Robbie Rogers earned a spot on the U.S. Olympic team thanks to a strong start with the Columbus Crew – but had no time to rest upon his return.
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Youth Beat: Going Abroad, Risks and Rewards
Talented young Americans often face the choice of moving abroad to pursue their dreams. For Jose Francisco Torres, it seemed like the only option.
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U.S. Abroad: The Saga of Subotic
Three years after playing for the USA at the U-17 World Cup, 19-year-old Neven Subotic is starring for Bundesliga power Borussia Dortmund. The long and winding path that brought him this far helps explain why his national team future remains undetermined.
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MLS Game Changers: Jorge Rojas
Rojas heads Red Bull makeover
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MLS Game Changers: Darren Huckerby
‘Hucks’ brings zip and zeal
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Cuba-USA World Cup qualifier
Soccer has a long history of games between nations that are political foes. The USA has been involved in its share, most recently when it traveled to Havana.
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Backline: Kaz Tambi guides top U.S. girls
Former New York Cosmos defender coaches USA in first U-17 Girls World Cup.
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Youth Beat: Has Development Academy shifted the focus?
The U.S. Soccer Development Academy’s launch in 2007 promised to improve youth soccer for elite boys. We checked in with clubs that participated in the Academy’s first season to see if the program met expectations.
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MLS Game Changers: Brian McBride
Fire gets its hometown hero
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Backline: Duke’s John Kerr Jr. Taps Unique Experiences
Duke banks on hero of 1986 NCAA title win to guide Blue Devils back to top
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Youth Nationals: Texans Make History
The Dallas Texans didn’t have to travel far to clean up. They made history when they won four titles at the 2008 U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in North Little Rock, Ark. Add to that a rare double by Andromeda and Solar’s McGuire Cup title, and North Texas teams finished with a record seven championships.
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NE Revolution: ‘Supah Shalrie’
Shalrie Joseph is the New England Revolution’s leader in its quest to finally win an MLS Cup title. He is the perfect package, combining size, strength, touch and vision, and could be MLS’s best player.
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College Women: Rapinoe Attack is Back
They arrived at Portland with high expectations, but in four seasons, injuries and illness limited the Rapinoe twins, Megan and Rachael, to playing perhaps 10 games together. After both players were sidelined four games apart last season with knee injuries, their careers reached a low point. But the Rapinoes rebounded with determination and return for their final season. Their goal for the Pilots: “champions or bust.”
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College Men: O’Brian White’s Unfinished Business
College soccer’s best player is back.
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Youth Beat: Refs’ Difficult Job Made Harder
As U.S. Soccer works on improving the nation’s refs, their job isn’t made any easier by coaches, parents and TV commentators.
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LA Galaxy: Anatomy of a Meltdown
The news that both Alexi Lalas and Ruud Gullit had departed the Los Angeles Galaxy in early August came as a surprise, but the underlying problems at MLS’s most visible team were an old story.
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Women’s College Preview ’08
FavoriteA-Rod leads USC again Amy Rodriguez and USC women's soccer seemed to be an odd match. The U.S. national team star could have chosen to attend any school in the country but says she picked USC because it was a "school where national championships are made." Football, maybe. But women's soccer had a long history […]
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Men’s College Preview ’08
FavoriteWake Forest learns life lessons A chance meeting in Santa Filomena, Brazil, located one hour outside of Sao Paulo, underscored the huge difference between American and Brazilian soccer. NCAA Division I champion Wake Forest was in Brazil for a spring tour, and Marcus Tracy, the Demon Deacons' star at the Men's College Cup, befriended a […]
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Backline: Making keepers feel unbeatable
Olympics mark Coach Mulqueen’s fourth world championship with U.S. goalies
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Youth Beat: Selling shirts or star searching?
Foreign clubs are getting involved in American youth soccer, which makes one question what they’re after and whether we want what they’re offering.
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MLS Midseason: Changes muddle Race
It’s never easy predicting the second half of an MLS season based on what transpired in the first three months, but playing Nostradamus this year is especially vexing.
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Women’s Olympics: Pia embraces change
Swede Pia Sundhage, installed as U.S women’s national team coach following the debacle at the 2007 Women’s World Cup, has stressed the need for change.
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Men’s Olympic Guide:
USA, Opponents, Stars, Men’s Soccer Olympic Gold Medalists and Schedule.