• Manhattan coaching icon Martin Jacobson on the magic of soccer
    by Mike Woitalla on Oct 18, 5:18 AM
    "Coach Jake" has had extraordinary success coaching MLK High School's multi-cultural teams of immigrant boys.
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  • MLS Rookie of the Year: Snowflakes won't stop Brazilian Andre Shinyashiki
    by Paul Kennedy on Oct 15, 11:06 AM
    Colorado Rapids head coach Robin Fraser says he needed five minutes to see Shinyashiki was special.
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  • When sports collide with human rights violations
    by Ian Plenderleith on Oct 14, 10:50 AM
    Players who express political views tend to divide sports fans in much the same way that most issues split opinions in a democratic society.
      6 Comments
  • U.S. Soccer follows through on Women's World Cup Benefits for American youth clubs
    by Mike Woitalla on Oct 6, 2:11 AM
    U.S. Soccer has taken steps to ensure that American youth clubs will receive funds from FIFA's Women's World Cup benefits program.
      4 Comments
  • GM Dennis te Kloese on the Galaxy's revival, his Dutch-Mexican influence, and American soccer's progress
    by Scott French on Oct 4, 11:39 AM
    After missing the MLS playoffs the past two years, the LA Galaxy last December turned to Dennis te Kloese.
      4 Comments
  • Hugo Perez joins Mexican federation as youth national team scout
    by Mike Woitalla on Oct 1, 8:11 AM
    The Mexican federation (FMF) held a boys national team ID camp in California last weekend and has hired Hugo Perez as a USA-based scout.
      32 Comments
  • No goals, no skill -- it must have been awful, right?
    by Ian Plenderleith on Sep 30, 1:48 PM
    I dread coming home after watching a 0-0 tie. I know the first reaction from my family will be pity.
      8 Comments
  • 'Good job!' The universal message of soccer's social media
    by Ian Plenderleith on Sep 23, 2:22 PM
    Professional sports teams are obliged to see failure as unacceptable. This was easier in the pre-digital age
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  • American soccer's 'architect' Sunil Gulati started in the grassroots
    by Mike Woitalla on Sep 22, 11:13 PM
    Sunil Gulati was also a youth coach, referee, college player, state ODP administrator and college assistant coach.
      8 Comments
  • Teenager Cole Bassett aims high after stellar start to MLS career with Colorado Rapids
    by Brian Sciaretta on Sep 22, 6:31 PM
    Cole Bassett has played more MLS minutes than any of the 2001-born and younger age groups.
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  • Abby Wambach, a career in 11 acts
    by Paul Kennedy on Sep 20, 1:23 AM
    The highest national team scorer in the history will be inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame on Saturday.
      1 Comments
  • Can U.S. Soccer find a path to equal pay from other nations and different sports?
    by Beau Dure on Sep 19, 5:45 PM
    In 2018, French star Kylian Mbappe announced that he would give his pay for winning the World Cup -- roughly $500,000 -- to charity.
      5 Comments
  • U.S. Youth Soccer's Pete Zopfi on adding Latinos to Youth Task Force and the federation's 'growing pains'
    by Mike Woitalla on Sep 18, 6:41 PM
    U.S. Youth Chair Pete Zopfi is on U.S. Soccer's Board of Directors and a member of U.S. Soccer's Youth Task Force.
      2 Comments
  • Soccer must show zero tolerance for intolerance
    by Ian Plenderleith on Sep 16, 2:12 PM
    Racism and bigotry in soccer probably never went away. They've just been hiding under a slime-plated stone, waiting for the right political climate to crawl out.
      21 Comments
  • U.S. youth clubs left in dark about FIFA's Women's World Cup benefits program
    by Paul Kennedy, Mike Woitalla on Sep 13, 7:34 AM
    FIFA is dividing $8.48 million among clubs where players were developed and currently play. U.S. youth clubs didn't receive the application form.
      16 Comments
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