the MLS preview issue is always chock full of ads. SA does well on a few issues a year. MLS preview is one. Summer camp is another. February and March are the dead months.
Soccer America has improved considerably in the last 6 months. The latest issue is just the latest example IMHO.
I was surprised that they did not flip flop the camp issue and the MLS issue so that the MLS issue would come out the week before the season started. I have been happy with Soccer America and hope they continue to get better. It has come a long way since I first started to subscribe back in the late 80's, except for Gardners columns which are IDENTICAL even more than a decade later. Andy
Aside from the MLS Preview, this is a great issue. The page design, photos, charts, tables - everything - just excellent.
Much better stuff. Cover and paper quality has improved. Writing is much the same - but more in-depth stuff that is not time sensitive. They have improved greatly in the last 6-12 months. I just hope they keep consistently improving rather than stagnating and then scrambling to catch up every 3 or 4 years. Their e-mail service has been spotty at best, though, recently.
I love Soccer America, but I live in Hawaii and they mail thier ******** bulk rate. So I get it 3 weeks late.
I signed up for something or other and this was my first issue of Soccer America. I was very impressed with it as I really liked some of the information they provided. Not sure if I'm impressed enough for an $80 a year subsription but maybe.