With the notable exception of its two goalkeepers, both on the bench, key U.S. national team players are playing well in Europe. The USA's ... Read the whole story

His team down, 3-0 to Ceara, 35-year-old Luiz Carlos got Guarany de Sobral a bit of consolation with this incredible shot into the net ... Read the whole story

The USA is skipping the Algarve Cup for the SheBelieves Cup it is hosting. European champion Germany, England and France -- all quarterfinalists at ... Read the whole story

The Chicago Fire got a goal and an assist from trialist Arturo Alvarez as it beat the host Portland Timbers, 2-0, before 16,134 fans ... Read the whole story

U.S. Soccer elected Carlos Cordeiro as its vice president, unseating Mike Edwards, at its Annual General Meeting Saturday in San Antonio. Cordeiro, who will ... Read the whole story

"These people didn't suddenly have a conversion to honesty and fair dealing. They were told very clearly by the lawyers: This is do or die."

-- Stefan Szymanski, a professor of sports management at the University of Michigan, on the FIFA Congress' passage of reforms deemed necessary to show FIFA's cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justice and keep it from shutting it down. (New York Times)

"The changing room is pretty funny because it flip-flops between Spanish and English all the time. ... It's interesting because you're always learning. They're learning English, we're learning Spanish -- it's pretty fun."

-- The Houston Dynamo's English forward Giles Barnes on communication in a squad that includes about a dozen Spanish speakers. (MLSSoccer.com)

FIFA needed a day like Friday. The FIFA Congress overwhelmingly passed sweeping reforms and it elected 45-year-old Swiss lawyer Gianni Infantino as its new ... Read the whole story