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What’s next for the USMNT?You know it’s over when your star midfielder is showing up courtside at Miami Heat games. Or the rumors of contract talks with the manager are heating up, while he tries to gain leverage by whispering about European club jobs. Time to call for the Lyft officially....

This is what inexperience looks likeIt’s taken some cognitive dissonance for USMNT fans leading up to this World Cup, to sort of ignore the fact that they were showing up with the most inexperienced squad possible. Only Deandre Yedlin has ever been on a World Cup squad before, and he’s hardly anywhere near the first 11. It also has a ...

We’re on the precipice of the NCAA's deathMaybe not today, maybe not tomorrow. But one day — and one day we’re all likely to still be alive for, depending on your cholesterol and financial status, because as we know, the rich die old and comfortable here. And it won’t be the complete end of the NCAA, as long as it holds the keys to the bask...

So where are we with Christian Pulisic?

It may feel like the USMNT’s qualification process has been going on for about 32 years. Which is what happens when you cock-up the last one and everyone has to wait eight years between World Cup appearances (hopefully). Still, it’s important to stress that the U.S., if it can manage two wins in the...

2021 was an incredibly fun year for the USMNT, let’s never do it again

As stated many times before, what the USMNT attempted, and really accomplished, in 2021 is unheard of in international soccer. Turning the entire roster over to children at once just isn’t done. Usually, teams are trying to blend generations, mixing in the aging vets (around 30) with those in their ...

Zack Greinke saves the Astros

Well, not really, Of course not. We all know that’s a ridiculous notion. But what my book presupposes is...maybe he did?...

Hey, Pep — you old scallywag, you old so-and-so — come manage the USMNT

So you need a new challenge in a couple years, Pep? Seven years at Man City will be enough? I agree. Want to try yourself at the international stage? Really all that’s left for you at age 50. Not much left to prove at club level, other than maybe not shitting yourself in the latter stages of the Cha...

MLS is back, and I’m really going to try this time

MLS returns this weekend, and unlike most of the big soccer leagues in the world, it can do so in front of some fans. We won’t hear the sheer wall of noise we would usually get in Seattle, Portland, Atlanta, and Orlando, or in more and more places these days, just yet. But it will be a relief to hea...

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Michael Bradley Might As Well Retire After Zlatan Ibrahimović Ethered Him

Zlatan Ibrahimović scored what might have been the greatest goal of his life last Saturday in the L.A. Galaxy’s game against Toronto FC. Somehow, that goal—the 500th of his career—might not have been the most ruthless thing he did that day....

by Billy Haisley|

|Wed Sep 19 2018

Michael Bradley And Christian Pulisic Are Unimpressed With Alexi Lalas's Shit Talk

Alexi Lalas barred up the entire USMNT on TV this past weekend, which was great and deserved and frankly overdue. Lalas’s brief rant included clear shots at a number of national teamers, but his barbs aimed at Michael Bradley and Christian Pulisic were arguably the most pointed. Bradley and Pulisic ...

by Billy Haisley|

|Thu Sep 14 2017

Michael Bradley Scores From Long Range To Put U.S. Up 1-0 On Mexico

¡GOLAZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!...

by Timothy Burke|

|Mon Jun 12 2017

Here Are The 2017 Salaries For MLS Players

The MLS players’ union, as it does every year, released the salaries for all of its current players today. Former Real Madrid legend and Orlando City SC midfielder Kaka once again topped the list for highest paid players with $7.17 million in guaranteed compensation. Just behind him is Toronto FC’s ...

by Laura Wagner|

|Wed Apr 26 2017

Michael Bradley, Gregg Popovich, Others Speak Out On Trump Muslim Ban

President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from seven predominantly Muslim countries—Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen—has brought a weekend of chaos, uncertainty, pain and protest. Sports have not been exempt from that. The NBA is trying to figure out how to help players who may be aff...

by Emma Baccellieri|

|Mon Jan 30 2017

Here, from U.S. Soccer, is the story of how Michael Bradley’s custom “One Nation” rainbow captain’s armband was fabricated and delivered just before kickoff of the Copa América quarterfinal against Ecuador....

by Timothy Burke|

|Thu Sep 29 2016

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by Timothy Burke|

|Sat Mar 26 2016

Clint Dempsey Has Something To Prove

The USMNT’s Gold Cup opener was their first competitive match since the World Cup, and in the broadest sense, it’s all about the next one. Jurgen Klinsmann has said repeatedly how 2015 is a year of “transition” for the roster—reloading, getting younger, starting up the position battles that will pla...

by Barry Petchesky|

|Thu Sep 29 2016

Michael Bradley Scores Directly From A Corner Kick

The USMNT is taking on Panama in an international friendly today, and Michael Bradley just scored an Olimpico from the corner....

by Tom Ley|

|Thu Sep 29 2016

MLS Is Putting The Fix In For Toronto FC, Right Before Our Eyes

Not that this is any real secret, but it deserves to be said as often as possible: MLS is rigged. The league jointly owns each individual team, centrally controls all major decisions, and has a rule book as regularly erased and written over as a chalk board. With yesterday's reported news that Juven...

by Billy Haisley|

|Thu Sep 29 2016

This Year's Highest-Paid MLS Player Isn't Actually Playing In MLS Yet

So, what we have below is an updated list of every MLS player's salary. There are some things worth talking about. ...

by Greg Howard|

|Thu Sep 29 2016

The U.S. Ran The Most Of Any Team At The World Cup

USA players covered an average of 77.17 miles per match over their four matches at the World Cup. That's more per match than any other nation, which is something to be proud of, right?...

by Barry Petchesky|

|Fri Jul 18 2014

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