Vegas players, the U.S. national team's future, and his greatest goals
    by Mike Woitalla on Oct 22, 2:05 AM
    Wynalda is the new head coach and technical director of the Las Vegas Lights, whose first USL season ended with an 8-19-7 record.
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  • New USL owner Peter Trevisani on how the amazing power of soccer will enchant New Mexico
    by Mike Woitalla on Oct 19, 5:07 PM
    A London pub visit during the 1998 World Cup turned the former Boston College football linebacker into an avid admirer of soccer.
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