Bayern Munich Is Open for Business in U.S.
Bayern Munich, the mightiest of the clubs in Germany’s Bundesliga, picked an appropriate time to begin building a year-round presence in the United States. It won five titles last year, including the trophies for the Champions League and the European Super Cup, and the Bundesliga signed a global television deal with 21st Century Fox. Germany […]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Soccer Will Never Be a Slam Dunk in America
Has the time finally come to slap a Do Not Resuscitate bracelet on soccer’s prospects for popularity in America? If it were up to me, the answer would be no, because soccer players are among the strongest, fittest, most strategic athletes in the world. But, for various reasons, the sport itself does not seem destined […]
US National Team Includes Sons of Immigrants
The U.S. national soccer team plays its first World Cup game on Monday against Ghana. For a country where immigration reform is a such a hot button issue, it’s interesting to note that a number of the team members have parents who immigrated to the U.S. Jozy Altidore was born in New Jersey to parents who came to […]
MLS reaches a Crossroads in Youth Development
Another good article about the US System……………………………………. Many young prospects are finding playing time hard to come by, while the league continues to search for answers. Major League Soccer’s player development system has made big strides over the past half-decade, but much of that good work is currently in danger of being undermined. There is […]
Racial divide driving a wedge into soccer’s grassroots
Has much changed since Steven Wells wrote this article? Some will say “a lot”, others will say “some”, but we clearly know, Not Enough………….. Boston’s Pop Warner “urban suburban” American football league collapsed earlier this month. Parents of the suburban 7-14-year-olds said that the urban kids played too rough. And urban playing fields were “unsafe”. And […]
U.S. Knocked out of World Cup by Ghana Again
ISTANBUL (AP) — The U.S. was knocked out of the Under-20World Cup in the first round, finishing last in Group A with a 4-1 loss to Ghana on Thursday night at Kayseri. The American U20s were outscored 9-3 in the tournament, opening with a 4-1 loss to Spain and then coming from behind to tie France […]
All Hispanics Don’t Like Soccer
Soccer season in the U.S. officially started last month (the Major League Soccer schedule). I was reading up about the latest blitzes targeting Hispanics. Everything I’d been reading was about “Hispanic soccer viewing numbers up for soccer”, “soccer unifies Hispanics”, “soccer is the wave of the future for U.S. Hispanics”. And honestly much of the […]
