The dust has settled somewhat from part one of our interview with former U.S. Men's National Team
forward and current Fox Soccer analyst Eric Wynalda.
Part two includes our conversation
about working for Fox Soccer, what it's like to put on the red, white, and blue and play for your
country, owning a soccer team, and his favorite beer.
Preview: For those reading this (and that'd be you right now), this post is about more
than semantics in calling our sport "soccer" instead of "football". It is about defining our own
history with the sport and our own identity within the global game.
In the last few weeks we've been reading David Wangerin's (author of "Soccer in a Football World")
"Distant Corners" which chronicles the emergence of soccer in the United States.
The Columbus Crew inducted U.S. National Team forward Brian McBride into their "Circle of Honor" at
a halftime ceremony during last Saturday's match against the San Jose Earthquakes.
McBride was the first pick in the inaugural Major League Soccer draft and played eight seasons, and
scoring 62 goals, for the yellow and black before moving to the English Premier League and playing
for Fulham in 2004.
The big news out of the American soccer Inter-Net-Blogo-Sphere yesterday was the former USMNT and
Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder, more recently of LA's coaching staff, was named the Associate
Directior for Soccer for the New York Cosmos.
This is, of course, a bit of a surprise, given that the Cosmos do not have a soccer team.
Kirstine Lilly. 352 caps for the United States Women's Nation Team. 130 goals. Two World Cups. An
absolutely legend. Yesterday, Lilly announced her retirement from professional soccer after over
twenty years playing for the national team. She was both the youngest (16) and oldest (38) to
soccer for the Lady Nats, as well.
