The failure rate of American soccer clubs in the United States is the worst in the world. It's abysmal, both on the men's and women's side of the game. From 1992 to present, the United States has seen more than 150 men's and women's professional soccer teams go out of business. However, listen to any […]

Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) made its debut in South Florida Saturday after Washington Freedom, now renamed magicJack and relocated to Boca Raton, played its first competitive game of the season against Boston Breakers. Despite very little publicity and no promotion, a crowd of between 1,500 to 2,500 (estimated; the official attendance wasn't announced) filled the […]

An abreviated version this week thanks to the USMNT coverage. For full coverage please reference the excellent job Peter C. is doing with the Take Me Out to the Ballgame features. Some quick thoughts. The officiating in Major League Soccer and a to lesser extent WPS and USL have been horrible this year. This week […]

This weekend every single MLS, USL or WPS match had meaning. Americans were also playing in meaningful matches abroad whether in the Mexican or English Football League playoffs, fighting relegation in Germany, chasing a title in Scotland and Belgium or even an important regular season match in Scandinavia.We even had PDL matches serve as qualifiers […]

The march on DC by supporters will be covered extensively on this week's podcast. We're doing the review a day early this week because I will be traveling on Monday morning. Kansas City-DC was a difficult game to watch, but both teams fought hard to split the points. Referee Michael Kennedy made two very questionable […]

Another week of professional football in the US complete as this season begins to solidify itself. The biggest storyline of the week were the late comebacks by two of MLS' traditional best franchises, the Chicago Fire and DC United. The Fire stunned a national TV audience and a season high crowd at Crew Stadium with […]

Happy Easter to everyone and thanks to today's Holiday we're combining all three reviews into one this week largely because all the matches were played on Saturday this week. Attendance bounced back this week in MLS in the biggest possible way with large crowds in Houston, Los Angeles, and Seattle, and respectable crowds in Salt […]

WPS first season opened up with a showcase match at the Home Depot Center.  Marta's LA Sol versus Abby Wambach's Washington Freedom. I predicted a spectacular match this morning on the site and even with those lofty expecations the game was amazing. So as far as the Football is concerned, WPS is probably better than […]

The inaugural WPS season opens tonight in Los Angeles as the Sol play host to the Washington Freedom. Marta is the star attraction no doubt, as arguably the greatest female footballer on the planet touches down on American soil. But this match like so many others to come in the WPS will pit two evenly […]

Beginning this Monday we will have a look back at the weekend's MLS games every week . During USL season we will be doing the same. For WPS I'd like to find someone who knows the league and covers it do the same. If you follow the WPS please leave a comment on this thread.

Steve Davis one of the most respected and well versed soccer writers in America raised a troubling possibility in his weekly ESPN column Monday. This is the possibility that MLS and WPS will in fact compete with one another despite unprecedented efforts at cooperation by the domestic first divisions for both men and woman. We've […]