Soccer
USMNT – The Road to 2026 Begins!
Say what? WC 2026 is over 3 years away so what the heck am I talking about? Especially since we have already qualified as a host nation. Well there it is. Since we have already qualified the number of competitive matches that we will play prior to 2026 has been...
MLS 2023 – What’s In Store for Fans this Summer?
American soccer is back (ok and Canada) starting this weekend and there are several story lines to keep an eye on this season. We'll get to the annual team by team run down in a bit but first lets look at this story lines: Fans have learned over the last several years...
UEFA Champions League 2022-2023 Round of 16
After a bit longer layoff than usual to accommodate the WC, UCL is back starting next week. No more room for errors now. Its the knockout round where off nights can end a teams chances. And per usual, the teams that advanced out of the Group Stage were mostly as...
EPL 2022/2023- Mid Season Review
Just a little over a month since the completion of the World Cup (and it was a great one) and the EPL is back in full swing after a month off. Teams have gotten just past the midway point in the season and have given us a pretty good idea of just how they are going to...
World Cup 2022 Qatar – Part 2 USMNT and Group B
For the general overview of this WC take a look at Part 1 if you haven't already done so. Part 2 is going to focus strictly on Group B and in drill down into what has to happen for the USMNT to advance. Its important to remember that this is a tournament. Its not...
World Cup Qatar 2022 – Part 1
Next Sunday the greatest sporting event on the planet will once again take center stage. The 22nd running of the feature soccer event will be held in Qatar and has a bunch of storylines new this time around. Not the least is all the controversy surrounding the...
2022 MLS Audi Cup – The Storyline is Firsts
The 2022 MLS regular season came to a close this past Sunday with some top notch soccer and has set up a great playoff season. And the storyline of this playoff season is what I am calling the playoffs of firsts. Some of the firsts are surprising and some are down...
USMNT – So Now What???
Does this "crowd" look like what you would expect for a team's last friendly before the WC? No wonder they were so flat, ok excuse over. Last week I wrote about the last two friendlies the team would have before the World Cup coming up in November in Qatar. The...