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by Mike Woitalla on Apr 29, 9:55 PM
The many great photographers who have contributed to Soccer America during its 50 years include Tony Quinn, the 2019 recipient of the National Soccer Hall of Fame Colin Jose Media Award.
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by Beau Dure on Apr 27, 5:10 PM
Elitism trickles down to youth sports, especially soccer. Playing in elite leagues requires vast expenditures of money, either from the players' parents or other benefactors.
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by Ian Plenderleith on Apr 26, 5:19 PM
One of several obvious takeaways from last week's surreal rollout and hilariously prompt retreat of the putative European Super League was that soccer executives have no idea what fans want.
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by Paul Kennedy on Apr 26, 4:04 AM
Sixty years of trying has gotten us to where we are today. Eighty-nine pro teams operating this spring. Quite amazing actually. But still very, very imperfect.
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by Dan Woog on Apr 22, 7:11 PM
When Eloisa Borreguero took a Royal Spanish soccer federation goalkeeping license course, she was 19 years old. And she was also the only woman, surrounded by 44 men.
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by Andrea Canales on Apr 22, 3:10 AM
Alexi Lalas' U.S. national team playing career included lining up at times with Earnie Stewart and Brian McBride and overlapped with Gregg Berhalter's
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by Dan Woog on Apr 19, 8:49 PM
Katie-Jay Scott and her husband Gabriel Stauring are the driving forces behind iACT. The non-profit works with refugees in Chad, Tanzania, Cameroon and Greece.
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by Ian Plenderleith on Apr 19, 2:57 PM
One of the most challenging aspects of soccer's rules is their openness to interpretation. The introduction of micro-refereeing through technology (that is, VAR) has brought this into fresh focus.
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by Mike Woitalla on Apr 17, 1:57 AM
Major League Soccer injected a crucial ingredient into boosting American soccer culture - pro teams that didn't betray their fans.
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by Beau Dure on Apr 14, 4:17 AM
Thanks to the Soccer America's weekly arrivals, I knew Mia Hamm wasn't just some steamroller at our rival school.
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by Dan Woog on Apr 13, 1:28 AM
David Caetano has spent the past few decades observing differences between player development in Portugal and the USA.
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by Ian Plenderleith on Apr 12, 4:11 AM
It was back near the start of the century, and I'd called Mike Woitalla out of the blue to ask him what he thought of two new soccer magazines that had just hit the U.S. market.
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by Mike Woitalla on Apr 9, 4:06 AM
Taylor started with AYSO at age 5, played for a German coach he remembers fondly, and got a taste of international competition in Hawaii.
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by Dan Woog on Apr 8, 9:50 PM
I wanted to write for the best, and truest, publication: Soccer America. It was to me the New York Times of the soccer world.
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by Ian Plenderleith on Apr 3, 5:25 AM
What does Pele have in common with the Beatles? They are both mass cultural phenomena, huge in the 60s. They're both the greatest in their field, you could argue.