In a post-game interview after last night’s All-Star game, Landon Donovan said "We have had transfer interest and we will have some time to think about it and see where it goes. There is interest from a number of teams." To be explicit, what Donovan said he is going to Europe, and it is not […]
Soccer has an almost magical ability to reflect a national character. Brazil is a sensuous, musical nation, and for its national soccer team, it is not enough to simply win – they need to win with grace, style and beauty. At the other end of the spectrum, a disciplined, efficient country like Germany has created […]
Bob Bradley, as coach of the United States men's national team, has done a heroic effort by taking the country to the final of the Confederations Cup in 2009 and leading the US to an admirable Round of 16 qualification this summer in the World Cup. Bradley has nothing to be ashamed of and has […]
After Landon Donovan returned to the United States last week, he was quickly thrown on a US press junket that took him around New York for TV appearances on several of the top US shows. Those included The David Letterman Show (above), and others including: CBS Early Show: Watch CBS News Videos Online Regis & […]
One of the greatest attributes of the US men's national team is something that very few other countries have on the world's stage. And that is a combination of good sportsmanship as well as a lack of cheating. Yesterday's games in the World Cup were a perfect example. You had Arjen Robben flopping, leaping and […]
After the failure of Germany 2006, nobody wanted to hire Bob Bradley for this job. It was hard to find a fan that thought he was the right man. US Soccer was desperate to hire Jurgen Klinsman. Columnist fantasized about importing some maestro from Europe or South America. When the other options failed to pan […]
Whether Bob Bradley should stay in charge as coach of the US men's national team is a difficult question. For some US soccer fans, it's an easy answer (either yes or no). But I believe that the vast majority of US soccer fans are torn. Bradley, for all his faults, has done incredibly well. But […]
With the news that controversial match official Koman Coulibaly has received a rating of "poor" after his expedited evaluation following his shocking display in the now infamous United States – Slovenia draw and is likely to be relieved of his World Cup duties on Monday it's time we shift our focus to the United States' […]
June 17 2002. Mexico 0 – US 2. That is the last time the US won a game in the World Cup. It is time to do it again. Since that day eight years ago, the US has had a courageous defeat (Germany in 2002), several heroic fight backs (Italy in 2006 and England […]
US soccer fans and players must feel pretty cheated today after referee Koman Coulibaly disallowed a perfectly fine goal by US player Maurice Edu. Watch the video evidence above. So far, all of the analysis of the USA against Slovenia games shows that referee Koman Coulibaly made the wrong decision. That includes Match Of The […]
What an incredible game today at Ellis Park in South Africa between Slovenia and the United States. In a match that was a game of two halves for the United States, the Americans looked so poor in the first half but looked so dangerous in the second half. For the sake of US soccer fans, […]
Let's face it. We soccer fans live in a bubble. We eat, live and breathe soccer. So much so, that it's sometimes hard to get a perspective on how popular, or unpopular, the sport is in the United States. I really enjoy speaking with people who aren't rabid soccer fans to hear their perspectives on […]
Weezer may be best known for its hit single "Buddy Holly," but what you may not know is that singer/songwriter Rivers Cuomo is also a massive soccer fan. Not only is he a big soccer fan, but he's also a supporter of the US men's national team. So much so, in fact, that he just […]
I have been to the past two World Cups. I was there in South Korea for the most famous almost-Cinderella run by the hosts in 2002. I was in Germany for the infamous Zidane headbutt that lost France the title in 2006. And this year, my father deemed it much too dangerous to let me […]
