Last week’s interviews include Carlos Cordeiro, who’s aiming for a comeback after quitting in the middle of his first term of his USSF presidency, a young American in Venice, and a longtime contributor to New Jersey soccer culture. Tanner TessmannIn Venice: Serie A lessons, commuting by boat, and fighting against relegation Charlie InversoA lifetime in […]
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Chief Soccer Officer Asher Mendelsohn leaves U.S. Soccer
Asher Mendelsohn, who last January replaced Ryan Mooney as U.S. Soccer’s Chief Soccer Officer, has left the federation. A source told Soccer America the movehappened last week. According to U.S. Soccer’s Organizational Design chart, the Chief Soccer Officer is a senior staff member who oversees Administration, Development Academy, Coaching Education,Refereeing, Youth National Teams and Talent […]
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NWSL: Waldrum is out as Houston head coach
Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]
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Amercan soccer looks pretty good while looking back at past failures
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) If you didn’t see it, please check out the excellent story written by my friend and colleagueMichael Lewis in the Guardian, harking back 50 years to the launch of the National Professional SoccerLeague. I, too, have been around long enough to remember those days vividly if not always clearly. Having already […]
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Stuart Holden on the national team, soccer camps, retirement and, yes, Jonny Evans
By Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) Stuart Holden is at the crossroadsin his soccer career. He represented the USA at the 2005 Under-20 World Cup, the 2008 Olympics and 2010 World Cup and most recently started for the USA in the final of the 2013 Gold Cup, but at theage of 30 and about to be a […]
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Marketing: Sports: Soccer in America returns in November
MediaPost, in partnership with Soccer America, will hold its second Marketing: Sports conference on soccer Nov. 10 in New York. Marketing Sports: Soccer inAmerica: 2015 Agenda This one-day event, programmed by MediaPost and Soccer America, will explore how brands canbetter position themselves to take advantage of the rapidly growing interest in the game at all […]