After a national title with Stanford and a final four with Georgetown while in graduate school - the San Diego product ventured to Europe.

It's just over four years since I turned off the television half an hour into the final of the 2016 European Championship between Portugal and France in the Stade de Denis in Paris.

As the nation begins to reopen - tentatively, and not at all uniformly -- Foundation officials are imagining how "Soccer for Success" will evolve.

EDP, the Northeastern organization that runs U.S. Youth Soccer regional conferences and many other layers of leagues, held some weekend tournaments this month. Sort of.

"We may be seeing some confusion and some different messaging in other parts of society, but that's not the case with regards to U.S. Soccer."

The U.S. men's national team has had his first chance to attend live games since March. He offered his views to the media from the MLS bubble.

Germany forward and World Cup winner Andre Schurrle announced his retirement from soccer at the end of last week. He is just 29 years old

Last week, the Patriot League canceled fall sports. Immediately, Lehigh University men's soccer coach Dean Koski was flooded with texts and emails from alumni and friends.

In addition to San Diego, Mission Viejo and San Francisco, Gerson Perez's childhood homes included France, Sweden, Saudi Arabia and El Salvador.

John Harkes played every minute of the USA's three games at the 1990 World Cup after starting in all eight games of the final qualifying round.

For Title IX advocates, the best defense is a strong offense.

College soccer provides educations that make those competitors very valuable in whatever work they pursue once their college careers end.

While talking tactics with a fellow coach the other night, I ventured that the all-conquering Spanish team of 10 years ago had been too perfect for its own good.

Tab Ramos was 23 when he started all three games for the USA at the 1990 World Cup.

In May of 2020, App State, a public North Carolina University with 17,500 undergraduates, dropped men's soccer, men's tennis and men's indoor track & field programs.