• Delving into the complexities of 'equal pay for equal play'
    by Beau Dure on Jun 30, 1:43 PM
    We're not talking about a man and a woman holding identical faculty positions.
      27 Comments
  • USA survives a tsunami
    by Paul Kennedy on Jun 29, 1:36 PM
    Never before has the USA had to beat the host team -- or play in an atmosphere like at the Parc des Princes.
      12 Comments
  • USA shows signs of progress in first phase of Gold Cup
    by Brian Sciaretta on Jun 27, 6:49 PM
    As with any set of games, there are positives and negatives to take away -- even when much tougher opponents await.
      11 Comments
  • Key legal issues in U.S. women's discrimination lawsuit explained by Steven Bank, UCLA law professor
    by Mike Woitalla on Jun 26, 6:13 PM
    Steven Bank's offers insight into the gender discrimination lawsuit against the USSF and and youth soccer clubs' training compensation quest.
      3 Comments
  • U.S. Soccer's Mirelle van Rijbroek on DA vs. ECNL, college soccer, girls YNT scouting, and Dutch success
    by Mike Woitalla on Jun 22, 9:42 PM
    Mirelle van Rijbroek has been U.S. Soccer's Director of Talent Identification-Girls since November of 2017.
      8 Comments
  • Dispatch from Grenoble: Germany unbeaten, unbreached, and getting better
    by Ian Plenderleith on Jun 22, 5:22 PM
    Germany's first two group games were narrow victories. But it looks more cohesive and more confident with each 90 minutes.
      2 Comments
  • Daryl Grove on being a soccer podcast pioneer and the changing attitude of U.S. national team fans
    by Arlo Moore-Bloom on Jun 19, 8:17 PM
    Daryl Grove started the Total Soccer Show in 2009 with current co-host Taylor Rockwell when soccer podcasts were rare.
      0 Comments
  • Interview: Tab Ramos on his young team that dictated play at the U-20 World Cup
    by Mike Woitalla on Jun 19, 4:38 AM
    At the recently completed U-20 World Cup in Poland, the Tab Ramos-coached USA fielded the fourth youngest team among the 24 participants.
      14 Comments
  • Dispatch from Paris: Near flawless USA has us gasping for the 'real' World Cup
    by Ian Plenderleith on Jun 16, 4:39 PM
    A beautiful, warm spring evening. A boisterous 45,000 crowd. A team brimming with confidence. What could possibly go wrong? Absolutely nothing.
      4 Comments
  • Raw emotion of sports can produce worthwhile discussions -- just leave out the death threats
    by Beau Dure on Jun 15, 8:04 AM
    When women's soccer celebrations spur so much discussion, it's not a gender double-standard. It's gender equality.
      10 Comments
  • Adam Belz on the young generation that provides the USA with more 'lottery tickets' than ever
    by Arlo Moore-Bloom on Jun 13, 1:36 AM
    Adam Belz is the mastermind behind the Podcast and Twitter account Scuffed.
      3 Comments
  • Dispatch from Reims: Gluttons for glory
    by Ian Plenderleith on Jun 11, 7:10 PM
    The U.S. performance against Thailand contrasted with how other Women's World Cup contenders dallied in the final third and looked lost for ideas.
      24 Comments
  • A well-told history of USA women's soccer in all its glory and strife
    by Mike Woitalla on Jun 11, 5:23 AM
    When the referee blows the kickoff whistle for the USA's games at this Women's World Cup, it'll be all about how the Americans play.
      2 Comments
  • U.S. embarrassment in Cincinnati is product of a sport that remains foundationally flawed
    by Paul Kennedy on Jun 10, 3:14 AM
    The look of the American performance was bad, so bad Fox commentator Stu Holden told viewers: "I don't blame you for not watching."
      43 Comments
  • Bob Gansler's past-to-present U-20 World Cup connections
    by Mike Woitalla on Jun 8, 5:49 AM
    Thirty years ago, Bob Gansler coached the USA to a historic fourth-place finish at the 1989 U-20 World Cup.
      6 Comments
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