At least one American has started on the opening day of the English Premier League every year since 2000-01. Of the eight Americans on … Read the whole story
"Pia hasn't even entered my brain. All I'm focused on is my performance and our team's performance. We are a different team than when Pia was here."
-- U.S. co-captain Carli Lloyd
on meeting Sweden, coached by former U.S. coach Pia Sundhage, who said last year that Lloyd was "a challenge to coach" and her temperament could be "so, so delicate." Sundhage was
complimentary of Lloyd at Thursday's press conference. (Los Angeles Times)
The U.S. women survived their trip to the Amazon, where they played a 2-2 tie with Colombia in Manaus, famous for its exotic creatures … Read the whole story
"If there's an opportunity for solutions to traffic, I think it would be a great fit."
-- Boston mayor Marty Walsh, seemingly open to the New England Revolution building a soccer
stadium at the Bayside Expo Center site in Dorchester -- if traffic improvements were made in the surrounding area. (Boston Globe)
As the USA continues on the road in its quest for a fourth straight gold medal at the Olympics, it comes up on Friday … Read the whole story
Watching Brazil toy with Denmark was quite like old times. Not so old, of course -- let's say just 30 years ago. Admittedly, this … Read the whole story
The quarterfinals in the Olympic women's soccer competition feature USA vs. Sweden, Brazil vs. Australia, Canada vs. France and Germany vs. China. Probably the … Read the whole story
Brazil has advanced to the quarterfinals of both soccer competitions at the Rio Olympics. The men recovered from a pair of scoreless draws to … Read the whole story
Men's soccer at the Olympics moves into the quarterfinals on Saturday. The big game is the fourth and final game when Brazil and Colombia, … Read the whole story
The boldest moves in the final week of the transfer window emerged out of Philadelphia, which bolstered his attack by acquiring Charlie Davies and … Read the whole story
Upon review of videos from games last weekend, three players -- David Horst (Houston), Antonio Nocerino (Orlando City) and Jeff Larentowicz (LA Galaxy) -- … Read the whole story
Sunday's LA Galaxy-New York Red Bulls game was marred by controversy as Red Bulls coach Jesse Marsch was ejected for arguing two non-calls on … Read the whole story