Soccer

USMNT – Finalizing the WC Roster Part 1- Goalkeeper?
The USMNT returns to action two weeks from today for a critical training camp and set of matches. The schedule for the WC being in the winter (during most leagues season) means that there won't be a traditional training camp with a couple of friendlies just prior to...

MLS Early Season Observations
Well here we are closing in on mid-April and thus far every team has played 6 or 7 matches with the exception of DC United and NYCFC. This season teams are scheduled to play 34 matches so nominally teams have played 20% of their season. So are you a glass half full or...

UCL Quarter-Finals Preview
After a month away from, the Champions League Quarter-Finals kick off tomorrow with the first legs. Good thing too as serious soccer fans are in need of a fix. With World Cup 2022 qualifying having rapped up last week (well except for a couple of play in matches) all...

USMNT – The Ocho is Done and We are Headed to Qatar!
Window 5 of the Ocho went pretty much like the other 4. A mixed bag although one could argue that the side actually had its best window and I am in that camp. Overall I believe that all things considered that the team played its best 3 game window. They were much...

USMNT – The Ocho Window 4 Preview
The road to World Cup 2022 this fall in Qatar is coming to an end. The bad news is that the US still has work to do to qualify. The good news is that it is totally within their control to make it happen. The US currently sit in second place, tied with Mexico, with 21...

MLS 2022 – Season Look Ahead
How far soccer has come as a major sport in this country. MLS started play clear back in 1996 with 10 teams. Here we are 26 years later and the season is about to kick off with 28 teams including the expansion Charlotte FC. Look at that locker room! What you'd expect...

USMNT – The Ocho Window 4 Review
Well Window 4 went according to form thus far in WQ qualifying. The Nats were consistent in several regards. They consistently controlled the possession. With 63/37, 64/36, and 73/27 versus El Salvador, Canada, and Hounduras, respectively. And they outshot their...

USMNT – How the January Transfer Window Improves the Team
The international transfer winter transfer window was completed yesterday and quite a few players currently or potentially a part of the USMNT have been moved. With these transfers the Nats have current players in an incredible number of European countries. England,...
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