Pretty cool item from the White House website that shows the big impact of the game on American culture....
Grahame Jones, an old friend of mine at the LA Times, is arguably the dean of American soccer writers. He's never been the type to get...
Stellar story from the Guardian of London on the USMNT. They compare our guys to Argentina and say the USA is much BETTER....
The United States is now number 9 in the ELO ratings, cracking the top 10 for the first time. These rankings, for the uninitiated, are based on...
Folks, I've been living in Mexico and we don't see the US Nats or MLS much here... What's the Conventional Wisdom (or your own wisdom) on who...
Game 2 of the NBA finals drew a 5.6 rating and 8.6 million viewers on ABC on Sunday. Yeah, they were up against the Sopranos, but Game 1 wasn't...
I've watched every Gold Cup since the first one in 1991. And after seeing all the teams play 2 games so far, it seems to me this is easily the...
So, I live in Mexico City and watched the game on TV Azteca, the play called by two homers who never stopped saying how much better Mexico was...
...for the U.S.'s poor showing at Germany 2006?
My newspaper has this profile of The Bruce and the team's arrival in Hamburg by soccer writer Grahame Jones:...
Of course, soccer has the rep of having a lot of cry babies because of the time-wasting habits of a certain kind of player. You know, the ones who...
Well, any of you who missed today's Real Madrid-Barcelona game missed one of the most beautiful displays ever of the Beautiful Game. Ronaldinho...
People booing during national anthems... (in Switzerland, Australia) People throwing batteries and bottles on the field (Turkey) Teams...
The roster's been named for Costa Rica, about 10 minutes early: Goalkeepers (2) – Kevin Hartman (Los Angeles Galaxy), Tim Howard (Manchester...
I'm a long time member of these boards and a US soccer fan since the 1970s (and also the son of Guatemalan immigrants). I'm wondering if there's...
Does anyone know of a place in Mexico City where they show American sports channels? According to my cable guide, ESPN 2 here is showing...
Our Youth team had a good World Cup. Despite going out to Italy in the round of 16, we won our group and were the only team to beat the champions...
A lot of people say the 32 team format waters down the field of a tourney that used to be half as big. I guess that's true by definition. But...
For what it's worth. A key result is just in from the Youth World Cup. Morocco 1, Chile 0. This means that if there is NO TIE between...
41 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq in the first 19 days of May. As of today, 1,625 killed since the war started. (More than enough, if you add...
Folks: A few years back (circa 1998) I followed the youth soccer scene. I heard a lot about a guy called Landon Donovan who at a very young age...
Hey, folks... I'm an old season ticket holder from the Galaxy's first two years who's lived in South America for the past four years, but I'm...
They say those who don’t know history are condemned to… Well, you know the rest. So, below, check out my highlights and lowlights of the...
One of the cooler things about being a fan of the U.S. National team (and of soccer in the U.S. in general) is that the players are relatively...
It is all but official, as per the news from Canada, that the NHL will cancel its season. I guess this is the sports equivalent of a neutron bomb....