As president and general manager of North Carolina FC, Curt Johnson oversees an operation that includes a NWSL team (North Carolina Courage) as well as two major local youth clubs. The Raleigh native is spearheading an MLS expansion bid and hoping for significant changes that can steer the game at all levels in the right direction.

After captaining UMass' soccer team in the 1980s, playing three years of pro indoor soccer, and coaching college ball, Kevin Flynn became a standup comedian.

We caught up with Michelle Akers to get her views on the current state of American soccer -- and her advice for youth coaches, parents and young players.

Decades of experience in soccer bring a unique point-of-view from Bill Nuttall, who sits on the board of NPSL club Chattanooga FC.

HBO, which is featuring Tom Byer in an edition of "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel," calls him a "soccer guru" with a "plan to rescue American men's soccer."

MLS began using VAR in league matches after the All-Star Game under the stewardship of former Premier League and FIFA referee Howard Webb.

Fox Sports analyst Alexi Lalas became a soccer celebrity when he started for the USA at the 1994 World Cup.

Schellas Hyndman spent the first three decades of his coaching career in college soccer, a span that included 22 NCAA appearances with SMU.

Former professional player Tom Mulroy has worn many hats since retiring as a player and touring the country juggling as "Soccer Tom."

To gather further insight into American youth soccer pay-to-play, we speak to Eric Sippel, who has vast experience in youth soccer and the financial world. A Stanford law school graduate and nationally recognized hedge-fund executive who is now a private investor, Sippel, during his eight-year tenure as a youth club president in Oakland, California.

He's called "Mr. Soccer in the Northwest" in "Seattle 100: Portrait of a City," a book that honors people who have "defined and driven" culture in Seattle. Cliff McCrath coached Seattle Pacific for nearly four decades, winning five Division II NCAA championships.

Former U.S. Soccer treasurer Richard Groff has spent most of his life involved with soccer at some level.

The Maryland coach has won two NCAA championships and produced four U.S. World Cup players.

A year after being elected U.S. Soccer vice president, he announced that he is running for president.

Will #SaveTheCrew only be a rallying cry silenced by the forces of good, old-fashioned money?