• Nick Lusson, California coach brings sheriff's program to under-served, addresses solutions for pay-to-play and soccer's arms race
    by Mike Woitalla on Oct 31, 2:26 AM
    The USA's failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup has unleashed a barrage of criticism at American youth soccer, especially pay-to-play.
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  • Bob Gansler's historical perspective provides reasons for optimism
    by Mike Woitalla on Oct 24, 4:33 AM
    Twenty-eight years ago, the USA played Trinidad & Tobago with a lot on the line. Bob Gansler was the coach.
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  • Kevin Payne on the current freak-out, player development, pay to play and soccer parents
    by Ridge Mahoney on Oct 23, 4:42 PM
    Longtime soccer executive Kevin Payne agrees the next few years are probably the most critical in the evolution of the game in America.
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  • Hugo Perez: It's time for the USA to embrace creative, entertaining, total soccer
    by Mike Woitalla on Oct 19, 4:14 AM
    When Hugo Perez led the U.S. U-14 and U-15 national teams, he coached what is starting to look like an exceptional generation.
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  • Is compensation from pros to U.S. youth clubs on the horizon? Attorney Lance Reich provides an update on the quest
    by Mike Woitalla on Oct 15, 6:04 PM
    One of the unresolved issues in American soccer is the quest by U.S. youth clubs to get compensated for their former players who go pro.
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  • Bruce Arena's great career smudged by Hexagonal failure
    by Ridge Mahoney on Oct 13, 1:53 AM
    In a vital match, the Americans failed to deliver on those elements they can control: effort and attitude.
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  • Benny Feilhaber on his 'shock' call-up, what he adds to USMNT, what's at stake
    by Paul Kennedy on Oct 4, 8:57 PM
    Benny Feilhaber had been resigned to the fact he might not ever get called up to the national team again.
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  • Kasey Keller talks the hazards of the Hexagonal, plus TV, fishing, and Sounders' chances to repeat
    by Ridge Mahoney on Oct 4, 1:12 AM
    Like many former U.S. players, Kasey Keller is very anxious to see how the Americans perform in their last two Hex games.
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  • Texan teen Weston McKennie, now a Bundesliga starter, on keys to his quick rise and his off-field interests
    by Mike Woitalla on Oct 2, 9:14 PM
    Soccer America talked with the newest American teen sensation in the Bundesliga, Schalke 04's Weston McKennie.
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