Former United States women's national team manager Vlatko Andonovski looks set to return to coaching. Andonovski previously resigned as head coach of the USWNT just weeks after a disappointing display at the 2023 Women's World Cup. Despite being favorites to win the tournament, the Americans were knocked out of the competition at the round of […]

Columbia University has teamed up with the Italian Serie A to offer students a unique opportunity. The Ivy League institute will allow students in their Sports Management graduate program to work directly with league officials. This can include internships, consulting projects, and other various events. “We are elated to expand even deeper into the world […]

Barca apparently hope to schedule a friendly in the US this winter. The club hopes to capitalize on their recent momentum, winning LaLiga in 2022/23, and continue to market themselves in North America. According to sources at ESPN, the Spanish side is looking to play a Mexican club in mid-December. This is, of course, during […]

If you're a new soccer fan, getting into the sport can feel a bit overwhelming. This is especially true in the US, where the sport works a little differently from the rest of the world. Soccer also sits lower on the totem pole behind other domestic sports when it comes to mainstream sports media coverage […]

Former National Football League superstar J.J. Watt says that soccer is on the way up in the United States. The pass rusher and three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year did, however, also say that the sport may never reach the heights of American football Stateside. Speaking on Men in Blazers, Watt claimed that Americans […]

"Soccer is the sport of the future." We've been hearing this sentiment in the United States for nearly five decades now. From the all-too-fleeting glory of the original North American Soccer League and the explosion of youth soccer in the 1970s, up to the present day, the sport has perpetually been perched on the edge […]

Another four years have passed and the FIFA World Cup is once again upon us. Like clockwork, the sport of soccer will see a sharp rise in overall interest in the United States during the tournament, with fans packing bars and public spaces all over the country to take in the matches. Even casual fans […]

A soccer scarf is an important piece of the culture of our sport. So much so that we want to make sure we feature a scarf of your favorite team on our virtual soccer scarf wall. Here's how it works: While our website and app are loaded with the TV and streaming schedules for games, […]

Soccer is a game for everyone. Regardless of where you come from or where you are going, soccer is there. That could be as a player, coach, fan or employee. Everyone has a different story of one team, one player or one moment that allowed them to become a fan of soccer. Eventually, that passion […]

I knew I was an addict when I was 14 years old. It was 1998. I had just returned to the United States from a month-long invitational soccer camp in St. Jean de Luz, France, run by former French national team manager Jean-Michel Larqué. Two days earlier, Zinedine Zidane's France had beaten Ronaldo's Brazil to […]

The Gaffer’s food column last week got me to thinking. Are we Americanizing the UK or are they Anglicizing the US? For myself, I’m none too sure. I mean, I’ve just spent a Sunday morning making a breakfast out of lovely Staffordshire oatcakes that I whipped up from scratch. What is that all about? My […]

I was listening to the EPLTalk Podcast Weekend Review this morning on the way to work (and it probably isn't said enough, thank you to Richard, Laurence, Kartik, and the Gaffer for this valuable resource!). Richard and Kartik discussed an impact game this weekend in the nPower Championship between Queens Park Rangers and Cardiff City, […]