• U.S. women's soccer faces perhaps its most consequential year ever in 2022
    by Paul Kennedy on Dec 29, 5:00 AM
    Angel City and the San Diego Wave will debut, along with the Concacaf W Championship. But off-the-field issues will again dominate the headlines.
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  • The corner store that spread jogo bonito vibes through San Francisco: Toby Rappolt's Sunset Soccer Supply
    by Mike Woitalla on Dec 28, 2:15 AM
    Over the decades, Sunset Soccer Supply had survived while the number of soccer-specific shops dwindled.
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  • MLS Next Pro president Charles Altchek on the new league's launch, how it will grow, and why soccer enchants him
    by Mike Woitalla on Dec 22, 2:27 AM
    The former AYSO, travel ball, OPD player and Harvard captain presides over the USA's new pro men's league.
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  • Mike Noonan on Clemson's College Cup title, the Tigers' recruiting formula, and his coaching journey
    by Dan Woog on Dec 20, 9:19 PM
    During his long career - and particularly this year - Mike Noonan says he has learned how much he loves coaching.
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  • Cole Bassett meets the goals he wrote on a piece of paper lying on his bed back home
    by Scott French on Dec 20, 3:03 AM
    The Colorado Rapids youngster came off the bench to score the late winner for the USA in its 1-0 win over Bosnia & Herzegovina.
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  • Jordan Morris is back: Seattle forward aims to prove his worth to USA's World Cup quest in Saturday's friendly
    by Brian Sciaretta on Dec 18, 12:34 AM
    The 27-year-old forward, who has 10 goals and 8 assists in 39 U.S. appearances, has recovered from a second ACL injury.
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  • 'Football, She Wrote': A wonderful collection of women's soccer writing on struggle, progress and hope
    by Ian Plenderleith on Dec 16, 2:59 AM
    Just as it's heartening to see how far women's soccer has come since the 1970s, it's heart-breaking to think of all the lost decades.
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  • Benny Feilhaber on bringing a global playing experience to coaching MLS academy kids
    by Arlo Moore-Bloom on Dec 15, 1:51 AM
    Now a youth coach with Sporting Kansas City, Benny Feilhaber was a UCLA walk-on who became a 15-year pro and World Cup veteran.
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  • Shalrie Joseph on becoming a coach, the Bruce Arena effect, and MLS boosting the youth game
    by Arlo Moore-Bloom on Dec 13, 11:22 PM
    An MLS star in 2003-2014, Joseph returned to the league in 2020 as an academy coach with the New England Revolution.
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  • Jaime Garzon on leading the USA's blind soccer team Paralympics quest
    by Dan Woog on Dec 12, 10:07 PM
    For all its excitement, blind soccer has flown under Americans' radar. It is more established in other countries around the world.
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  • New York City FC, the making of a champion
    by Paul Kennedy on Dec 12, 2:42 AM
    With one of the deepest teams in MLS history, NYCFC was never outplayed over the course of the 2021 season, according to its coach.
      7 Comments
  • Portland, how 'Soccer City USA' came to be almost overnight
    by Paul Kennedy on Dec 11, 3:09 AM
    A lot of cities have laid claim to being the best U.S. soccer city. Only one is known as "Soccer City USA."
      4 Comments
  • Weekend Focus: Picking USL pathway proves perfect for 17-year-old Kobi Henry, now in camp with USMNT
    by Brian Sciaretta on Dec 10, 5:11 PM
    The central defender is on the U.S. roster for its December camp that concludes with a friendly vs. Bosnia & Herzegovina.
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  • Connor Tobin on the USL's historic CBA: Partnering for growth and protecting players
    by Arlo Moore-Bloom on Dec 8, 9:20 PM
    Last October, about three years after Connor Tobin helped start the quest, the USLPA and USL agreed to a CBA covering 2021-25.
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  • Trish Hughes leads college soccer advocacy: 'We'll keep making sure coaches' voices are heard'
    by Dan Woog on Dec 6, 3:39 PM
    In March, Hughes was named United Soccer Coaches' college programs officer, succeeding Rob Kehoe.
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