• A U.S. Soccer bridge-building check list for USWNT, USMNT and supporters of Cordeiro's comeback attempt
    by Beau Dure on Mar 15, 3:09 AM
    Both national teams should negotiate as if they're dealing with a nonprofit responsible for growing the games at all levels.
      11 Comments
  • Germany decides to put the Fun(ino) back into youth soccer
    by Ian Plenderleith on Mar 14, 4:54 PM
    The emphasis is on enjoying soccer, rather than being so discouraged that you give it up by the time you've reached your 8th birthday.
      14 Comments
  • Mike Kraus on RSL-Arizona's player pipeline and his Memphis mentors and role models
    by Arlo Moore-Bloom on Mar 10, 10:35 PM
    Upon moving to Phoenix, Kraus sent his resume to Real Salt Lake-Arizona every month for over a year.
      1 Comments
  • Jeremy Hall on the joys of coaching Toronto FC's U-14s after making the tough transition from pro player
    by Arlo Moore-Bloom on Mar 8, 8:12 PM
    The former U.S. youth international and MLS pro's soccer career started because the local baseball league had no spot for him at age 8.
      3 Comments
  • Two compelling books: Rockin' English soccer in the 1970s and wonderful losers the world around
    by Ian Plenderleith on Mar 8, 12:20 AM
    At its best, Spurling writes in his introduction, the English game in the 1970s was "uplifting, unifying, inventive and touchingly innocent."
      7 Comments
  • U.S. Soccer divided: Cindy Parlow Cone over Carlos Cordeiro in a close vote
    by Paul Kennedy on Mar 6, 12:38 AM
    Cindy Parlow Cone, the first woman to serve as U.S. Soccer president, won reelection for her first full four-year term, defeating her predecessor.
      18 Comments
  • U.S. Soccer presidential race: Governance changes make Cone the favorite, but historically close vote possible
    by Paul Kennedy on Mar 4, 3:59 AM
    U.S. Soccer's membership will elect a president on Saturday at its National Council Meeting.
      9 Comments
  • Staci Wilson on coaching high school boys, her winning formula, and recalling her mentors
    by Dan Woog on Mar 3, 8:22 PM
    Not until she joined the Carolina Courage did she play for an all-female staff.
      2 Comments
  • U.S. Soccer election: State associations' concerns have to be taken seriously
    by Beau Dure on Mar 2, 3:04 AM
    State soccer associations are the backbone of U.S. Soccer, tasked with growing the game at the grassroots.
      15 Comments
  • Soccer united against Putin -- 10 years too late
    by Ian Plenderleith on Mar 1, 3:42 AM
    The soccer world agreed that war is a terrible thing, and Russia's illegal and murderous invasion of the Ukraine must be condemned.
      20 Comments
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