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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Major League Soccer injected a crucial ingredient into boosting American soccer culture - pro teams that didn't betray their fans.

Thanks to the Soccer America's weekly arrivals, I knew Mia Hamm wasn't just some steamroller at our rival school.

David Caetano has spent the past few decades observing differences between player development in Portugal and the USA.

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.

Taylor started with AYSO at age 5, played for a German coach he remembers fondly, and got a taste of international competition in Hawaii.

I wanted to write for the best, and truest, publication: Soccer America. It was to me the New York Times of the soccer world.

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.