Category: USA
Atlanta United – The MLS Entertainers Doing Things Their Own Way
Superbowl LI will live long in Atlanta’s sporting memory. The city’s NFL franchise, the Falcons, had never won a Vince Lombardi Trophy, but settled in [...]
The Difference Between Football Fans & Supporters
Words are funny sometimes. Not funny “ha-ha,” funny-strange.
Trending on social media recently has been an outpouring of non-Americans poking fun a [...]
Bastian Schweinsteiger Ready to Take on the World at Chicago Fire
Bastian Schweinsteiger came, saw and scored. It was not quite the first step towards Chicago Fire winning their first ever World Cup, but at the same [...]
Friday’s Worldwide Five: Merseyside Derby, Revierderby, Chicago Fire’s World (Club?) Cup bid, O Clássico & Viva México
Friday’s Worldwide Five:
The 228th Merseyside Derby, the Revierderby, Chicago Fire’s World (Club?) Cup bid, O Clássico and Viva México
By Chris [...]
Atlanta United Should Build On Their City’s Soccer Foundations, Not Discard Them
Atlanta United begin their Major League Soccer journey with an exciting looking South American tinged roster.
As the city looks forward to a new s [...]
MLS Primary Window Transfers
MLS Transfers
Date
Player
From
To
Feb 9
Bashkim Kadrii
Attacker
FC Copenhagen
Minnesota
United
Feb 8
Carlos Cermeno
[...]
Montreal 3, Toronto 2: The 401 Derby – White Lines Not Found
Italy coach Giampiero Ventura refuses to call up MLS and Toronto FC's star player, Sebastian Giovinco, because in his view “he plays in a league that [...]
Christian Pulisic: Not US Soccer’s Messiah Yet
Anyone in America with access to the internet or television that possesses even a mild interest in soccer knows the name Christian Pulisic.
“17-yea [...]
Messi’s Greatness Near Indisputable, But U.S.A. Have Lessons to Learn
It was supposed to be the biggest game in US soccer history, and maybe in some ways it will still be significant, but it might have been even more sig [...]
George Best, Johan Cruyff, & The Los Angeles Aztecs
In the mid-to-late-seventies, well before the time of Robbie Keane, David Beckham, or Steven Gerrard, there was a star-studded revolution culminating [...]